And this chant is a foundation of kahiko , it is Kauliua , and it compares the mountain Wai'ale'ale to a woman. You know, when women love, they allow you to come close, and when they don't want you they keep you away, and the mountain is like that. It exposes itself when it wants you to approach its beauty and when it doesn't want you then it shrouds itself in mist. What I say, I say in truth. And that is one of the main lines for your foundation of hula, for living.
Every tradition uses that as the basis for hula.
And then, the kumu hula comes along, and the kumu hula must understand the poetry the haku mele has written. Sometimes there's really no way of the haku mele telling the kumu hula because maybe the haku mele has hala , so you must try to understand. So, the success of hula depends on the haku mele, the music, and then the exponent of the hula, the kumu hula, will do the choreography to impart the understanding so that the student can express it. Then, you have beautiful hula. Hula is healing, it is powerful, you learn to make magic with your own self and gifts that you have.