Uwekahuna by Halau O Kekuhi

[andyastro123]

the three dislikes dont know nothing....

[andyastro123]

@andyastro123 the 3 dislike have been cursed way before they were born including their great,great aunties and beyond....NANI ALOHA....

[chrisro4x5]

Mixed not mixed who cares, like he said, its not my fault. The heart knows what it is. Let the beauty shine! This is wonderful!

[danzanteDEcorazon]

p.s. this video or any like this, should have dislike button!!! once again!! amazing!!!

[danzanteDEcorazon]

i loved this video, i am not hawaiian but i so admire all who feel the hawaiian spririt. that is what dance is about.. keeping tradition alive, showing the struggles and triumps there have been in the culture. i so love hawaiian music, dance and of course food. it does not matter if u are mixed or not if u feel it, and are proud of it, that is all that matters..

[smthbear808]

beautiful video and thanks for posting....

cleanPdaking & BatuSmoka808....amen and ae pololei Im mixed to , no fault of mine and IM Hawaiian/Part Hawaiian no fault of mine SO Mr. okesaita...it IS RUDE for you to say where are all the Hawaiians....open you rmind/open your heart/shut your mouth and learn!!!! if we have to learn US history in school then the least you can do is learn our history to understand why things are the way they are here. Auwe!

[cleanPdakine]

DITTO, BatuSmoka808, you are sooooo right. Also, in addition to Hawaiian I am part both asian & podagee. But-not my fault. Back to what you said, "DEM" fokes is da reason for dis melting pot. Cuz big GIANT ole America wuzznt enuff. They have to have it all! You go now downtown & you cannot even find the palace!! SHAME! Mr. Okesaita, you will find "real" Hawaiians because that's what we are, REAL. But there are VERY FEW of us who are NOT mixed with all dat other stuff!!!

[Ochsenburg]

Which spirit! Superb also the film shooting!

[BatuSmoka808]

guarentee at least half these people are asian or podagee! haha

[bluejeanbop]

so? will say that how many other halau can account for seven generations of FAMILY practitioners and leadership in hula and oli. dese aunty edith's progeny so respect.

[BatuSmoka808]

im not disrespecting anything. and if you comment back make sure i can understand what you are saying.

thanks

[bluejeanbop]

@BatuSmoka808 outside my use of the vernacular "dese", with what are you having trouble understanding? while you have a point, albeit a much bemoaned lament posted AD NAUSEUM on hula videos, this does not belong on the comment page for one of the most respected halau in hawai'i, who have nurtured and perpetuated the sacred art of hula and oli for at least 7 generations. go beat a dead horse elsewhere.

[BatuSmoka808]

@bluejeanbop wtf are you talking about? did you even read my comment?

because if you did, i dont think you would be replying back to me in a such a angry manner.

[okesaita]

@BatuSmoka808 ... Yeah, I'm not trying to be rude but I have to tell you that when I first arrived in Hawaii in the early 80's, I was really disappointed to see Asian-looking people. I wanted to see *real* Hawaiians. :(

[BatuSmoka808]

@okesaita well thats what happens when the white man comes to a new land and spreads foreign diseases which kill off 90 percent of the native population. same story with the native americans. no offense to all white people. but thats what happened. and all the asians/podagee came to hawaii to work for the sugar plantations and of course different races mixed.

[hawaiiangrl82892]

that dance looked very provacative

[TiakiTeHaka]

mean Maori mean....

[brookeleimomi]

I love the Ipu. The clothes were all made from pretty raw materials back then, so I'm sure they were similar lol.

[shautora]

how traditional are the clothes that theyre wearing?

[easthawaiiman]

totally traditional in design. The fabric would have been tapa cloth, made from the wauke, or mulberry bark. Hawaiian's have/had the most sophisticated bark cloth in Polynesia

[SilentNatasha]

Only can say: Awesome!