Hula Pahu, Hawaiian Drum Dances, Volume I: Haʻa and Hula Pahu, Sacred Movements Natural science Date of Publication: October 3

Date of Publication: October 3

Date of Publication: 2008Size: 11

The author identifies three major traditions of hula pahu

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these islands were the northwestern frontier of the lands populated by the first Polynesian settlers

Hula Pahu, Hawaiian Drum Dances, Volume I: Haʻa and Hula Pahu, Sacred Movements Natural science Date of Publication: October 3Adrienne Kaeppler analyzes dance movements and explains their evolution from early haa (ritual) traditions. She accounts for the sacred nature of hula pahu by placing its origin in ritual worship of the state gods of the Hawaiian religion. Kaeppler believes that the chants and movements that once honored the gods, or akua, were transferred, after the arrival of Christian missionaries, to rituals honoring the surviving ancestral gods. The author