History of the Hula

A HIDDEN HISTORY HULA of the H AWATTS PERFORMING ARTS HULA TODAY IS APPRECIATED WORLDWIDE FOR ITS ARTISTRY AND HAS BEEN USED BY NATIVE HAWAIIANS TO TELL STORIES FOR CENTURIES. 1770 1780 ACCORDING TO ONE VERSION, LAKA, THE GODDESS OF HULA, GAVE BIRTH TO THE 1790 DANCE ON THE ISLAND OF MOLOKA'I. BY THE TIME CAPTAIN COOK SIGHTED THE 1800 ISLAND IN 1778, WHEN PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES NATIVES HAD BEEN PERFORMING ARRIVED IN HAWAII IN 1820, THEY WERE SHOCKED BY THE NATIVE THE HULA FOR 1810 HAWAIIANS' OPEN FORM OF DANCING CENTURIES. AND BELIEVED HULA PROMOTED HEATHEN BELIEFS. 1820 1830 IN 1830, THE MISSIONARIES FOLLOWING QUEEN CONVINCED QUEEN 1840 KAAHUMANU'S DEATH IN KAAHUMANU TO 1832, SOME CHIEFS OUTLAW THE HULA! REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE BAN ON HULA. IN 1850 1834, KAMEHAMEHA III OPENLY DISOBEYED THE STARTING IN 1851, PUBLIC HULA PREVIOUS "KANAWAI" PERFORMANCES BECAME REGULATED (THE LAW) FORBIDDING 1860 THROUGH A LICENSING SYSTEM, THE PERFORMANCE OF HULA IN PUBLIC. WITH A HEAVY FEE LEVIED FOR EACH PERFORMANCE. 1870 1880 IN 1878-79, A PORTUGUESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT FOUND ITS WAY TO HAWAII. IT DEVELOPED INTO THE TARO PATCH FIDDLE AND THEN THE UKULELE. IN 1885, LA'IE 1890 DURING THE REIGN NATIVE JOSEPH OF KING KALAKAUA, KEKUKU INVENTED HULA ENJOYED A THE STEEL GUITAR. PUBLIC REVIVAL. 1900 "HULA IS THE LANGUAGE OF IN THE LATE 1890s THE HEART AND ThVINE AND EARLY 1900s, THEREFORE THE Matinee . Erening T.0P DOROTHY OIRE "LIVTLE MIS RENELLJON HULA DANCERS 1910 HEARTBEAT OF THE AND HAWAIIAN DOUOLASS MELKAN HAWAIIAN PEOPLE," "PARRING THRODGN Welne day MUSICIANS TOURED ADDED ATTSACTION MONDAT TUESDAYWEDNESDAY HE SAID. KALAKAUA'S AJ-PFAHLERT THE U.S. MAINLAND. AND CORONATION IN 1883 A.R BELL Presents USUALLY FEMALE, 1920 AND JUBILEE IN 1886 THE DANCERS WORE BOTH FEATURED MAKALIKA GRASS SKIRTS, AND CONTINUOUS HULA MUSICIANS PLAYED PERFORMANCES. 1930 KITSCHY HAWAIIAN HULA HULA DANCE MANAKU'S ROYAL HAWAIIANS MELODIES ON STEEL GUITAR AND UKULELE. 1940 THE MERRIE MONARCH FESTIVAL STARTED IN HILO, HAWAII, IN 1963 BY THE EFFORTS OF UNCLE GEORGE NA'OPE AND AUNTY DOTTIE THOMPSON 1950 WHEN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI'I LOOKED INTO NEW WAYS TO ATTRACT VISITORS TO THE ISLAND DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. 1960 1970 HULA GIRLS, AN AWARD-WINNING 1980 JAPANESE FILM, HIT THEATERS IN 2006. THE FILM TELLS THE REAL- 1990 IN 2008, A HULA DANCE TROUPE LIFE STORY OF A CALLED THE "OBAMA HULA GIRLS" GROUP OF GIRLS MADE HEADLINES HELPING THE USING HULA TO JAPANESE CITY OF OBAMA SAVE THEIR MINING 2000 CELEBRATE THE ELECTION OF NEW VILLAGE, IWAKI. HulaGirls PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. 2010 THE ANCIENT CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF HAWAII LIVE ON IN THE HULA. THE ONCE- FORBIDDEN DANCE IS TAUGHT AND PERFORMED TODAY ALL AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING JAPAN, FRANCE, GERMANY AND MEXICO. Copyright ©2012 www.Polynesia.com Designed by InfoMonkeys