Unwritten Literature of Hawaii, par Nathaniel B. Emerson

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Author

Emerson, Nathaniel Bright, 1839-1915

Title

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula

Credits

Carlo Traverso, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at dp.rastko.net, This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica). Revised by Richard Tonsing.

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Hawaiian language -- Texts

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20299

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20299

Release Date

January 6, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.UNWRITTEN LITERATURE OF HAWAII THE SACRED SONGS OF THE HULA
2. 2.PREFATORY NOTE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.MUSICAL PIECES
6. 6.INTRODUCTION
7. 7.I.—THE HULA
8. 8.II.—THE HALAU; THE KUAHU—THEIR DECORATION AND CONSECRATION — THE HALAU — THE KUAHU — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
9. 9.III.—THE GODS OF THE HULA.
10. 10.IV.—SUPPORT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE HULA — RULES OF CONDUCT AND TABUS
11. 11.V—CEREMONIES OF GRADUATION; DÉBUT OF A HULA DANCER — CEREMONIES OF GRADUATION — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — DÉBUT OF A HULA DANCER — [Translation.]
12. 12.VI.—THE PASSWORD—THE SONG OF ADMISSION — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
13. 13.VII.—WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE HALAU — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
14. 14.VIII.—COSTUME OF THE HULA DANCER — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
15. 15.IX.—THE HULA ALA’A-PAPA — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
16. 16.X.—THE HULA PA-ÍPU, OR KUÓLO — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
17. 17.XI.—THE HULA KI’I — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
18. 18.XII.—THE HULA PAHU — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
19. 19.XIII.—THE HULA ÚLI-ULÍ — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
20. 20.XIV.—THE HULA PUÍLI — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
21. 21.XV.—THE HULA KA-LAAU — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
22. 22.XVI.—THE HULA ÍLI-ÍLI — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
23. 23.XVII.—THE HULA KÁ-ÉKE-ÉKE — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
24. 24.XVIII.—AN INTERMISSION — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
25. 25.XIX.—THE HULA MAU-KANI — [Translation.]
26. 26.XX.—THE HULA OHE — [Translation.]
27. 27.XXI.—THE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE HAWAIIANS — MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — EXPLANATORY REMARKS — ELOCUTION AND RHYTHMIC ACCENT IN HAWAIIAN SONG — [Translation.] — EXPLANATORY NOTE — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
28. 28.XXII.—GESTURE
29. 29.XXIII.—THE HULA PA-HUA — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
30. 30.XXIV—THE HULA PELE — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
31. 31.XXV.—THE HULA PA’I-UMAUMA — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
32. 32.XXVI.—THE HULA KU’I MOLOKAI — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
33. 33.XXVII.—THE HULA KIELÉI — [Translation.]
34. 34.XXVIII.—THE HULA MÚ’U-MÚ’U — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
35. 35.XXIX.—THE HULA KOLANI — [Translation.]
36. 36.XXX.—THE HULA KOLEA — [Translation.]
37. 37.XXXI.—THE HULA MANÓ — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
38. 38.XXXII.—THE HULA ILÍO — [Translation.]
39. 39.XXXIII.—THE HULA PUA’A — [Translation.]
40. 40.XXXIV.—THE HULA OHELO — [Translation.]
41. 41.XXXV.—THE HULA KILU — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
42. 42.XXXVI.—THE HULA HOO-NA-NÁ — [Translation.]
43. 43.XXXVII.—THE HULA ULILI — [Translation.]
44. 44.XXXVIII.—THE HULA O-NIU — [Translation.]
45. 45.XXXIX.—THE HULA KU’I — [Translation.] — [Translation.]
46. 46.XL.—THE OLI — [Translation.]
47. 47.XLI.—THE WATER OF KANE — [Translation.]
48. 48.XLII.—GENERAL REVIEW
49. 49.GLOSSARY
50. 50.INDEX — [NOTE.—All Hawaiian words, as such (except catch words), are italicized.]

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