Maʻiki Aiu Lake

Margaret Maʻiki Souza Aiu Lake (30 ʻOkakopa 1925 - 11 Kepakemapa 1984) he kumu hula kaulana a he mea hoʻokumu i ka hula ʻauana ma Hawaiʻi. He wahine ʻo ia i hoʻomau i nā loina kahiko o ka hula a hoʻolaha aku i ke ʻano o ka hula ʻauana ma ke au hou. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu hula koʻikoʻi loa o ke kenekulia 20, a ua aʻo aku ʻo ia i nā kumu hula he 40 a ʻoi, nā mea i hoʻomau i kāna ʻike a me kona aloha no ka hula.

 Ka Moʻolelo 
Hānau ʻia ʻo Maiki Aiu Lake i ka lā 30 o ʻOkakopa, 1925, ma Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. He kaikamahine ʻo ia na Emily Taylor a me Ernest Beamer. He pilina koko kona me ka ʻohana Beamer kaulana, he ʻohana i kaulana no ka mālama ʻana i nā mele Hawaiʻi. Hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hula i kona wā kamaliʻi ma lalo o kona kupunahine, ʻo Louise Beamer.

Ma hope o kona mau makahiki kamaliʻi, aʻo ʻia ʻo ia i ka hula e nā kumu hula kaulana e like me Mary Kawena Pukui, Lokalia Montgomery, a me Joseph Ilalaʻole. Aʻo pū ʻo ia me Katie Nakaula, he kumu hula i ʻike ʻia no kona ʻike hohonu i nā mele kahiko. Mai kēia mau kumu, aʻo ʻo Maiki i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hula - ka hula kahiko, ka hula ʻauana, a me nā mele kahiko.

 Ke Aʻo ʻAna 
I ka makahiki 1946, wehe ʻo Maiki i kāna hālau hula mua ma Honolulu ma ke alanui Kapiʻolani. Ma kēia hālau, aʻo ʻo ia i ka hula i nā haumāna he nui, a lilo kekahi o kāna mau haumāna i nā kumu hula kaulana e like me Robert Cazimero, Michael Kawaiaea, Leina'ala Kalama Heine, Māpuana de Silva, John Keola Lake, a me Vickie Holt Takamine.

Kūlike kona ʻano aʻo ʻana me ka loina kahiko. Koʻikoʻi ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā moʻolelo, nā mele, ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, a me nā loina kahiko i kāna mau haumāna. Ma mua o ke aʻo ʻana i nā hula, pono e aʻo mua i ka moʻolelo o ia mau mele a me ke kaona o nā ʻōlelo.

 Ka "Maiki System" 
Hoʻokumu ʻo Maiki i kekahi ʻano aʻo ʻana i ka hula i kapa ʻia ʻo ka "Maiki System". He ʻano aʻo kēia i hoʻohui i nā loina kahiko me ke aʻo ʻana ma ke ʻano hou. Ma lalo o kēia ʻano aʻo:

 Aʻo ʻia nā haumāna i ka moʻolelo o kēlā me kēia mele a hula
 Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ke kaona a me ka manaʻo hohonu o nā ʻōlelo
 Aʻo ʻia ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi
 Aʻo ʻia nā loina kahiko o ka Hawaiʻi
 Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nā kuhi lima a me nā hele ʻana o ka hula
 Hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka noʻeau o ka hula ma ke ʻano systematic

 Ka Hoʻoilina 
Make ʻo Maiki i ka lā 11 o Kepakemapa, 1984, ma Honolulu. ʻO kāna hoʻoilina nui loa, ʻo ia nā kumu hula he 40 a ʻoi āna i aʻo ai, nā mea e hoʻomau nei i kāna ʻike a me kona aloha no ka hula. Ma o kāna mau haumāna, ua laha aku kāna ʻike i nā kikoʻī o ka hula a puni ka honua.

Ua kōkua nui ʻo ia i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka hula ma nā makahiki 1960-1970, i ka wā i ulu aʻe ai ka Hawaiian Renaissance. Ma o kāna aʻo ʻana, ua mālama ʻia ke ʻano kahiko o ka hula, akā ua hoʻokomo pū ʻia i loko o ke au hou.

I kēia lā, hoʻomau ʻia kāna mau haʻawina e kāna mau haumāna a me nā haumāna a kāna mau haumāna. Ua lilo kāna "Maiki System" i kumuhana no nā haʻawina hula ma nā kulanui, a he mea nui ia no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka moʻolelo o ka hula.

 Nā ʻŌlelo Noʻeau a me nā Manaʻo 
ʻO kēia nā ʻōlelo noʻeau a me nā manaʻo i haʻi pinepine ʻia e Maiki:
 "ʻO ka hula ke ola"
 "ʻO ka hula ka hana noʻeau Hawaiʻi e hōʻike ana i nā mea a pau a kākou e ʻike ai, e honi ai, e lohe ai, e ʻai ai, e pā ai, a e ʻike ai"
 "ʻO ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole i ka hula, akā he aloha ko lākou, hiki ke aʻo a lilo i mau mea hula"
 "E lawe i kaʻu i hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoe a e hoʻomaikaʻi aʻe"
 "E hoʻomaopopo, e aʻo ʻoe, akā ʻaʻole nāu e hāʻawi aku a hiki i ka wā e ʻae mai ai kou kumu"
 "He lā hou ka lā ʻapōpō - E hele aku!"
 "Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hānau ʻia ma Hawaiʻi a ʻaʻole ou koko Hawaiʻi - inā aloha ʻoe i ka lani uliuli nani a me nā makani aheahe, honi i nā pua ʻala o nā mokupuni, kāpī i kou mau wāwae i ke one ma kahakai a ʻike i ka pumehana o ke kai, nānā me ka mahalo i nā awāwa uliuli a me nā kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe... Inā aloha ʻoe i kēia mau mea o Hawaiʻi - a laila, he Hawaiʻi ʻoe"

 Nā Eo 
 I ka makahiki 1976, hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ke "Living Treasure of Hawaii" award e ka Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii
 I ka makahiki 1983, loaʻa iā ia ka "State of Hawaii Recognition Award" no kāna mau haʻawina i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi

 Nā Kūmole 

Māhele:Nā Kumu Hula
Māhele:Nā Kānaka Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Nā Living Treasures o Hawaiʻi