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Ho`opuka e ka la ma ka hikina Me ka huaka`i hele no Kumukahi Ha`a mai na `iwa me Hi`iaka Me Kapo-Laka i ka uluwehiwehi Ne`e mai na `iwa ma ku`u alo Me ke alo kapu o ka aiwaiwa Ho`i no e ke kapu me na ali`i E ola makou apau loa la Ea la, ea la, ea la, ea He inoa no Hi`iaka I Ka Poli `O Pele |
Rise, O sun in the east |
Source: This is a formal entrance/exit dance used for kahiko. It honors Hi`iaka the youngest and favorite sister of Pele, and the major patron of hula. Hi`iaka learned the hula from her friend Hopoe on the big island of Hawai`i. Kapo-Laka are the god/goddess of hula. Kumukahi (first beginning) is the easternmost cape in Hawai'i. The `iwa bird (frigate bird) is symbolic of a lover, dancer or handsome person |