Featured Concert: Hālau o Kekuhi
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording
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content: 2024 June 26
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2024, Item SFF2024_0626_IVA_PotomacAtrium_0006
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copy available
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content: Halena Kapuni-Reynolds (Native Hawaiian) (Presenter); H?lau o Kekuhi: Huihui Kanahele-Mossman (Kuma hula, Kanaka Oiwi); Nalani Kanakaole (Kuma hula); Natsumi Barcelona (dancer); Kekuhi Haililani Kanahele (dancer); Lanihuli Kanahele (dancer); Kaua Kanaka'ole-Ioane (dancer); Namelemanukukalaao Kapono (dancer); M?healani Lono (dancer); Kala Mossman (dancer, Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian)); Kihaapi'ilani Stevens (dancer); Kainoa Thorton (dancer); Nanea Villanueava, Sig Zane (dancer) The esteemed H?lau O Kekuhi classical dance school elevates Native Hawaiian knowledge and practice through hula and oli (chant). In this performance, they portray the Native Hawaiian saga of Pele, the goddess of volcanoes, and her younger sister, Hi?iakaikapoliopele, a goddess of regeneration and hula.