Some traditional Hawaiian culture, Part I

Some people think that the hula is a dance for women! :-0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ump4UBsCk

[bao-bao]

Nowhere near as titillating as the dancers above, but I think this clip from the Kamehameha School Song Contest this year is both moving and entertaining. The song is beautiful and they've really put a lot of practice and effort into it.

Each year the Kamehameha Schools do a major song contest in a large indoor venue, and it's a sell-out every year. It's so popular that it's broadcast in its entirety every year, and winning is quite an honor. Seeing the hundreds of High School students singing and dancing makes for quite an evening.

This song is Hawaiian composer/singer/dancer Keali'i Reichel's remembrance of his grandmother's home.

...and if the leader isn't mahu (Hawaiian for "gay") I'd be mightily surprised. He certainly does a fabulous and animated job of it, so I'd give him honorary props for it, either way.

This year's DVD is still available on Amazon (and there's quite an extended male hula-enhanced story on that, also). :cheers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45iknzNCoOM

Seeing the hundreds of High School students singing and dancing makes for quite an eveningSomewhat overweight, aren't they? Sadly a lot of Polynesians run to fat very quickly

[Brad the Impala]

Some people think that the hula is a dance for women! :-0



But on this occasion it's danced by queens! Campest performance I've seen in ages! Granted some of the guys are quite pretty.