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Nowelo I Kaua‘i Kuapapa

In Search of the Wisdom and Heartbeat of Ancient Kaua‘i
 – Presented by Kumu Hula Kēhaulani Kekua
 
Volume I: : Mai Ka Piko O Kaua‘i Wai‘ale‘ale: The Umbilicus of Sacred Life Cycles

Nowelo I Kaua‘i Kuapapa is a cultural educational series which highlights Kaua‘i’s wahi pana, or storied and celebrated places, through mele pule, mele oli and mele hula – prayers, chants and dances that have been entrusted to the lineage of Kaipuwai. Kumu Hula Kēhaulani Kekua is a revered cultural practitioner and master teacher of traditional hula, born and raised on Kaua‘i. As the hiapo, or firstborn in her family, she was reared in the custom of hānai – freely given to be nurtured and groomed in hula by her maternal grandmother, Helen Kaipuwai Kekua Waiau. It is through her, that Kēhaulani inherited her family’s generations-old lineage and practices of Kaua‘i hula traditions.

Volume I: : Mai Ka Piko O Kaua‘i Wai‘ale‘ale: The Umbilicus of Sacred Life Cycles

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Nowelo I Kaua‘i Kuapapa Volume I CD Track Listing:

  1. Introduction by Linda Lester Keale – Kī hō‘alu accompaniment by Michael Keale
  2. Ua Lawe ‘Ia E Ka Makani O Wai‘ōpua
  3. Greeting & Mission Statement
  4. Nowelo I Kaua‘i Kuapapa – The significance of names and the process of name giving
  5. Iā ‘Oe E Ka Lā E ‘Alohi Nei – Mele Inoa for King David Kalākaua
  6. Interlude by Linda Lester Keale – Kī hō‘alu accompaniment by Michael Keale
  7. Mai Ka Piko O Kaua‘i – Wai‘ale‘ale: The Umbilicus of Sacred Life Cycles
  8. Kaulīlua I Ke Anu O Wai‘ale‘ale – Hula Pahu – Sacred Temple Drum Dance
  9. Aia Lā Nā Lehua I Alaka‘i – Oli Aloha from the mo‘olelo of Hi‘iakapoliopele
  10. Nā Lihilihi O Ka Lehua Makanoe – Hula ‘Ala‘apapa for the bogs of Alaka‘i
  11. Hanohano Kawaikini – Mele Oli extolling the prominence of Wai‘ale‘ale
  12. Closing Oli and Mahalo – Kī hō‘alu accompaniment by Michael Keale

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