| Edition |
[New edition]. |
| Description |
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
In part, Hawaiian and English. |
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Includes music, principally unacc. melodies. |
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"Originally published by the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1909." |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
The hula -- The halau, the kuahu--their decoration and consecration -- The gods of the hula -- Support and organization of the hula -- Ceremonies of graduation, début of a hula dancer -- The password--the song of admission -- Worship at the altar of the halau -- Costume of the hula dancer -- The hula alá'a-papa -- The hula pa-ipu, or kuolo -- The hula ki'i-- The hula pahu -- The hula úliulí -- The hula puili -- The hula ka-laau -- The hula ili-ili -- The hula kaekeeke -- An intermission -- The hula niau-kani -- The hula ohe -- The music and musical instruments of the Hawaiians -- Gesture -- The hula pa-hua -- The hula Pele -- The hula pa'i-umauma -- The hula ku'i Molokai -- The hula kielei -- The hula mú'u-mú'u -- The hula kolani -- The hula kolea -- The hula manó -- The hula ilio -- The hula pua'a -- The hula ohelo -- The hula kilu -- The hula hoonaná -- The hula ulili -- The hula ku'i -- The oli -- The water of Kane -- General review. |
| Subject |
Songs, Hawaiian.
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Hawaiian language -- Texts.
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Folklore -- Hawaii.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Emerson, Nathaniel Bright, 1839-1915. Unwritten literature of Hawaii. [New ed.] Rutland, Vt., Tuttle [1965] (OCoLC)570971323 |
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