- Tu owe tu`u vahi ohelo nei lae
- Naue e, naue e naue e
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- Maka'u vau i ka mea nui lae
- Vali, vali, vali vali, valivali e
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- Kio lele, kio lele, kio lele la
- Kio lele, kio lele, kio lele la
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- Punoho i ka la`i a o Kona e Kona lae
- Kona e, Kona la, Kona e
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- Ke oe nei i ka ipo ula lae
- Ke hoi la e hoi nei hoi e
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- Tu owe tu`u vahi ohelo nei lae
- Naue e, naue e naue e
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- Kahea: Tu
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- You are pierced by my ramrod
here
- Moving, moving, moving
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- I am afraid of that big
object
- Tender, tender, tender,
tender
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- Spread to act, spread to act,
spread to act
- Spread to act, spread to act,
spread to act
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- A billowing in the calm of
Kona
- Kona here, Kona there, Kona
everywhere
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- The red berry is pierced
- Felt over here, there,
everywhere
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- You are pierced by my ramrod
here
- Moving, moving, moving
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- *Kahea
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- Source: Hiona Collection
Performed at Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1939, and House In
The Garden, 1946, this dance is for the ohelo berry,
named after Kaohelo, younger sister of Pele. There are
two varieties, a bush and creeping vine with red and
yellow berries. The bush is the swaying body of Kaohelo
and the vine, her graceful legs and feet. This may also
be a fertility dance.
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- Ohelo
Berries
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Tom
Kaulaheaonamoku Hiona, 1946
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