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E o e Kuini Kapiolani! 1898.

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HANOHANO NUUANU.

Hanohano Nuuanu aia iuka,
Kahiko i ka Ua Popokapa,
Ke nihi ae la Waolani,
A loaa maua i Kanenelu,
Wai auau a kuu aloha,
Me Eha hua hiu a wela,
Ua ahi ua wela Wananakoa,
I ka hooni a nei kupueu,
A he eueu au no Kahikina,
No na pali hulaana o Maui,
O ke ewe ia a o’u mau kupuna,
I lohe mai oe Koleakani,
Aulii ma hana a Piilani,
A he lani a he kupa no ka aina,
Haina ia mai ana ka puana,
Na Eha Hua hiu a Wela.

EHAHUA.

(Loea Kalaiaina, 7/30/1898, p. 4)

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Ka Loea Kalaiaina, Buke II, Helu 30, Aoao 4. Iulai 30, 1898.

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Things that make you go, “Hmmmm.” 1922.

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HULA-HULA DOLL IN PARADE

The Hula-hula doll has broken into society, at least into flapper society, as proved by this photograph from the Atlantic City Parade.

(Big Sandy News, 5/12/1922, p. 6)

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Big Sandy News, Volume XXXVII, Number 36, Page 6. May 12, 1922.

Hula fought against by the church, 1917.

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FIGHT IS ON TO SUPPRESS HULA DANCES

A vigorous campaign to stamp out the time-honored hula-hula national dance of Hawaii, which is accomplished without the dancer moving his or her feet, has been instituted by clergymen and the reform element, according to Rev. Ezra Crandall, a missionary of Worcester, Mass., who arrived in San Francisco recently, after a visit of several weeks in the island capital, says the San Francisco Bulletin.

The “disgusting hula” of the present day, according to Rev. Crandall, is a survival of an ancient pagan ceremony practiced by the Hawaiians, but is has so degenerated that it has become a moral menace. Rev. Crandall stated that it is the opinion of those conducting the campaign that every self-respecting Hawaiian should take a stand against the terpsichorean indecency involved in the native dance.

“The hula, as it is commonly danced and commonly know now,” said Rev. Crandall, “should be the subject of vigorous condemnation, and I do feel that every Hawaiian should feel this reflection on the decency and propriety of his race.

“For the honor and the good name of the Hawaiian race, all men and women of Hawaiian blood are being urged to join in discountenancing these indecent exhibitions. The mere fact that some people, principally tourists, want to see them is no excuse for their existence. They are a shame to the islands.”

(Star-Bulletin, 6/15/1917, p. 14)

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Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Volume XXIV, Number 7854, Page 14. June 15, 1917.

Pele makes lei of lehua from the very beginning, 1862.

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[Found under: “HE MOOLELO NO HIIAKAIKAPOLIOPELE. HELU 9.”]

Holo mai Pele mai Kahikina,
A kau ka waa i Mookini,
Noho kaua i Kumalae,
Hooku Pele ma i ke kii,
Noho i ke kii a Pele ma, a ka pua o koi,
Kanaenae Pele ma ilaila,
Kai a huakai mai Pele,
A ka lae i Leleiwi,
Honi i ke ala o ka hala,
O ka lehua o Mokaulele,
Oia ka Pele a kui la,
He kunana hale Puuloa,
He hale moe o Papalauahi,
He halau no Kilauea,
Haule mai Pele mai Kahiki mai,
O ka hekili, o ke olai, o ka ua loku,
O ka ua paka, o Haihailaumeaiku,
O na wahine i ka wao o Maukele la,
Ho mai ana Pele liu la e,
Aumiki, auhuli, ka ale kua loloa,
Nuanua ka moana i ka lili o Pele,
O ke kua nui, ke kui la iluna o ka lani,
Wahia ka papaku, ka papaiaoa,
Ka papa a Kane ma i  hee ai i Maui,
Kahiliopua ke kua o ka la,
A Waiakahalaloa iakea,
O waa kai nana i ka auwaa lawaia,
Ku kapa kai e Kohala,
O ke akua lapu e Puuloa,
Ke uwalo la i ka mea hele,
Ke akua kui lehua o Kuaokala,
Kui mai ana i Makanoni,
Ka la puu la helu o Pualaa,
Ka la aku hoi e Kahuoi i ka uka anu,
E olohe koi ula e mauna mai ana,
Ka hikina o ka la o Kumukahi ma,
E haliko ae ana ka aama,
Lele hihee o Kohala, ke kau laina la,
E ka la pumehana ole o ka po
O ka la pe ai o ke ao kau aku iluna,
I ka malama la,
Elieli kau mai.

[From the time of her arrival to Hawaii, Pele fashions lei of lehua blossoms from Mokaulele in Hilo. May the majestic trees live forever. Until a solution is found to Rapid Ohia Death, wear your lehua in your heart, not in your lei!]

(Hoku o ka Pakipika, 3/6/1862, p. 4)

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Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika, Buke I, Helu 24, Aoao 4. Maraki 6, 1862.

For all of you hula people down in Hilo this week, 1929.

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HE HOOHENO NO KEAUKAHA

Noho ana au i ka lai
I ka ulu hala o Keaukaha

Me he ala e i mai ana
Maanei mai kaua e ka hoa

Huli nana i ka lae kai
I ka holu mai a ka nalu kai

Pa mai ana ke ala
O ka limu lipoa me ka nahenahe

Hookahi no au hana nui
O ke kui pua leihala o Keaukaha

Ke au ae nei ka manao
E kii e ako pua lehua

E ula mai la i ke kumu
E lei kohu no ko kino

Ko kino nui nepunepu
Hewa e ka maka ke ike aku

O ke kuko o ka lia ke loaa ana
I na pua lehua me ka hala

Aole la he hala e ka hoa
E kipa ole aku ai i ka home

Ho mai ke aloha la e ka makamaka
I kuleana ai au ilaila

Haina ia mai ana ka puana
Ka olu ulu hala o Keaukaha

HAKU IA E E—A—E—E—A

[A SONG OF AFFECTION FOR KEAUKAHA

I repose in the calm
In the hala groves of Keaukaha

It is as if it says
Come here, let us be together, O friend

I turn to look at the ocean cape
As the waves ripple forth

The scent wafts by
Softly of the lipoa seaweed

I have bu one thing to do
String lei of the hala of Keaukaha

My thoughts turn to
Going to gather lehua blossoms

Reddening the trees
For a lei fitting for you body

Your voluptuous body
They eyes are content to look at

My desire, my yearning, is to have
The blossoms of the lehua and the hala

There is no offense my companion
That does not call at the home

Give to me your aloha, my dear
So I might have kuleana there

Let the story be told
Of the sweet hala groves of Keaukaha]

[Let the lehua live forever! Wear it in your heart and not in your lei!!]

(Hoku o Hawaii, 10/8/1929, p. 2)

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Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Buke XXIII, Helu 17, Aoao 2. Okatoba 8, 1929.

A mele for Likelike Kekaeikapuokalani, 1919.

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HE HALIA ALOHA NO KUU ONEHANAU.

Hanohano Hilo kuu onehanau,
Haaheo na kuahiwi ekolu;
Lamaku iluna ke ahi a ka wahine,
Moiwahine o ke alohilohi.

Kaulana Hawaii puni ka honua,
O Pele ke kupua aiwaiwa;
Hui mai na mana o ke ao nei,
Haawi i ka momi no Hawaii.

He nani na kualono iuiu,
He u’i ka mamo hulupala Olaa;
He nu’a na lehua o Mokaulele,
O Hilo nei ua kau ka Hoaka.

Haina ke’lii nona ka lei,
Likelike Kekaeikapuokalani.

Hakuia e Keahikuniaalapalapa.

[A LOVING MEMORY FOR MY DEAR HOMELAND.

Hilo my hometown is grand,
Proud are the three mountains;
The flames of the woman blaze above,
The Queen of radiance.

Hawaii is famed around the world,
Pele, the amazing supernatural one;
The powers of the world gather together,
Giving pearls for Hawaii.

Beautiful are the majestic ridges,
Handsome are lovely mamo birds of Olaa;
The lush lehua blossoms of Mokaulele,
It is Hilo, the Hoaka rises.

Let the story be told of the alii for whom is the lei,
Likelike Kekaeikapuokalani.*

Composed by Keahikuniaalapalapa.]

*Likelike Kekaeikapuokalani is probably Elizabeth Likelike Kekaeikapuokalani Coney, the wife of Heinrich H. Renjes.

(Kuokoa, 4/25/1919, p. 2)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LVII, Helu 17, Aoao 2. Aperila 25, 1919.

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser ridicules the women of the Patriotic League, 1893.

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PATRIOTIC WOMEN.

They Object to the Wording of a Memorial.

The Hawaiian Women’s Patriotic League held its third business meeting yesterday morning at Arion Hall. Mrs. F. W. Macfarlane, President, called the meeting to order promptly at 10 o’clock. After reading the minutes by the Secretary, Mrs. Grace Kahalewai, the proposed memorial to United States Commissioner Jas. H. Blount was taken up. The Secretary read it once in Hawaiian, but the ladies in the rear part of the building could not hear her. They requested her to again read the rather lengthy memorial, which was done. The memorial was briefly in this wise: Continue reading →

Protesting of Advertiser’s coverage of Hui Aloha Aina meeting, 1893.

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A GREAT FALSEHOOD. We were clearly shown that the words printed by the traitor newspaper “Advertiser” this morning pertaining to the memorial of the Patriotic League Ladies was a big lie, and that it was not the truth, and that is not what is thought, it is very different. That newspaper is becoming very prone to telling falsehoods.

(Hawaii Holomua, 4/13/1893, p. 2)

Hawaii Holomua, Buke III, Helu 200, Aoao 2. Aperila 13, 1893.

Easter Sunday in Honokaa, 1942.

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News of the Kohala Districts and Hamakua

HONOKAA:—Just like the news announced last week in the Hoku o Hawaii, the Easter events were carried out at the church of Honokaa by the Rev. Abraham Poepoe.

The church was decorated with Calla and Easter lily flowers by the meticulous hands of Ramona Poepoe and Bertha Herrman. At the hour of 10:30, the church bell rang. The church goers gathered in the church. It was filled with soldiers, haole from the sugarcane plantations, the children of the Sunday School, and some Japanese Christians as well as Hawaiians. The services held that day were beautiful. “Awe inspiring and filled with the spirit of God.”

Easter day was a very nice day here in the Hamakua district and the dawning of this Monday. This is a rainy day, and this is a humid day. However, praised always is God. He knows that it is good for there to be rain and fog these days of war.

(Hoku o Hawaii, 4/8/1942, p. 1)

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Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 42, Aoao 1. Aperila 8, 1942.

An adornment for Prince Kuhio by Mrs. Annie Freitas, 1922.

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HE WEHI ALOHA NO KALANIANAOLE.

He inoa nou e Kalanianaole,
Ka onohi momi a o Hawaii nei.

He mea nui oe na ka lahui,
Milimili na ka Ua Kukalahale.

Ua ku’i e ka lono puni na moku,
O Kalanianaole ua hele loa.

Aia paha oe i Amerika,
I ka uluwehi a o Wakinekona.

Ua kohoia oe e ka lahui,
I wahaolelo no Hawaii.

Kakooia e ka ili keokeo,
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