Martha Kaumakaokalani Poepoe Hohu

Martha Kaumakaokalani Poepoe Hohu (7 Jan 1907 1907 - 12 Jun 2004) he kumu mele Hawaiʻi, he alakaʻi puʻukani, a he mea hōʻikeʻike no ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Bishop. Hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Honolulu, Oʻahu. ʻO ia ke kaikamahine a Kahu Henry K. Poepoe lāua ʻo Lucia Awai Poepoe. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna hana hoʻonohonoho mele "Hawaiʻi", kāna hana me Mary Kawena Pukui, a me kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he mea mālama i ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Bishop. He mea koʻikoʻi kona kūlana ma ka mālama ʻana a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā mele Hawaiʻi kahiko.

 Ka Moʻolelo Mua 
He keiki ʻo Martha mai ka ʻohana nui - ʻo ia ka helu ʻewalu o nā keiki he ʻumi. ʻO kona mau kaikuaʻana kāne ʻo Andrew, Sam, Abraham, Daniel, a me John Spencer (i hānai ʻia e ka makuahine). Ua mālama ʻia ʻo ia e kona kaikuaʻana ʻo Helen, he kumu kula. Ma muli o kēia, ua aʻo ʻia ka ʻōlelo Pelekania maikaʻi loa i ka hale.

Ua noho mua ka ʻohana ma ke alanui Vineyard, kokoke i ka Foster Botanical Garden, kahi i lawelawe ai kona makuakāne i ke ʻano he kahu. I ka wā he ʻelima makahiki ʻo Martha, neʻe ka ʻohana i ka hale pule ma ke alanui Kanoa 768, ma hope o ka Ekalesia o Kaumakapili. Ua lawelawe ʻo Kahu Poepoe ma ia ekalesia no 34 makahiki, ma lalo o ka Hawaiian Evangelical Association (i kapa ʻia i kēia wā ʻo ka United Church of Christ, Hawaii Conference).

 Ka Hoʻonaʻauao 
Ua hele ʻo ia i ke Kula o Kaiulani ma ke alanui King, ma mua o ka Ekalesia o Kaumakapili, no ʻeono makahiki. Ma hope, ua komo ʻo ia i ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha mai ka papa ʻehiku a i ka papa ʻumikūmālua, kahi āna i loaʻa ai kāna kālā kula mai ka Brown-Ii Fund. Ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia ma ke Kula Normal Territorial no ʻelua makahiki, a ua hoʻopau i kāna hoʻonaʻauao ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi. ʻOiai ua aʻo ʻo ia no ke ʻano he kumu kula, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i koho e hana ma ia ʻoihana.

 Ke Ola Hana 
Ma ka makahiki 1949, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Hohu i kāna hana ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Bishop ma ke ʻano he mea hōʻike, ma hope o ka noi ʻana a Mrs. Ross. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck), ka luna hoʻokele o ka hale hōʻikeʻike. Ua aʻo pololei ʻo Sir Peter Buck iā ia no hoʻokahi hola i kēlā me kēia lā no ʻelua mahina. Ua mālama ʻo ia i kēia kuleana no 22 makahiki, e mālama ana i ka ʻaoʻao o ka hōʻike kiʻi, ke keʻena kipa, ka helu kelepona, a me ka palekana.

 Ka Hana Mele 
Ua kaulana ʻo Hohu no kāna hana mele Hawaiʻi a me kona leo nahenahe. He mau kuleana koʻikoʻi kāna:

 Ke Alakaʻi Puʻukani 
 He alakaʻi puʻukani no ka Ekalesia o Kaumakapili no 14+ makahiki
 He alakaʻi no ka Hawaiian Electric Employees Glee Club
 Ua hana pū me ka Kamehameha School for Boys Glee Club
 He kumu mele kūkena no ke Kula o Kamehameha

 Ka Hoʻonohonoho Mele 
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Hohu i nā mele Hawaiʻi kahiko no kāna mau hui mele, no ka mea ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā palapala mele Hawaiʻi. Koho ʻo ia i nā mele Hawaiʻi kahiko a maikaʻi loa e like me nā mele a David Nape, Charles E. King, a me Ernest Kaai. Manaʻo ʻo ia he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i nā mele Hawaiʻi kahiko a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mele āpau no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

 Ka Haku Mele 
Ua hana pū ʻo Hohu me Mary Kawena Pukui e haku i kekahi mele no ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi. ʻO "Hawaii" ka inoa o ia mele, a pili ia i ka pele a me ke ahi pele. Ua kākau ʻo Pukui i nā ʻōlelo a ua haku ʻo Hohu i ka leo mele. Ma kēia mele, wehewehe ʻia ʻo Pele ma ke ʻano he "Wahine" me ka pīʻapa nui, e hōʻike ana i kona kūlana kiʻekiʻe, a me ke kipa ʻana mai o nā kānaka i ka wā e hana ai ʻo Pele.

 Nā Hōʻike Mele 
Ua alakaʻi ʻo Hohu i kāna mau hui mele ma nā hōʻike like ʻole:

Nā Hōʻike Maʻamau
 Hōʻike māhina ma ka Halekulani Hotel
 Nā pāʻina kūikawā ma Washington Place
 Nā ʻaha kūkā waiwai ma ka home o MacNaughton (Castle & Cooke)
 Ka Flora Pacifica
 Nā ʻaha scholarship o nā Daughters of the Nile

Nā Hōʻike Kūikawā
 He hōʻike no ke Keiki Aliʻi o Iāpana (Crown Prince Akihito) a me kāna wahine ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Bishop
 Nā hōʻike ma Hana, Maui, kahi āna i aʻo ai i nā mele kahiko o ia wahi
 Nā hōʻike kaiaulu me ka Hawaiian Electric Employees Glee Club

Ma kāna mau hōʻike, hoʻomau ʻo Hohu i nā mele Hawaiʻi kahiko a me nā moʻolelo o ka wā ma mua. Ua koʻikoʻi iā ia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā paukū mele āpau, ʻaʻole wale nō ka paukū mua a i ʻole ke hui puana. Ma muli o kēia, ua hiki i kāna mau haumāna ke aʻo i ka moʻolelo piha o kēlā me kēia mele.

 Ka ʻOhana 
Ua mare ʻo ia me Herbert Hohu a ua hānau ʻia ʻelua keiki:
 Martha Kaumakaokalani Hohu Kiaha (mare me Charles Kiaha)
 Clarence Herbert Kealoha Hohu (mare me Kanani Okashige)

He ʻeiwa moʻopuna āna:
 ʻElima mai kāna kaikamahine
 ʻEhā mai kāna keiki kāne, me Clarence Kainoa Hohu, Kamaoha Hohu, Holly Kuuipoikamalani Hohu, a me Waiolu Hohu

Ua hahai kāna kaikamahine i kona ala, e alakaʻi ana i ka Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club choral group a kōkua ana i ka hana mele ma ke Kula o Kamehameha.

 Ke Kuanaʻike 
Ua manaʻo ʻo Hohu he mea nui ka hāʻawi hou ʻana i ka lokomaikaʻi i loaʻa iā ia mai nā kānaka i kōkua i kona ʻohana, e like me ka Brown-Ii Fund a me Mr. Richards. No laila, hana ʻo ia i nā hana mele he nui me ka uku ʻole, i mea e mahalo ai i ko lākou kōkua ʻana.

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