XXVIL— TirE HULA KTELET 



The hula k/-e-Ici, or k!-le-lci, was a performance of Hawaii's 

 classic times, and finds mention as such in the professedly imperfect 

 list of hulas given by the historian David Malo." It was marked by 

 strenuous bodily action, gestures with feet and hands, and that vigor- 

 ous exercise of the pelvis and body termed ami, the chief feature of 

 which Avas a rotation of the pelvis in circles and ellipses, which is not 

 to be regarded as an effort to portray sexual attitudes. It was a per- 

 formance in Avhich the whole company stood and chanted the mele 

 Avithout instrumental accompaniment. 



The sacrifice offered at the kuahu in connection with the produc- 

 tion of this hula consisted of a black pig, a cock of the color termed 

 ula-hiAva — black pointed Avith red — a white hen, and awa. Accord- 

 ing to some authorities the offerings deemed appropriate for the sac- 

 rifice that accompanied each hula A^aried Avith the hula, but Avas 

 definitely established for each A^ariety of hula. The author's studies, 

 howcA^er, lead him to conclude that, Avhatever may have been the 

 original demands of the gods, in the long run they Avere not oA'er- 

 l)articular and were not only willing to put up with, but were Avell 

 pleased so long as the offering contained, good pork or fish and strong 

 awa. 



Melc 



Kii piliki'i Ilan.-ilt'i-loluin,'' la; 

 Kao'o ^ "luna o ka uaelt','' la ; 

 Ka IMli-iki i ka Iliia-nioa, la ; 

 K ka iiiauna o ke a'a lewalowa '" la. 

 5 A lewa ka hope o ko'u hoa, la, 



" Hawaiian Antiquities, by David Malo ; translated by N. B. Emerson, A. M., M. I). 

 Honolulu, the Hawaiian Gazette Company (Limited), 1003. 



'> Hunalci-lehua. A wilderness back of Hanalei valley, Kauai, in which the lehua tree- 

 abounds. The features of this region are as above described. 



"Kao'o. To bend down the shrubs and tussocks- of grass to furnish solid foorhig in 

 crossing swampy ground. 



"* yavlc Boggy ground ; a swamp, such as pitted the summit of Kauai"s central moun- 

 tain mass, Waiaiefile. 



'A'a lewalewa. Aerial roots such as arc put forth liy the lehua trees in high altitudes 

 and in a damp climate. They often aid the traveler by furnishing him with a sort of 

 ladder. 



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