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Film, Video Unukupukupu Halau Hula

Event video

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Title

  • Unukupukupu Halau Hula

Summary

  • Unukupukupu is the traditional Halau Hula (Hula School) of Hawai`i Community College, Hilo, Hawai`i. Here ancient dances and songs, rooted in the sacred `Aiha`a Pele (Ritual Dance of Volcanic Phenomena) intermingle with the rigor of academic inquiry. To experience the particular fiery style of hula termed `Aiha`a Pele, one is trained to call up the fire within the body and to dance until sweat shines at the temples and forehead. Under the cultural and academic stewardship of Dr. Taupouri Tangaroto, Unukupukupu is a community of traditional dancers functionally aware that Hula is one of the world's sacred dances of environmental kinship and global connections.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-06-26.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-06-26.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688915

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Unukupukupu Halau Hula. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-26, 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688915/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2012) Unukupukupu Halau Hula. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-26. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688915/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Unukupukupu Halau Hula. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-26, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688915/>.