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Nathaniel B. Emerson's study of the sacred songs of the hula, published by the Bureau of American Ethnology — the altar of Laka, the chants of Pele and Hiʻiaka, and the kapu that governed the hālau. The next source for the Library's Hawaiʻi shelves.

SUBJECTSHawaiʻiHulaChantPele
TAGS#hawaii#emerson#hula#pele#hiiaka#laka#chant

CONTENTS · 54

  1. 1PREFATORY NOTE1 MIN
  2. 2INTRODUCTION4 MIN
  3. 3I.—THE HULA5 MIN
  4. 4THE HALAU3 MIN
  5. 5THE KUAHU11 MIN
  6. 6III.—THE GODS OF THE HULA.5 MIN
  7. 7IV.—SUPPORT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE HULA7 MIN
  8. 8RULES OF CONDUCT AND TABUS2 MIN
  9. 9V—CEREMONIES OF GRADUATION; DÉBUT OF A HULA DANCER — CEREMONIES OF GRADUATION7 MIN
  10. 10DÉBUT OF A HULA DANCER3 MIN
  11. 11VI.—THE PASSWORD—THE SONG OF ADMISSION6 MIN
  12. 12VII.—WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE HALAU10 MIN
  13. 13VIII.—COSTUME OF THE HULA DANCER13 MIN
  14. 14IX.—THE HULA ALA’A-PAPA19 MIN
  15. 15PART IV4 MIN
  16. 16X.—THE HULA PA-ÍPU, OR KUÓLO27 MIN
  17. 17XI.—THE HULA KI’I19 MIN
  18. 18XII.—THE HULA PAHU6 MIN
  19. 19XIII.—THE HULA ÚLI-ULÍ7 MIN
  20. 20XIV.—THE HULA PUÍLI4 MIN
  21. 21XV.—THE HULA KA-LAAU5 MIN
  22. 22XVI.—THE HULA ÍLI-ÍLI2 MIN
  23. 23XVII.—THE HULA KÁ-ÉKE-ÉKE5 MIN
  24. 24XVIII.—AN INTERMISSION9 MIN
  25. 25XIX.—THE HULA NIAU-KANI4 MIN
  26. 26XX.—THE HULA OHE4 MIN
  27. 27XXI.—THE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE HAWAIIANS4 MIN
  28. 28MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS27 MIN
  29. 29EXPLANATORY REMARKS1 MIN
  30. 30ELOCUTION AND RHYTHMIC ACCENT IN HAWAIIAN SONG9 MIN
  31. 31EXPLANATORY NOTE9 MIN
  32. 32HAWAI’I PONOI1 MIN
  33. 33XXII.—GESTURE11 MIN
  34. 34XXIII.—THE HULA PA-HUA4 MIN
  35. 35XXIV—THE HULA PELE25 MIN
  36. 36XXV.—THE HULA PA’I-UMAUMA7 MIN
  37. 37XXVI.—THE HULA KU’I MOLOKAI4 MIN
  38. 38XXVII.—THE HULA KIELÉI3 MIN
  39. 39XXVIII.—THE HULA MÚ’U-MÚ’U5 MIN
  40. 40XXIX.—THE HULA KOLANI4 MIN
  41. 41XXX.—THE HULA KOLEA3 MIN
  42. 42XXXI.—THE HULA MANÓ2 MIN
  43. 43XXXII.—THE HULA ILÍO8 MIN
  44. 44XXXIII.—THE HULA PUA’A9 MIN
  45. 45XXXIV.—THE HULA OHELO3 MIN
  46. 46XXXV.—THE HULA KILU15 MIN
  47. 47XXXVI.—THE HULA HOO-NA-NÁ2 MIN
  48. 48XXXVII.—THE HULA ULILI2 MIN
  49. 49XXXVIII.—THE HULA O-NIU3 MIN
  50. 50XXXIX.—THE HULA KU’I6 MIN
  51. 51XL.—THE OLI4 MIN
  52. 52XLI.—THE WATER OF KANE4 MIN
  53. 53XLII.—GENERAL REVIEW7 MIN
  54. 54GLOSSARY10 MIN

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THE TEXT

Text of the Project Gutenberg edition (Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula). Taken from Project Gutenberg (eBook #20299). Public domain in the United States; no rights are claimed over the text.