Contents

		Page
	Introduction	7
I.	The hula	11
II.	The halau; the kuahu--their decoration and consecration	14
III.	The gods of the hula	23
IV.	Support and organization of the hula	26
V.	Ceremonies of graduation; début of a hula dancer	31
VI.	The password--the song of admission	38
VII.	Worship at the altar of the halau	42
VIII.	Costume of the hula dancer	49
IX.	The hula alá’a-papa	57
X.	The hula pa-ipu, or kuolo	73
XI.	The hula ki’i	91
XII.	The hula pahu	103
XIII.	The hula úliulí	107
XIV.	The hula puili	113
XV.	The hula ka-laau	116
XVI.	The hula ili-ili	120
XVII.	The hula kaekeeke	122
XVIII.	An intermission	126
XIX.	The hula niau-kani	132
XX.	The hula ohe	135
XXI.	The music and musical instruments of the Hawaiians	138
XXII.	Gesture	176
XXIII.	The hula pa-hua	183
XXIV.	The hula Pele	186
XXV.	The hula pa’i-umauma	202
XXVI.	The hula ku’i Molokai	207
XXVII.	The hula kielei	210
XXVIII.	The hula mú’u-mú’u	212
XXIX.	The hula kolani	216
XXX.	The hula kolea	219
XXXI.	The hula manó	221
XXXII.	The hula ilio	223
XXXIII.	The hula pua’a	228
XXXIV.	The hula ohelo	233
XXXV.	The hula kilu	235
XXXVI.	The hula hoonaná	244
XXXVII.	The hula ulili	246
XXXVIII.	The hula o-niu	248
XXXIX.	The hula ku’i	250
XL.	The oli	254
XLI.	The water of Kane	257
XLII.	General review	260
	Glossary	265
	Index	271

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