Hulahula

ʻO ka hulahula ke ʻano hoʻokani hana e pili ana i nā ʻenehana i koho ʻia no ka neʻe ʻana o ke kanaka. He ʻano ahekāʻmoi a me ka hōʻailona ka neʻe o kēia neʻe, a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e like me ka hula a nā mea hana a nā mea nānā i loko o kahi moʻomeheu kūikawā.

 ʻO ka hana a me ke komo 
Hana nā lālā o kahi hui hula i kahi hana maʻamau i kahi pāʻina hula hula — ʻo ka hula, i kapa ʻia i ka hana a i ʻole ʻokiʻoni ʻana, ka mea i koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he kiʻiʻoniʻoni, maʻamau ka hana ma kahi kahua e nā mea hula. 

Hōʻike pinepine ia i kekahi moʻolelo, ʻo ia paha ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mime, ke kapa a me nā mea hoʻonaninani, a i ʻole, e hoʻākāka pono ʻole i ke mele o ke mele, i haku pinepine ʻia. ʻO nā ʻōlelo hoʻohālikelike i ka — komohana a me ka hulahula no kēia wā, nā a me nā mele Kina a me nā Kepani a me nā hīmeni hula. 

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻano kiʻekiʻe e kau ʻia ma ke kanikani wale nō, akā hiki nō paha i ke ʻano ʻakaʻaka ke ʻano i nā ʻenapela a me nā ʻano like ʻole o ke mele.
ʻO ka hulahula, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he hīmeni ʻole, ka hīnaʻi kaiāulu, ʻaina hui like.

Nekele e like me ka laina, ka pōʻai, mea paʻa a i ʻole ka hulahula kīwaha, a i ʻole ka hulahula i nā hoa like e like me ka hana a ka hula kanikau komohana o kumu no ka pahuhopu maʻamau, e like me ka launa pū ʻana a me ka hana ʻana, o nā mea i komo i ka poʻe nānā ʻole. ʻO ka moemoeā hulina like ʻole kekahi moʻolelo. Hōʻalo ka hui a pūʻulu hui a me kahi, ka paina hoa a me ka ʻawelika. ʻO ke kanikani mele ke kiʻi wale ʻia ia no ka ʻoluʻolu o ka mea hula. Hoʻohana nā mea hula. Nā neʻe like a me nā ʻao akā, ma ka hoʻohālike ʻana i ka hīnaehana mele hulahula uila, he nui loa ka poʻe o nā ʻōlani holoʻokoʻa ʻole i hui pū ʻia me nā poʻe e kokoke ana iā lākou. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, e kau ana kekahi mau kuʻuna i nā kānāwai kūpono e pili ana i nā hulahula o laila e like me ke ʻano, he kāne, wahine a me nā keiki ke komo.

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Māhele:Hulahula