Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula, published in 1909 by the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology, is Nathaniel B. Emerson's collection of the chants that accompanied the hula, given in Hawaiian with his English translations and notes. Emerson, a physician raised in Hawaii, explains the hula as a religious and artistic institution: the halau where it was taught, the altar and its decoration, the gods of the dance, the rules and taboos of the pupils and the ceremonies of graduation. He then presents dances and songs of many kinds, a record of oral poetry gathered from older practitioners. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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