Hula

Theme Essay Even if you don’t think you good, you can be good at anything? In the beginning of the story “The Marble Champ”, by gary soto. My claim to the story is that hard work pays off. When the main character Lupe tries to do a Marble Tournament she ends up winning the games. How Lupe practices, challenges herself and overall wins for the victory, even when her parents dont think she can really pull it off. The first reason why Lupe shows she is doing hard work, even though…

Dance is an art form consisting of individuals or groups moving in patterns, either practiced or impromptu, to the rhythm of music. Dance and music go hand in hand, allowing the music to set a tone for the dance, creating different styles of dance. Dance is likely to have begun as a ritual to appeal to a culture’s worshipped being or included in ones “rite of passage” (Histoy of Dance, n.d.). Evidence has been found in India showing the existence of dance in the form of paintings made in caves…

beneficial to the islanders, but those things considered to be of traditional significance to the Natives. The list of banned items and actions continued to grow to include; drinking, gambling, prostitution polygamy, working on the Sabbath and dancing the hula. These strict codes of conduct quickly began having an effect on the whalers and traders visiting the islands. Fighting ensued between the missionaries and foreigners. The activity of the missionaries, expansionist ambitions of the United…

getting dirty. They were building sandcastles and imagining themselves as kings and queens. In front of me, I saw the Physical Zone, children climbing on tree stumps and mounds. Some children were running around chasing each other and some girls were hula hooping. Finally, to the left of me I saw the Social/ Dramatic Zone. There was a small playhouse and the children were pretending to run a store. Two children were fighting over who was going to be the cashier until the teacher reasoned with…

waitress is pouring beer.” (Loe, 86). Although the comments may seem to come with no benefit, some of the women use the angst against the customers eliciting tips “Playing up the sexualized Bazooms girl role can be serious money-making strategy: … girls hula-hoop and get money thrown at them… lean over and give the cleavage shot…” (Loe, 91). The women may be expected to create a façade towards customers, but may become…

The best thing I did this Summer was going to Hawaii with my family. We were gone for two weeks and went to two different islands. Maui was our first stop and on our second day, we went scuba diving which was my favorite part of the trip. We saw many different species of fish and saw a shark. Our instructor went right up to the shark to bring it out of its cave and it swam right by us. The next island we went to was Kauai which is gorgeous and green. This was the best thing I did this Summer…

This allowed people to reach different islands in Polynesia and beyond. Traditional Polynesian dances are very important in the community but more so in some regions than others. For example, traditional Hawaiian dancing, the hula is very important to their culture. The hula began by men and women dancing to honour the goddesses Pele and Laka. In the Polynesian region, the music varies. That said, there is usually pate, a drum-like percussion instrument. This drum can vary in sound depending on…

Question 4- The perfect destination for the romantic niche market is the Hawaiian Islands. Here, the clients can be sure to have an experience of beaches, beautiful sunsets, tropical gardens, relaxing accommodations and dining experiences to remember. With this, the client can even listen to the waves of the ocean as they sit by it watching the sunsets on the warm nights. Then, during the days there can be water sports, sightseeing and sunny beaches to enjoy. Oahu offers things to do for the…

After the events of both World War I and World War II a new sense of America emerged as the United States benefited from a new surge in technological advancements as well as a new generation of American youth. As with the saying “Out with the old, in with the new,” many of the old social constructions were challenged by the new generation of youth who seemed like good-for-nothing rebel. These similarities between the 20s and the 50s link them as both periods characterized by new innovations and…

eleven-year-old skin looked delightfully youthful. Living on the island of Oahu for all eleven years of her life, Keke had accomplished what many women pay for, an evenly tanned golden body. Occasionally a grass skirt was in order, but only for the hula dances. However, for the rest of her time Keke's wardrobe consisted of her bikini and bare feet. She had naked toes, with an absence of nail polish. Her feet had a few scars on them from the coral reef incident she had the last time she attempted…