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Hula Is More Than a Dance—It’s the ‘Heartbeat’ of the Hawaiian People | Short Film Showcase


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in Hawaii we have a term kuleana which
means responsibility to be a koala
that’s a huge kuleana
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the Hawaii people did not have a written
language and it was the hula that kept
all the stories alive and I take that
responsibility of perpetuating the hula
very very serious you’re only dancing
once all people say is hula pastime is
it a hobby the hula is our bridge to the
past the foundation of our Hawaiian
people it’s my life
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60 women have to tell the same story so
we have to dance as one think is one our
souls need to be as one
there’s a time in our history when hula
was forbidden that was a sad time in our
history
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but King Kalakaua said the hula is the
heartbeat of Hawaii people so where
there is Hawaiian people there needs to
be the hula
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you
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