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Unwritten Literature of Hawaii

by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

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  1. 1Prefatory Note
  2. 2Musical Pieces
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4I — The Hula
  5. 5II — The Halau; the Kuahu — Their Decoration and Consecration
  6. 6III — The Gods of the Hula
  7. 7IV — Support and Organization of the Hula
  8. 8V — Ceremonies of Graduation; Début of a Hula Dancer
  9. 9VI — The Password — The Song of Admission
  10. 10VII — Worship at the Altar of the Halau
  11. 11VIII — Costume of the Hula Dancer
  12. 12IX — The Hula Ala’a-Papa
  13. 13X — The Hula Pa-Ípu, or Kuólo
  14. 14XI — The Hula Ki’i
  15. 15XII — The Hula Pahu
  16. 16XIII — The Hula Úli-Ulí
  17. 17XIV — The Hula Puíli
  18. 18XV — The Hula Ka-Laau
  19. 19XVI — The Hula Íli-Íli
  20. 20XVII — The Hula Ká-Éke-Éke
  21. 21XVIII — An Intermission
  22. 22XIX — The Hula Mau-Kani
  23. 23XX — The Hula Ohe
  24. 24XXI — The Music and Musical Instruments of the Hawaiians
  25. 25XXII — Gesture
  26. 26XXIII — The Hula Pa-Hua
  27. 27XXIV — The Hula Pele
  28. 28XXV — The Hula Pa’i-Umauma
  29. 29XXVI — The Hula Ku’i Molokai
  30. 30XXVII — The Hula Kieléi
  31. 31XXVIII — The Hula Mú’u-Mú’u
  32. 32XXIX — The Hula Kolani
  33. 33XXX — The Hula Kolea
  34. 34XXXI — The Hula Manó
  35. 35XXXII — The Hula Ilío
  36. 36XXXIII — The Hula Pua’a
  37. 37XXXIV — The Hula Ohelo
  38. 38XXXV — The Hula Kilu
  39. 39XXXVI — The Hula Hoo-Na-Ná
  40. 40XXXVII — The Hula Ulili
  41. 41XXXVIII — The Hula O-Niu
  42. 42XXXIX — The Hula Ku’i
  43. 43XL — The Oli
  44. 44XLI — The Water of Kane
  45. 45XLII — General Review
  46. 46Glossary

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