Ka Naʻi Aupuni, Volume II, Number 21, 26 June 1906 — KA HULA HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

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KA HULA HAWAII.

Ua hoike maopopo loa ia mai ia makou, mawa&n» o na hana e haawiia anu maioko o Kahiliaulani Hall ma keia po Poaono ae, lune 30; he hula Hawaii kekahi, -k.e—o-l-e~ Je-4u.hih e-w-a_k-o—m al?o utnea nana X hoike mai i keia lono alail i: be hula .pa-ipu keia me tne na poe hula e oniu ana i ko lakou mau kino e like me be ko ana o na anuunuu o ia hana. O Jta. laapai ana i keiahana -o be au kahiko o. Hawaii ,nei imua o ke akea, ma ka ano i loaa mai ai ke dala, a i ole, i mea booiealea a hoonanea wale iho no paha, aole ia he mea na makou e kue aku ai; oiai, aia ma ka lakini kona aeia ana. Aka, o ka makou e olelo ae ma keia wahi, ma ke ano hoonaauao aku i ka pe.e m lakou e hapai t>ei i keia hana, oia keia: He mea pono ke lawelaweia keia bana e ka poe ike maoli i no loina o ka hula "olapa" o ke au kahiko; a e hoonalo ia akii hoi na haua i kupono ole ke ikeia ena na maka ooi o ke au malamnlama e nee nei' i keia wa. O ka hula Hawaii, he mea ia i ( maba-pa i na Hawaii; oiai, ua j piha ko Hawaii nei_ ia mea he hula o oa ano a pau; ae loaa wale ana ia nae ke kumukuai ole i ka hapanui o ka manawa. Aka.o ka hula Hawaii i kaikai ia ae kona j kulana hana ma ka papa ekahi o ka ui a me ka maikai; oia ke auo I hula emakemake loa ia nei e i kpia. Naikai na aahn, waikai na. pa-n, maikai na ku-pee, maikai na lei hoohiwahiwa o na poo. , Maikai na oiwi kino o ka poe .olapa, he u'i ke nana aku, he nohea ke ike aku, a he olu mai kai ka oni ana a ko lakou mau kino, e'hookoe ana i na ai hoopau a Anapau uo na keena ame na aiakeke o ia hana. Ma ko makou ano hewahaoielo no ka lehulehu, aole liiki ia makou ke hookuu wale aku i keia ano hana, e ulu ae me kona mau kokala ooi apau e eha ai ua maka o keia au holomua o ka naauao. A he mea pono i ka poe na lakou keia hana e hoike maopopo ma ka lakou mau *'Tikiki" he "hula Hawaii," ame "hniuhula (Europa) haole" ke. malamaia ana ma Kaniliaulaai Hall i keia po Poaono ae. Aple be ' 4 Coacerfc anel Bali," o lilo ia i kumii e olelo ia ai he imi loaa ma fea hoopnaipuni. Ma ke kakahiaka Poaono aku nai, oiai kekahi Keparvi e lawelawe hana ana makai ae nei o ka uwapo. 9 hooili kopaa ana iluna o ka mokuahi Nevadan, ua haule iho la kek.ahi mau oke kopaa a hoo-palaha-pu ia ua Kepani la Uahoouna loa ia oia i ka halemai no ka' lapaauia anu o kona mau palapu.