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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.

http://www.traciekmusic.com/