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Aloha mai kākou e nā koa o ke aukahi Hoʻōla ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi,

I ka lā 10 o ʻOkakopa i kipa ai koʻu makuakāne a me koʻu kaikaina iaʻu ma koʻu kulanui ma Nū Hamekia. Ua aʻo koʻu makuakāne i ka hula o “ʻUla Nōweo” i kekahi mau haumāna Dartmouth. ʻO ka hapanui o lākou he Hawaiʻi akā, ua loaʻa nō nā ʻōiwi Choctaw no ʻOkalahoma a me kekahi haumāna Zuni Pueblo no Nū Mekiko. Hū ka hoihoi o nā haumāna e aʻo i ka hula a ma ka pau ʻana o ia hanana i hōʻike ai lākou i ka mahalo nui iā Kumu Kekoa no ke kaʻana like i kekahi ʻike Hawaiʻi. Ma loko nō o koʻu mamao nō mai Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻohe oʻu poina i kā kākou ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka hula. Nui koʻu makemake e kaʻana like i ia mau kumuwaiwai me ke koena o koʻu mau hoa papa o ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka hui Hawaiʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Hōkūpaʻa. Eia wau ke hoʻouna nei i koʻu leo aloha paipai iā ʻoukou e hoʻomau i ka ʻimi naʻauao a me ka hoʻōla i kā kākou ʻōlelo makuahine a me nā hana kuʻuna koʻikoʻi e ola ai ko kākou lāhui.

Me ke aloha nui,

Naʻu, na Kalāmanamana Harman

On October 10th, my father and younger sister visited me at my university campus in New Hampshire. My father taught the hula, ʻUla Nōweo to interested students at Dartmouth. The majority of them were from Hawaiʻi, but, there were also some native Choctaw students from Oklahoma and others from Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. I was impressed at their interest in learning the hula, and when the session was over, they expressed their appreciation to Kumu Kekoa for sharing Hawaiian culture with them. Despite my being so far away from Hawaiʻi, I don’t forget the importance of our Hawaiian language and hula. As president of Hōkūpaʻa, our Hawaiian club, I still want to continue to share what I know with others of my classmates here. I send my aloha and encouragement to you all to continue with your studies, speak our mother tongue, and practice our traditional knowledge as the living culture of our people.

Unuhina na K.Kamanā