6. Lab #1: Becoming Hawaiian
Step 1: Open your course kit
Step 2: Discover your alternate identity
Step 3: Write your Hawaiian name on your nametag
Step 4: Assume your new identity
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7. Luau Origins
A traditional Hawaiian party or feast
usually accompanied by entertainment
such as traditional Hawaiian music and
hula
In 1819, King Kamehameha II abolished
all religious laws, including those that
required Hawaiian men and woman to
eat their meals separately
As a symbolic reinforcement of this act,
King K sets up a feast with all the
women, ending the Hawaiian religious
taboos
This “Luau” becomes a cultural
celebration of this social paradigm shift
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13. Essential Hula Dance Steps
Step 1: 'Ami (Hula hip swivel)
Right - rotate hips counter-clockwise, one
rotation for each count
Left - rotate hips clockwise
Bent knees make the 'Ami easier
Step 2: Mele (Singing Hand Movement)
Hand gracefully gesturing at mouth for song
Step 3: Palama (Swaying Palms Hand
Movement)
Left arm becomes the land
Right arm and fingers sway showing a
waving palm
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Aloha!You employers have splurged to prepare your team with this awesome on-site course, Understanding Luau FundamentalsMy name is Charlie, and I’ll be your course instructor. If you should have any questions after class, I am always available and interested in consulting engagements. Here are a few ways in which you can reach meIf any of you are using Twitter for backchannel communications, be sure to use #AlohaGK
http://www.rhhj.com/hawaiian_translator.php
If you’re like me, the modern interpretation of word Luau probably brings to mindimages of dancing grass skirts…
…fire jugglers…
…vast buffets Hawaiianfood…
…And any number of other vaguely tropicaliconsWhile some of those things are related to the luau, the dance and the food are really at the center of the affair
At this point, I would like to ask our teaching assistant, Holly, to come up and help walk us through 3 essential hula dance steps