Hawaiian Drum Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time
Various Artists

The practice of perpetuating tradition through the teacher-student relationship is strong in Hawaiian mele. Performers’ styles are recognized, back through time, in their teacher’s, and their teachers’ teacher’s styles. These recordings give a view of several performance styles of Hawaiian mele between 1923 and 1989, although the traditions and the mele reach much further back in time.
Track Listing
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Mele Pule | Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister | 1:09 | |
102
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Mele Kāhea | Hau'olionalani Lewis | 0:30 | |
103
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Mele Komo (Welcome to dance area) | Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis | 0:22 | |
104
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Kau ka hali'a I ka manawa / Kaulīlua I ke anu Wai'ale'ale (medley) | Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis and Hau'olionalani Lewis | 3:15 | |
105
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Aloha e ke kai o Kalalau | Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis and Hau'olionalani Lewis | 1:36 | |
106
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Hanohano ka uka o Pilanakalani | Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis and Hau'olionalani Lewis | 1:47 | |
107
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Noho ana ke akua i ka nāhelehele | Brenda Lehua Hulihe'e | 0:31 | |
108
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Ke ala ke aloha ma ka hikina | Anthony La'akapu Lenchanko | 0:33 | |
109
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Ku'u wahine i ka ua 'Ulalena | Charles Albert Manu'aikohanaiki'ilili Boyd | 2:34 | |
110
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Kaulīlua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale | James Kapihe Pālea Kuluwaimaka | 1:20 | |
111
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O 'oe 'ia e Wailua'iki/Kaulīlua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale | Samuel Pua Ha'aheo | 2:43 | |
112
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Kau ka hali'a i ka manawa/Au'a 'ia e Kama e kona moku | Samuel Pua Ha'aheo | 2:28 | |
113
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'Eia o Kalani Kamanomano | Keahi Luahine | 0:38 | |
114
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Ke akua i ka uwalo i ka la'i e/'Eia o Kalani Kamanomano | Mary Kawena Pukui | 1:16 | |
115
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Ke akua i ka uwalo i ka la'i e/A Hāmakua au 'ike i ka pali | Hoakalei Kamau'u | 2:11 | |
116
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'Ūlei pahu i ka moku | Waiwaiole Kala | 0:37 | |
117
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'Ūlei pahu i ka moku | Mary Kawena Pukui and Patience Namaka Wiggin Bacon | 1:08 | |
118
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Kaulīlua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale | Keaka Kanahele | 2:28 | |
119
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Au'a 'ia e kama e kona moku | Keaka Kanahele | 1:23 | |
120
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Kaulīlua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale | Mary Kawena Pukui and Patience Namaka Wiggin Bacon | 1:55 | |
121
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Au'a 'ia e kama e kona moku | Mary Kawena Pukui and Patience Namaka Wiggin Bacon | 0:40 | |
122
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Kaulīlua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale | Mary Kawena Pukui | 1:59 | |
123
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A Ko'olau au 'ike i ka ua | Ka'upena Wong | 2:25 | |
124
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A Ko'olau au 'ike i ka ua | Hoakalei Kamau'u | 1:40 | |
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Kū'oe i ka'u wahi 'Ōhelo | Tom Hiona | 1:56 |