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    This document discusses the history of music and dance in Hawaiian culture. It describes mele as poetic compositions that were chanted by masters to accompany hula dances. Mele and hula served many functions in ancient Hawaiian society and reinforced the social hierarchy. In the 19th century, formal hulas became more sacred performances taught in hula schools. Various political leaders both supported and resisted Hawaiian traditions. In modern times, Hawaiian music has influenced popular genres while also seeing revivals of traditional styles and protest music focused on cultural preservation.

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    This document discusses the history of music and dance in Hawaiian culture. It describes mele as poetic compositions that were chanted by masters to accompany hula dances. Mele and hula served many functions in ancient Hawaiian society and reinforced the social hierarchy. In the 19th century, formal hulas became more sacred performances taught in hula schools. Various political leaders both supported and resisted Hawaiian traditions. In modern times, Hawaiian music has influenced popular genres while also seeing revivals of traditional styles and protest music focused on cultural preservation.

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    This document discusses the history of music and dance in Hawaiian culture. It describes mele as poetic compositions that were chanted by masters to accompany hula dances. Mele and hula served many functions in ancient Hawaiian society and reinforced the social hierarchy. In the 19th century, formal hulas became more sacred performances taught in hula schools. Various political leaders both supported and resisted Hawaiian traditions. In modern times, Hawaiian music has influenced popular genres while also seeing revivals of traditional styles and protest music focused on cultural preservation.

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    This document discusses the history of music and dance in Hawaiian culture. It describes mele as poetic compositions that were chanted by masters to accompany hula dances. Mele and hula served many functions in ancient Hawaiian society and reinforced the social hierarchy. In the 19th century, formal hulas became more sacred performances taught in hula schools. Various political leaders both supported and resisted Hawaiian traditions. In modern times, Hawaiian music has influenced popular genres while also seeing revivals of traditional styles and protest music focused on cultural preservation.

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    Cultural Change in Hawaii

    Mele & Hula in Ancient Hawaii

    What is mele?

    Poetical compositions Exquisite imagery describing natural scenery

    Who performed the meles?

    Masters of meles were educated in the performance


    Learned proper way to chant

    Hulas were dances that accompanied these chants

    Mele & Hula in Ancient Hawaii

    Mele and hula performed for many different functions

    Birth, purification, deaths, battles,

    feasts, welcoming ceremonies


    Reinforced the social hierarchy Constantly reworked and changing

    to incorporate new genealogies and


    political landscapes.

    Hula in the 19th Century

    Formal hulas = sacred / religious performance Required intensee education and training Hula schools Kumu (teacher / master of mele and hula) Repository of knowledge Learned the tradition and passed it on to those who carried it into the future

    Traditional Hawaiian Instruments

    Puili Ipu hula Uliuli

    Kaekeeke

    Pu nui Ukeke Nose Flute

    Politics & Resistance with Hula

    King Kamehameha I (1810s)

    Wife: Queen Kaahumanu (1820s/30s) Backed Christian reforms

    King Kamehameha II (1819-1825) argued for customs

    Yet also used it for his own power

    King Kamehameha III (1825-1854)

    Supported hula
    Ordered performance of ancient chant for coronation in 1883 Composed songs about importance of Hawaiian culture and identity

    King Kalakaua (1874-1891)

    Queen Liliuokalani (1891-1893)

    New Hawaiian Sound

    Ukulele

    Portuguese origins Jumping flea

    Musical example

    Slack Key Guitar

    detuned guitar

    Steel guitar

    Sand

    20th Century Tourist Invasion

    1900s tourist influx


    Large hotels and resorts

    Songs created a Hawaiian sound

    Commodified commercial music

    Hollywood musicals of

    the 1940s

    Hawaiian Renaissance

    1960s: new radio stations mixed pop with traditional styles Phillip Gabby Pahinui
    Brought

    back traditional

    sound
    Young

    people wanted to learn how to play the slack-key guitar and were able to learn from Gabby

    Hawaiian Renaissance

    Hawaiian Protest music


    Love and Celebration for land Hostility towards tourism and military Preservation of Hawaiian beliefs

    Israel

    Kamakawiwoole (IZ)

    HULA REVIVAL

    The revival of the Hula

    Merrie Monarch Festival

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