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Hawaiian Chants used in sacred songs and blessing
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Wikipedia on Song and chants of Hawaii Mele is a generalized Hawaiian language term that can refer to chants, songs or poems. It is frequently used in song titles such as Mele Kalikimaka, or He Mele Lahui Hawaii, composed in 1866 by Liliuokalani as a national anthem. Hawaiian songbooks often carry the word in the book's title.[1] In practical usage, the word can be combined with other words, such as Mele Hula, a metered chant.[2] The word can either be a noun, or used as a verb to mean "to chant" or "to sing". |
The Kumulipo is divided into sixteen wā, sections. The first eight wā fall under the section of pō (darkness), the age of spirit. The Earth may or may not exist, but the events described do not take place in a physical universe. The words show the development of life as it goes through similar stages as a human child. All plants and animals of sea and land, earth and sky, male and female are created.[6] Eventually, it leads to early mammals.
These are the first four lines of the Kumulipo:
Hawaiian language English
O ke au i kahuli wela ka honua
O ke au i kahuli lole ka lani
O ke au i kukaʻiaka ka la
E hoʻomalamalama i ka malama
At the time when the earth became hot
At the time when the heavens turned about
At the time when the sun was darkened
To cause the moon to shine[3]
KAU KA HALI’A
EO MAI ‘O KA’KU
HE KAU NO HI’IAKA
‘OAKA KA LANI
O WAKEA NOHO IA
PAPAHANAUMOKU
MELE HO’OULU
EO KEOPUOLANI
KAUHIAKAMA
KU’U LANI WELI WELI
TE HA’AHA’A NEI AHAHANA
UA PUNI HO’I NA MOKU I KE KAI
MAPU KA HANU O KA LAUA’E
LELE ANA ‘O KA’ENA
KU’U AKUA I KA HALE HAU
MAI KAHIKI KA WAHINE ‘O PELE
HOLO MAI PELE
KUNIHI KA’ENA
HE MELE NO HI’IAKAIKAPOLIOPELE
KA ‘AU HULA ‘ANA ‘O KALALAU
NAHI ‘ENA’ENA
EO E KALAWAI ‘AHOLONAIKEKAIOMANAKA’A
Hawaiian chants and hula _
With no written language, the ancient Hawaiians recorded their histories,
genealogies, legends, and the phenomena of their gods through the creation and memorization of chants, known as oli, and dances called hula.
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