Today's song was written by Iva Kinimaka - He Aloha Mele - a classic hawaiian piece - Ukulele and all that is almost as old and popular as Don Ho's Tiny Bubbles - press Play - I sure hope you like this one because this song was difficult to get - a real hawaiian treat for all of you beautiful people!:This photo was taken in good 'ol Waikiki.
As for hula, there are two styles - contemporary (Hula 'Auana) and traditional (Hula Kahiko) - most of you are probably more familiar with Hula 'Auana, as shown in the picture above. One of the biggest hula competition is held on the Big Island and is called the Merry Monarch Festival - a must see - and plan for because tickets for the competition are usually sold out in advance!
He aloha mele, pretty hoku
Sending down a special little twinkle
For your brown eyes
Your pretty lovely brown eyes
In the still of the night
All the stars are shining bright
For your brown eyes
He aloha mele, e lohe i kamakani
Gentle breeze whispering haunting melodies
To you softly
Whisper to you softly
Hear the winds through the trees
Singing sweet harmony
To you softly
Hui:
With the grace of her hands
She can tell you that a star
Only glitters at the setting of the sunshine
With the grace of her hands
She can tell you that the wind
Only blows when no mountain side
Is there to touch her
Now there's the sun and the moon
Talking stories telling tales
About a new day
It's gonna be a nice day
Now the moon is shining bright
And the sun will rise again
To start a new day
He aloha mele
Well my eyes are blue, but I'll take it, LOL! =) Hey, isn't that a song? Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue...Not a beautiful Hawaiian one like this one tho...ahhhhhhhhhh, takes me gently back to that tropical breezy "pair-a-dice"...thanks for the pic Kala...we actually saw this when we were there on Waikiki! KEWL!
ReplyDeleteMy eyes are brown instead =)
ReplyDeleteI am so curious about your next post, the one about "your love" :-)
This is so nice...I can imagine the women gracefully dancing to this sweet song. BTW, there's a super fun caption contest at http://twincitiesphoto.blogspot.com/2006/08/final-four-minneapolis-regionals.html. The photo is incredible and worth a look at any rate.
ReplyDeleteThe graceful dancers with echoing the swaying palms behind them is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI have brown eyes too! ;)
The first time I went to Hawaii three years ago, the first thing my parents did after my twin sister and I dropped off our luggage was take us to Waikiki Beach for a free performance of the cutest little kids dancing the hula while the sun was setting...it was a great first impression of Hawaii. I think it was at the exact same spot where you took that photo, actually!!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my friends is a dancer - her specialities are hula and Tahitian. She tried teaching me hula once...it's so much harder than it looks!
Thanks for adding the song to the post, it's so pretty. Hope it becomes a regular thing to your posts (if it's not too much trouble)!
wow, I would like to see hula dancers perform . not anywhere else but there...!! thanks for the link the other day!
ReplyDeleteLovely post.
ReplyDeleteThe song is very soft, I have never heard it before and like it very much.
The atmosphere on the photo is great, and the background is captured very well.
Good luck with your distance paddling team.
What a gorgeous picture! Simply love the colours and the clouds - really nice shot!
ReplyDeleteWish I could hear the song - don't have Apple QuickTime - I'll try to figure something out...