He `olina leo ka ke aloha Translation

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TRADITIONAL HULA CLASSES

Author: Shari 'Iolani Floyd Berinobis
Pages: 144, Hardcover
Size: 12.5" X 10"

Price: $32.00 + Shipping

Features photos and stories that celebrate the spirit of hula worldwide. Included in the book are 70 stories, over 300 photographs, commentaries on hula, Hawaiian healing, and lei making by noted kumu hula from Hawai'i and Japan. Click here to read more about this book

Malamalama O Ka Mahina is included in this beautiful book which is available as a fund-raiser for the Halau. You may purchase it by telephone at 509-433-2211.

July 4, 2003 Na Haumana

Malamalama O Ka Mahina

My halau, my school of hula, was born on the Big Island of Hawai`i in 1983, during a simultaneous eruption of two volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. The name was chosen with care and concern, as all names in Hawai`i have deep meaning and profound significance. The meanings are layered in each case. The literal meaning of Malamalama O Ka Mahina is "light/enlightenment of the moon" The kaona, the deeper meaning, speaks to “enlightment, clarity of thinking and knowledge” and guides our hula experience. Hina is the Goddess of the Moon.

ALOHA IS...

Aloha is the coordination of mind and heart... it's within the individual - it brings you down to yourself.

A.....	AKAHAI meaning kindness, to be expressed with tenderness

L.....	LOKAHI meaing unity, to be expressed with harmony

O.....	'OLU'OLU meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness

H.....	HA'AHA' A meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty

A.....	AHONUI meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance

-written by Auntie Pilahi Paki
Kailua, O'ahu, Hawaii'i