Hula

between the fast past modern world and the more traditional bath house life his sickly father and mentally retarded brother live. Daming is forced to change his lifestyle as a looming teardown of the old bathhouse community is stirring up trouble. Hula Girls, directed by Lee Sang-il, tells the story of a coal mining town near collapse in 1965 Japan. A dance instructor from Tokyo, Madoka Hirayama, is hired to save the town by training the local coal miners daughters to dance at a soon to be…

decided to head back to our camp site. While walking back we passed a elegant fire hooper. (A fire hooper is a person who manipulates a hulahoop with four to eight wicks attached on it). She moved so passionately, almost as if she was one with the hula hoop. I noticed a red little barn filled with people playing acoustic instruments. I could hear the sweet sounds of a fiddle, guitar, tank drum, and miniature harp. All working effortlessly together to produce an subliminal…

The spring sun gleamed through the window of Lilo’s hula class as she lays on the floor completely bored and uninterested in her kumu giving a lecture about practice makes perfect.With her grass skirt in hand and eyes on the window, Lilo combed her skirt and daydreamed about Stitch, her best friend and pet experiment. Lilo was brought out of this trance by the yells and giggles of her her fellow hula mates. “Lilo since you’re so glued to your skirt.... would you explain to the halau what…

Hawaii…The state of aloha which symbolizes peace and harmony in Hawaii. Hawaii is known for its beautiful beaches, hula dancers, luau festivals, surfing, and snorkeling as it is famous for a vacation spot globally. However, one Hawaiian woman thinks that corporate tourism demolishes her homeland, Hawaii, culturally, economically, and politically. In Haunani Kay Trask’s article, “Lovely Hula Hands” (published in from A Native Daughter by the University of Hawaii Press, 1998), the author employs…

interesting topics but the ones that I have chosen to enlighten you on today are the different extreme sports that the people in the culture enjoy, the famous Hula dance, and the food that the people in the culture eat. Most people have seen and/or heard of a dance called the Hula. Hula dancing is the traditional dance of Hawaii. The movements in the Hula are very smooth and free flowing. According to some, the…

Southern California Writers Conference. Her debut novel, “Hula”, was inspired in part by her family oral history which spoke to having Hawaiian blood, albeit undocumented, along with her journey as a mom, raising a daughter that is native Hawaiian on paper and one that isn’t. Hula, in some way or another, has been a part of her life ever since she was born. So the novel was in large part also an homage to the profound impact and role that Hula continues to have on her community, the culture…

drew my interest the most was the commercialized hula performance. This video stood out the most to me because I have never actually sat and watched hula dancing before so when I opened this video it immediately had me sucked in. The very beginning sequence before any dancing started when the girl placed the lai over the camera was so interesting and captivating. Also, the bright colors and fast paced hip movements were also factors that made the hula video the most interesting to me. There were…

activities I need to make sure I grabbed all the equipment I needed (10 hula-hoops, 2 bean bags, 2 walking ropes) I decided to have the children help me place two sets four hula-hoops in two spread out lines the last hula-hoop had a bean bags each student had to jump into a hula-hoop and wait till their classmate jumped on to the next hula-hoop to pass the bean bag forward each student need to so something creative in each hula-hoop in order to have the bean bag passes to them on team one, Jess…

Islands. This is an intriguing myth since many people know Hawaii as a popular tourist attraction for its beautiful islands and scenery. Not only is Hawaii a popular attraction for tourists, but it also attracts people with its rich culture, such as Hula dancing and Hawaiian cuisine. Not only does this myth explain the creation of the Hawaiian islands, but it also shows how deeply the people…

children held their leg straight out and kicked the ball while others bent their legs. All- While the children played at the gym they placed with the hula hoops. The children took their hula hoop and roll it to the other side of the gym by using one hand to push the hula hoop. The children ran after the hula hoop seeing if they could catch it before the hula hoop stopped. Zakaraya- During group time Zakaraya was playing with another child on the carpet instead of listening to the teacher. I…