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Film, Video Kohala Mountain Boys: Traditional Music from Hawai'i Island

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Title

  • Kohala Mountain Boys: Traditional Music from Hawai'i Island

Summary

  • Led by Boots Lupenui, the Kohala Mountain Boys are committed to uncovering and preserving musical treasures that helped to define the moku of Kohala on Hawai'i Island. Old-time Kohala music is soulful, playful, poetic and fierce, the manifold voice of a vibrant and extraordinary people. We want to recover and share the heirloom songs currently known only to a few isolated and precious old voices, their words and tunes unsung for years. The ancient musical essence of our beloved and mystical Kohala may be lost in this generation. Reclaiming our heirloom songs strengthens our ancestral ties to our homeland. It is a source of pride that can be shared by all the families and all the people of Kohala, for generations to come.

Event Date

  • April 10, 2025

Running Time

  • 1 hours 35 minutes 13 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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(2025) Kohala Mountain Boys: Traditional Music from Hawai'i Island. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11682/.

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Kohala Mountain Boys: Traditional Music from Hawai'i Island. 2025. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11682/>.