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Primal/Tribal/Shamanic : Hawaiian
17th Century
Hawaii
(Oceania)

 

Hawaiian (Anonymous)

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Poems by Hawaiian (Anonymous)
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Hawaiian chant can be compared to Hindu Sanskrit mantra in that to truly say it properly can take a great deal of training. The inflections are important. The breath is important. Most of all, the sense of personal presence is important.

Hawaiian chant must be said with force and with heart. It is a prayer, but it is not passive. It is a calling forth, a reaching out and a drawing in -- of wisdom, of knowledge, of truth. It evokes in us pono, rightness.

Try sounding out the Hawaiian. Slowly at first, until the sounds become familiar. Then louder, with confidence. Say it over and over again. Imagine repeating this chant in a group. Let it ring through your body and your day!

 

Poems by Hawaiian (Anonymous)

  E ala e
  He kanaenae no Laka / A Prayer of Adulation to Laka
  Ho'opuka E Ka La (Rise, O Sun)
  Oli Ho-oikaika/Prayer for Strength

Recommended Books

The Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula, by Nathaniel B. Emerson

Amazon.com

Related Links:

  Hawaiian Chants Bibliography
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~speccoll/chants/chantbksbib.htm
  The Kumulipo / A Hawaiian Creation Chant
https://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/ku/index.htm
  Words of Power
http://www.coffeetimes.com/words.htm
An interesting article on Hawaiian chant tradition.
  Hawaiian Hula Archives
http://www.huapala.org/
A very good online archive of Hawaiian chants.
 


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