Extras: "Kaulana na Pua"

(Note: not a video of the complete hula, sorry) At one point during the demonstration the crowd joined in singing "Kaulana na Pua" as someone performed a hula. The simplicity and honesty of that made for one of the most poignant moments of the day.

"Kaulana na Pua" was a song of protest, written at the time of the overthrow in 1893. (Ku I Ka Pono march for Kamehameha Schools, San Francisco, Ca. August 2005; video footage © D.K.McAdow)

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[deviantbadger]

That is my Kumu 'olelo, Kumu Kau'i Peralto! You go kumu!

[duxmax]

Thanks for that. Her modest, understated hula that day carried more meaning for me than probably any I had seen before.

[supersalvation100]

Be proud you are avaii stand for your rights and shout out loud they will hear you, you were once warriors and the most feared and respected.

Bring back your roots let your children learn your undying culture and stand up for them for they know not of their future.

After all we are one we are the original and wisest and most of all warriors of the seas and the land blessed from above and carried on in our blood we are Tribalklans.

[jtkalehua]

It almost looks like she's dong the Samoan Taualuga. Very well done, I wish I was there. Aloha no.

[pohaikapena]

@deviantbadger Aloha! Just wondering if you traced your geneology past Abraham Kaulukou.... i'm trying to trace mines and my great-grandfather is the grandson to Abraham.... please email me if you have any information, mahalo!!

[deviantbadger]

She is fantastic. It was an incredible day. I marched that day. I am from Honolulu originally. My great uncle was in one of the first graduating classes from Kamehameha, Abraham Kaulukou.