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Ke Oli 'Ana
Chanting
Polynesians were chanting to their gods
long
before they arrived in Hawai`i. Chanting evolved from the purely aural inspiration
of the islands' natural environment into the written form of chant notation by which
many chants are preserved today.
Polynesians were
inspired by the natural sounds around them: the pounding of the ocean, the wind
rustling the trees, the roll of thunder, the rhythm of rain. It was natural then
to express personal emotions in terms of the environment -- they were, in a sense,
tutored by nature.
Chanting is an extension
of speaking that originated as a means of communicating with the gods. Hand movements
are also a means of communication. Thus, the hula grew naturally into a formal extension
of common human gestures, and was combined with the chant and rhythm to create the
mele hula.
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