{"id":3231,"date":"2026-06-12T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T01:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/?page_id=3231"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T01:35:04","slug":"%ca%bbuniki-hula","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/%ca%bbuniki-hula\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bb\u016aniki hula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inoa | Name(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u02bb\u016aniki hula; \u02bb\u016aniki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>H\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu mana\u02bbo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u02bbO ka \u02bb\u016aniki hula ka \u02bbaha i m\u0101lama \u02bbia no ka \u02bbanu\u02bbu \u02bbana i kekahi k\u016blana ma ka hula, \u02bbo ka \u02bb\u014dlapa \u02bboe, \u02bbo ka ho\u02bbopa\u02bba \u02bboe, \u02bbo ka loea \u02bboe, \u02bbo ke kumu \u02bboe. He \u02bbaha ia i h\u014d\u02bboia \u02bbia e ke kumu a loea paha.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u02bb\u016aniki hula is a culminating rite of passage in hula. It can signify the completion of a period of instruction, a transition from student to instructor, or the mastery of a hula skill\/skills. \u02bb\u016aniki hula is initiated and affirmed by a kumu hula or loea hula.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u02bb\u014clelo kuhikuhi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">E koho i\u0101 \u201c\u02bb\u016aniki Hula\u201d no n\u0101 kumuwaiwai pili i ka \u02bbaha e ho\u02bbopuka ana ka haumana hula i kekahi k\u016blana ma ka hula \u02bbana a i h\u014d\u02bboia \u02bbia e ke kumu a loea paha.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use this term for resources related to the advancement of a student(s) in hula or ho\u02bbopa\u02bba training or completion of study, as deemed by a kumu hula or loea hula, whether through a formal or informal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mo\u02bbok\u016b\u02bbauhau | Genealogy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Akua | Deity: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/akua-list\/laka\/\">Laka<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/akua-list\/kapo%ca%bbulakina%ca%bbu-kapo\/\">Kapo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hana | Practice<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/hana-list\/hula\/\">Hula<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u02bbAha | <\/strong><strong>Ceremony: <\/strong>Kapu kai; Hi\u02bbuwai; \u02bbAilolo; \u02bbAha\u02bbaina; H\u014d\u02bbike<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lawena | Behavior;<\/strong> Hula; H\u012bmeni; Oli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>K\u016bkulu | Built environment:<\/strong> P\u0101 hula; Kuahu; H\u0101lau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>K\u016blana | Title \/ rank:<\/strong> \u02bb\u014clapa; Ho\u02bbopa\u02bba; Kumu Hula; Loea hula; Haumana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>K\u016bmole\u00a0 | Source(s)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barrere, D. B., Pukui, M. K., &amp; Kelly, M. (1980). <em>Hula: Historical perspectives<\/em>. Department of Anthology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopkins, J. (1982). <em>The hula<\/em>. Apa Productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hula Preservation Society Archive (2026). Oral History Collections. <a href=\"https:\/\/hulapreservation.org\/\">https:\/\/hulapreservation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaeppler, A. L. (1993). <em>Hula pahu: Hawaiian drum dances<\/em> (Vol. 1). Bishop Museum Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pukui, M. K. &amp; Elbert, S. H. (1986). <em>Hawaiian dictionary: Hawaiian English, English Hawaiian<\/em> (Revised and enlarged edition). University of Hawai\u02bbi Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pukui, M. K., Haertig, E. W., &amp; Lee, C. A. (1972). <em>N\u0101n\u0101 i ke kumu: Look to the source<\/em> (Vol. 1). Hui H\u0101nai, Queen Lili\u02bbuokalani Children\u2019s Center.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mea haku | Created by<\/strong>: Keau George<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mea loiloi | Edited by:<\/strong> Na ka hui \u02bbimi na\u02bbauao o Kaho\u02bbiwai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inoa | Name(s) \u02bb\u016aniki hula; \u02bb\u016aniki H\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu mana\u02bbo \u02bbO ka \u02bb\u016aniki hula ka \u02bbaha i m\u0101lama \u02bbia no ka \u02bbanu\u02bbu \u02bbana i kekahi k\u016blana ma ka hula, \u02bbo ka \u02bb\u014dlapa \u02bboe, \u02bbo ka ho\u02bbopa\u02bba \u02bboe, \u02bbo ka loea \u02bboe, \u02bbo &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3232,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3231\/revisions\/3232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/kawaihapai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}