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Hawaiian Drum Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time

Various Artists
Hawaiian Drum Dance Chants: Sounds of Power in Time In the eastern Polynesian islands known as Hawaii, the making of music and dance is center on mele or chanted texts. Mele, sung alone, are said to be performed in the oli style (without dance or musical instruments). When coupled with hula (dance), they are called mele hula, and when the pahu drum is added the performance is called mele hula pahu. More specific terms are also applied to mele that are used for specific purposes such as processionals, prayers, and naming.

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 (Prayer Chants) Emily Kau'i Zuttermeister 01:09
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Mele Kāhea (Password to Dance Area) Hau'olionalani Lewis 00:30
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Mele Komo (Welcome to Dance Area) Noenoelani Lewis 00:22
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Kau ka hali'a i ka manawa / Kaulīlua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale Noenoelani Lewis and Hau'olionalani Lewis 03:15
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Aloha e ke kai o Kalalau Noenoelani Lewis and Hau'olionalani Lewis 01:36
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Hanohano ka uka o Pihanakalani Noenoelani Lewis and Hau'olionalani Lewis 01:47
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Noho ana ke akua i ka nāhelehele Brenda Lehua Hulihe'e 00:31
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Ke ala ke aloha ma ka hikina Anthony La'akapu Lenchanko 00:33
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Ku'u wahine i ka ua 'Ulalena Charles Albert Manu'aikohanaiki'ilili Boyd 02:34
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Kaulilua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale (1) James Kapihe Pālea Kuluwaimaka 01:20
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O 'oe 'ia e Wailua'iki / Kaulilua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale (2) Samuel Pua Ha'aheo 02:43
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Kau ka hali'a i ka manawa / Au'a 'ia e Kama e kona moku Samuel Pua Ha'aheo 02:28
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‘Eia o Kalani Kamanomano (1) Keahi Luahine 00:38
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Ke akua i ka uwalo i ka la'i e / 'Eia o Kalani Kamanomano Mary Kawena Pukui 01:16
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Ke akua i ka uwalo i ka la'i e / A Hāmakua au 'ike i ka pali Hoakalei Kamau'u 02:11
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‘Ulei pahu i ka moku (1) Waiwaiole Kala 00:37
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‘Ulei pahu i ka moku (2) Mary Kawena Pukui 01:08
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Kaulilua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale (3) Keaka Kanahele 02:28
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Au'a 'ia e kama e kona moku (1) Keaka Kanahele 01:23
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Kaulilua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale (4) Mary Kawena Pukui 01:55
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Au'a 'ia e kama e kona moku (2) Mary Kawena Pukui 00:40
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Kaulilua i ke anu Wai'ale'ale (5) Mary Kawena Pukui 01:59
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A Ko'olau au 'ike i ka ua (1) Ka'upena Wong 02:25
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A Ko'olau au 'ike i ka ua (2) Hoakalei Kamau'u 01:40
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Kū'oe i ka'u wahi 'Ōhelo Tom Hiona 01:56