Notes

.Hula tells a story and passes down history
.1800s christian missionaries tried to make hawaiians christian and tried to take away hula
.in the mid 1900s hula was used to worship gods and pass down lore, and was later used to entertain tourists. Hawaiians felt that Hula was losing the religious feel, and was losing it’s purpose of love and compassion so they stoped
In the 1960s. Hawaiians became more interested in hula again. They went back to the original hula. They wanted to follow their original traditions.
Today, traditional hula is everywhere in Hawaii. Halaus are schools of hula. Almost every town in Hawaii has such a school. Kumu hulas are hula masters. They teach hula.Kumu hulas teach two kinds of dance. The first is hula kahiko (traditional hula). It uses chanting to the beat of drums and other instruments. The other kind of dance is hula 'auana (modern hula). These dancers dance to Hawaiian songs. It also uses instruments like the ukulele and guitar.
The two types of hula use different costumes. In hula kahiko, women wear costumes made of kapa. It is a cloth made from tree bark. Men wear them too. Dancers wear a lei for the head. They also wear wreaths on the ankles and wrists. The wreaths are made of feathers, shells or plants.
Hula 'auana became popular in the late 1800s. Modern hula dancers use grass skirts.
hula was a tradition passed down by many generations