Merrie Monarch 2008 - Hula Halau O Kamuela - Wahine Kahiko

[arenice007]

hula halau o kamuela

love!!!

[k12lehend]

Do you have their auana from this year? I think they did Na'ale o Ni'ihau.

[dcarrero26]

awesome !!!!!

[koawahine100]

maika'i ka wahine!!!

cheee pono!!!

[deeplydeepali]

I spotted a girl in the 2nd row with what seemed like she had the shortest hair of the halau. Probably means she is a newbie; what an honor that she gets to dance in the 2nd row and perhaps hasn't danced there as long as the others.

[k12lehend]

@deeplydeepali She's actually been dancing for this halau for many years.

[Darthplagued]

I loved this! I wish I could find the song it's so beautiful. :)

[1122Mrdaddy]

Thank you "alina885" for posting this video.  This is a remarkable performance of the dancers and a great impression to the Hawaiian culture.

[MBP1401]

Amazing

[mmsrocka]

What name of song?!

[hankakah]

@mmsrocka at the beginning of the video the two announcers are giving an explanation of what the mele is about. Ka'i is to what they enter. Ho'i is to what they exit. Mele is song. Oli is chant. So if you watch the beginning , you will see the names of the ka'i they enter with, ho'i is name of chant they exit with, oli is what they are chanting, and mele is what they are dancing to.

[aieastudentallysa]

I just love how they chant and dance! It's so graceful! And I live in Hawaii.

[MissMidoria]

There is a Hawaiian lady in my area that bellydances in addition to being fairly accomplished in her hula. I thought it was a weird mix since the Middle East is SO far from Hawai'i, but lots of the movements are really similar. Bellydancers do a welina movement, but theirs is rapidly successive instead and is used as the main movement instead of an accent like the welina. Oh, and I love how this halau often with exits with a simple "E". It's very feminine and a little mysterious.

[odhe1lo]

Excellent!!

[oOHulaGirlOo]

I feel like they are absolutely PERFECT! Even their heights are all the same. Absolutely synchronized. Not to mention very skilled at the dance. Beautiful!! My favorite dance of theirs! :D

[peleke092]

kunewa mook is awesome maika'i inoa

[hankakah]

To those who don't know hula, there are different steps, this is the Welina, as stated by Kumu Hula Pua. It's done by alternating feet to tap floor forward, to the side, then lift and twist on the stationary foot. What makes this hula impressive is to be doing this step all the way. You should try it. Now try doing the hand movements. Now try doing it in unison with the halau, hands here, face this way, change formation, stay in lines, chant, 27 girls its easy to see a mistake, very IMPRESSIVE!

[porkeebear]

Fabulous footwork and hand and arm extensions, the synchronizations are just amazing! Great hula, wahine's!

[hayngerl808]

thats one of my favorite foot steps

the ke welina. i love this halau!

proud to dance with them!!!!!!

[Kaluaokalani]

Grace and beauty.

[gee2679]

love this dance!!!Saw the little girls performing this dance never forgot about it!!!

[ukuleleuniverse]

Wow! Maika`i no ka hula.

Joyce

[KaRnSitaVv]

amazin is beautiful!! bailan increibleee que admiracion

[roxyfine1]

this dance they are not suppose to smile. I lovee this dance!

[hulacheergurl]

@roxyfine1 they arent smiling, do you see them smiling?

[HawaiianHonu71]

Mahalo for sharing clip for all of us! !!

[schattensand]

The hair was rather short that year.

Not very Kamuela.

[jamelut]

damn these girls are good.. and beautiful!!!

[oOHulaGirl4LifeOo]

Wow! Very beautiful! :D Favorited! I want to learn this dance!

[0HulaGirl4Life0]

The ending where they stand strong, then release, gives me chicken skin every time i watch it! :D And the chanting in the begining

[lamehelpline]

I showed this video for my university english class about polynesian dance. I go to school in texas, being a local boy and possibly the only polynesian kid in my school, i was so proud of being a polynesian, the whole class was amazed at this video...even though Im samoan and have no idea what their saying I was proud of showing people what hula was really about!

[0HulaGirl4Life0]

Thank you for showing people what hula is really about! :D

[doogle456]

@lamehelpline thats a really good thing to say!

[hulacheergurl]

@lamehelpline this is a polynesian dance

[sosexcii696]

@lamehelpline right on man some people in the mainland does not know even anything about hawaii and they get shocked when they see something beautiful as this

mahalo

[dcarrero26]

@lamehelpline way to go bradah! awesome vid.

[76SOUTHCHSTY]

Maika'i Loa (:

[hulaqte]

not in THIS one, when i was younger in other ones- besides my cousins go compete now

[robi2000]

That's awesome

[hulaqte]

yea, a big deal cause this is competion-

[n3x4s6]

sexy :D

[hulaqte]

when i dance- i get teased cause im the whitest one....lol

[n3x4s6]

Are you on that movie, omg u can dance like that? The whitest :D hehe

[govzzz89]

How are you gonna compete against dem? Dey gooood! Don't know about Hula, but the step they were doing..I mean, really, how do you compete against that? Very Nice!

[lamehelpline]

aye!!! they deserved 1st place!

[FLiPCHiKK]

i love that step.!

[guamsta11]

GREAT..Best Halau in Oahu..:) Good Job Guys:D

[toomuchgoingon]

love the welina step action...

[Dellypuss02]

simply beautiful.

i was there watching this!!

[anuhea101]

maii unko made this halau

great job

[Lokene02]

yet another great performance! Congratz Kau'i. See you guys at the fundraiser on the 22nd and I'll be up there in Hilo cheering u guys on..Much Love... Lokene

[n8iveHAWAIIANgirl]

amazing performance. Maika'i no!!

[zheran22]

just awesome!!!! I love this halau & the kumu jjj...

[smaj808usmc]

This halau never fail to deliver..always a pleasure to watch. Mahalo.

[Lokelani62288]

I was there and it was amazing from where i was sitting

[ADRYX1983]

and also the best Kumu!!!!!!!!

[ADRYX1983]

MY GOD, greeeeeaaat!!! thank you for posting this!! the best halau ever!

[waveblink]

any body got a vid of the group before the Academy of Hawaiian arts

[ludadude07]

first view!!