Ho'oponopono in Dance & Chants
He lani i luna, he honua i lalo - stay with your legs on the Earth and reach to the Sky with your Spirit...
Ho'oponopono
Hula Kahiko & Hula Auana
Hawaiian traditional hula dance was great example of profound respect which Hawaiian people had to the Gods. Hula originally was not performed for entertiment but as the way to express respect to Gods. It was 1883 when hula was first presented to the public - with the permission of Hawaiian king Kalakaua. From that time traditions of using and performing hula changed. It was created new type of hula - Hula Auana - the entertiment type of dance. Today most of hula, which you see in TV or other media - is Hula Auana.
The old type Hula Kahiko is performed today mostly on special event on Hawaii - traditional festivals and within Halau's - old types of hula schools.
Hula Ala'a-papa - highest rank Hula
Hula pa-ipu or kuolo - with ipu accompaniament, usully on knees
Hula Ki'i - while using Ki'i - marionetts
Hula pahu - with pahu drum accompaniament
Hula Uli-Uli - with uli-uli accompaniament, hand rattles.
Hula Puili - with bambu sticks
Hula Ka-laau - hula with sticks accompaniament
Hula Ili-Ili - with pebbles accompaniament
Hula Ka-Eke-Eke - hula with bambu instrument
Hula Niau-Kani - one classic hula dance
Hula Ohe - Ohe Hano Ihu - nose flet accompaniament
To be a hula dancer required from the person full purity - of intentions as well of the body. When hula dancers were ready to create own family and were ready for sexual intimacy, it was the end of their servance to the Gods in the manner of being hula dancer.
Hula was the way to tell stories, to send messages to higher evergies, with which Kahunas were closely binded. Kahunas were asking gods for healing, for support, for strengh. Such conversation was an intimte experience for both Kahuna and hula dancers.
Hula today - is connected with the picture of beautiful woman nearly nacked moving her hips following rythm of nice radio music. Best with coconuts on the breast and grass on her hips. How far this picture is from the traditional Hawaiian hula dance?
Traditional Huna dance was a temple dance. It was originaly performed by jung men and women before their reach adult age. Traditional hula was performed for Gods, not humans. Hula was the language in which Kahuna of certain type would talk to gods...
There are many schools of hula today on Hawaii as well in many countries in the world. The school of hula is called Halau. Students can be small children, who are taught ancient forms and adilts people who seak for entertiment and learn Hula Auana.
Hula Kahiko forms are generally more advance on every level - from phisycal to spiritual. Hula Auana is decideted to bring happiness and pleasure, in contraty to Hula Kahiko, which goal was to preserve the knowledge and contact with higher energies.
For traditional purposes hula dancers wear beautiful fresh-flower leis and tapa clothes when dancing hula. Exist on Hawaii various styles of performing Hula as well various styles of clothing. There are beautiful and very insiring.
For traditional performances Hula dancers meet in certain of year on Big Island Hawaii near Haleuma'uma'u craater to dance for Godess Pele or on Kauai island in the oldest existing Hula temple, where 90th generation of hula dancers still pray to Goddess Laka. .
Aloha
Article "Ho'oponopono in Hula", author: T.Pomaikai Mocna, copyrights © 2011
