Front:
DANCING GIRLS, HAWAII.
Back:
PUBLISHED BY HAWAII & SOUTH SEAS CURIO CO., HONOLULU.
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olden days in Hawaii.
The Royal Hula-hula dancing girls were a feature of
The Hula-Hula is acting out by
gestures and movements the ideas expressed by the songs
which accompany them. The time is marked by strik-
ing on gourds or hokeo and in some instances these
dancers are in honor of the Gods or Chiefs as the alaapa-
apa. The professional hula dancers are devotees of the
Goddess Laka. The dancers are generally women,
though children are sometimes engaged in the less ob-
jectionable dances and men act as buffoons between
the acts.
IFR
594
UA MAU ME EA OKA AINA IKA PONO
A-14207
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