FEATURED DANCE: Hula with Tracie Keolalani
Dance is a wonderful way to EMBODY peace - invite calm and joy inside to reduce stress, tension and anxiety. Best of all - most peole can do some form of it, even if modified for different abilities or ages! Remember the goal is practice - not perfection!
This particular dance is HULA, with the words to a Moana (animation) song in traditional Hawaiian. Enjoy - and please do share your dance experience below in comments!
LYRICS:
Ike maka i ka ʻalihi lani
Hāliʻaliʻa
Noʻonoʻo iho nō
Kuʻu nohona kuʻuna
Kuʻuʻi ini no ka hoʻokele ō
Huli aku nei, huli mai nei nō
He meheuheu, ʻoia wale nō
He ʻāina ʻē, e kāhea mai nei
E Kahiki ē
ʻO ke kai pili mai me ka lani o luna
ʻAuhea ʻoe, mōʻiu ʻoe
Hele waʻa, e Moana I kaʻāina o lalo
Eō mai ō I ka holokai ʻana i Kahiki
ʻŌʻōʻōʻō (2x)
He ʻohana kēia
He mauli ola
He hauʻoli maʻamau
Kēlā kuleana
Hoʻomaopopo, kamaʻāina ʻoia mau
Hoʻokele au i ke kai koʻo
Holomua au, ʻoia ʻiʻo nō
He aliʻi wau, hele aku nō
Hiki paha nō?
ʻIke mai, haka mai i ka lā kolili
Ka ʻili kai, hohonu (ke) kai
Ō mai, hea mai i ke kai malino
Maiʻōa ʻō
Hele aku nō, ʻoia iho nō
ʻO ke kai pili mai me ka lani o luna
ʻAuhea ʻoe, mōʻiu ʻoe
Hele waʻa, e Moana I kaʻāina o lalo
Eō mai e Kahiki ē
Like this activity? Next time try making a flower lei while listening to Hawaiian music!
For kids: https://www.firstpalette.com/craft/flower-lei.html
For adults: https://www.flowerleis.com/info/how-to-make-a-lei/
Music for all:
Mahalo (THANK YOU!) for the HULA Lesson Tracie Keolani.