Exam 1 - Hula
hula
-embodies Hawaiian ways of knowing - spirituality, identity, history, genealogies, relationships to people, and to land -not just a movement - all of the aspects of this are equally important: music, songs, chants, clothes, etc.
Kaona
-hidden meaning -the mele, oil, and movements in hula have multiple meanings -some meanings are only apparent to those with insider knowledge
Hula Haole
-part foreign -men and women together -tourist situation - coming out one by one and each one gets a solo, there's an announcer -man singing along and women are chanting back
Mauna Kea
-politics involved -government wants to build a telescope on top of this - so native Hawaiians danced here to protest this and try to push it back -lots of chanting and coordinated - seated, repetitive, in a road, don't wear normal costumes
hula
-story telling, deep industry, originally women, now men too, leis around neck and head, hip movements, wrist movements, performance locations, luau, movies, competitions, festivals, protests, political situations
Hula Auana
-women - modern -more flowery, always a happier story and feeling behind it -very large group, dancing to music not drums -not chanting -slower and relaxing movements
Queen Ka'ahumanu
1830 - converted to Christianity and outlaws public practice of hula
King David Kalakaua
1874 - legalizes public hula, hosted events like Merrie Monarch
Queen Lili'uokalani
1893 - American descendants stage a coup, depose this woman, and overthrow the Hawaiian kingdom
Hawaiian ancestral lands
Aina
hello, love, affection
Aloha
modern Hula
Auana
school, academy, grouo
Halau
person of mixed racial ancestry
Hapa Haole
Takamine versus State of Hawaii
Hawaii state was trying to sell land that is the people's - it is not your land you do not have the right to steal land morally and legally
knowledge
Ike
true people, true flag
Kanaka Maoli
master, teacher of Hula
Kumu Hula
chant or melodic song for Hula
Mele
chief, chiefness, or royalty
ali'i
theory of knowledge
epistemology
sovereignty
group of people's ability to determine own rights (own land)
epistemology
how we understand knowledge (ways of knowing)
Merrie Monarch Competition
hula competition; mixed feelings about it
ancient Hula dance
kahiko
a man or boy
kane
-changes in how hula is defined; different definitions of dance -uses of hula for fitness, exercise but this does not acknowledge deeper meaning -relationship between hula and the environment, culture, environment changes, so does hula - who has say in changes? -compares Hula to Ballet - more expecting to change in Hula
main arguments in Rowe's article (knowledge)
-kumu Vicky Holt Takamine - various roles: tourist industry, festival, preserving culture, teaching Hawaiian culture -artificial costumes - prohibition at Hula competitions - what is authentic? -native Hawaiian rights - repression and resistance regarding rights Self-determination vs. negotiating, being a part of US
main points from Imada article (movements)
chant
oli
commercialization, competition, traditional uses, politics
the many facets of Hula
woman, lady
wahine
they are beginning to lose rights to land and US ignores the sovereignty of the people
why is sovereignty important for indigenous peoples?
Hula Kahiko
women AND men - traditional -competition; chant starts performance -strict faces -coordinated, wrist, and hip movements -drummer with chants -big dresses, all matching OR -story telling, chanting as well, less men, clothes are more revealing, fast paced
