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  Words of Power - Hawaiian chants and language
The Kumulipo is most often described as the Hawaiian creation chant composed as a cosmogonic genealogy, unfolding from the beginning of time to the 18th century.
At first sight, the Kumulipo appears as a sacred and detailed creation story, describing the actual history of life on earth from its beginning to the birth of the child it was dedicated to.
Date of composition of the Kumulipo is unknown, although said by Queen Liliuokalani to be around 1700, for the son of chief Keawe, Ka-I-i-mamao.
www.coffeetimes.com /words.htm   (1679 words)

  
  Kumulipo
In Huna, the ancient Hawaiian religion, the Kumulipo is an epic poem, over two thousand lines long, that was recited from memory by kahunas at important ceremonies and festivals.
The second part is ao and is signalled by the arrival of light and the gods, who watch over the changing of animals into the first humans.
After that is a long and complex genealogy that goes all the way to the late 1700s, when the Kumulipo was last recited in honor of Captain Cook[?] (1789).
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ku/Kumulipo.html   (153 words)

  
 EKF :: Kumulipo
The KUMULIPO is a mele ko‘ihonua (genealogical chant).
The KUMULIPO articulates and reveals the connections of the sky and earth, the earth and ocean, the ocean and land, the land and man, man and gods and returns again to repeat the interrelationship of all things is an everlasting continuum, it is Ponahakeola, the chaotic whirlwind of life.
The KUMULIPO maintains the theme of survival, urgency for life and reservation of` all species with procreation and evolution as the sinew.
www.edithkanakaolefoundation.org /projects/kumulipo/index.htm   (483 words)

  
 k54 Kumulipo Creation Myth and Kanaloa
At one time he is a conjuror molding earth in his hands or uttering an incantation to stabilize the forms he has molded, at another time a god bending his essence into the rock Tumu-nui that it may unite with Papa-raharaha and upset the condition of equilibrium that has prevented growth and change.
Although the generation of rocks does not enter into the Kumulipo story as we have it, rocks of phallic shape are worshiped in Hawaii as ancestral fertility gods.
In the Kumulipo, spirits of darkness have generated animal and plant life of land and sea; now, generations of mankind people the land.
www.bluecoast.org /nonprofit/kanaloa/k55.html   (3220 words)

  
 The Kumulipo, (Liliuokalanai tr.) Index
The Kumulipo's composition is attributed to one of Liliuokalani's eighteenth century ancestors, Keaulumoku, just prior to European contact.
The Kumulipo moves from the emergence of sea creatures, to insects, land plants, animals, and eventually human beings.
The Kumulipo is also available at this site in the 1951 translation of Martha Warren Beckwith, with comprehensive analysis and the complete Hawaiian text.
www.sacred-texts.com /pac/lku/index.htm   (197 words)

  
 Kumulipo
The Kumulipo is a very long Hawaiian chant consisting of over two thousand lines.
Then proceeds the genealogy of people to the late 1700s when the chant is spoken to the last divine child born who can be traced back to the very beginning, when gods were still on earth, and the first human was born.
The last time the full Kumulipo is known to have been solemnly recited, was in 1789.
www.pantheon.org /articles/k/kumulipo.html   (362 words)

  
 Hawaiian Chants: Mele of Antiquity
In 1897, the dethroned Queen Liliu'okalani translated the Kumulipo, an ancient Hawaiian creation chant, from a Hawaiian text published by her brother King Kalakaua in 1889.
King Kalakaua was elected to his office and may have wanted to provide a more substantial and dignified presence by using this genealogy chant to establish himself as a descendant of the ancient chiefs of Hawai'i.
The Kumulipo, a genealogy chant, is only one of many kinds of lyrical chants composed by the ancients.
www.coffeetimes.com /sept97.htm   (895 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
In ancient Hawaiian religion, the Kumulipo is an epic poem, over two thousand lines long, that was recited from memory by kahunas at important ceremonies and festivals.
After that is a long and complex genealogy that goes all the way to the late 1700s, when the Kumulipo was last recited in honor of Captain Cook (1779).
The Kumulipo A public domain copy of "The Kumulipo" with comentary and translations by Martha Beckwith.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Kumulipo   (184 words)

  
 CRAMP: About Our Logo
The Hawaiian Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program logo represents the creation of life according to the Hawaiian creation chant known as the Kumulipo: "Born was the male, born was the female, born was the coral polyp, from which the coral came forth." The designer of the logo, Jane Teixeira was a commercial illustrator.
They recognized the relevance of the Kumulipo to the Hawai‘i Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program and were inspired to create a logo based on the Creation Chant.
By placing the coral as the primary organism after humans in creation, it documents the profound understanding the Hawaiians had of the importance of the coral reef to the entire ecosystem.
cramp.wcc.hawaii.edu /CRAMP_Information/logo.htm   (170 words)

  
 Martha Warren Beckwith: The Kumulipo, 1951
As a printed text the Kumulipo chant is thus buried in obscure libraries out of reach of scholars today and unknown even to the few Hawaiians left who read their own language and might be able to interpret its meaning.
Hence the preservation of such a genealogical chant of beginnings as the Kumulipo was of the highest importance in establishing the rank of a ruling family.
The printing of the Kumulipo seems to have come as one result of this movement back to old court practices and the ancient clash of rank between the sons of Keawe.
www.ling.hawaii.edu /faculty/stampe/Oral-Lit/Hawaiian/Kumulipo/kumulipo-book.html   (16416 words)

  
 Cultural Symbols
The Kumulipo (the source of life) is an ancient Hawaiian mele oli, or chant, consisting of 2,077 lines traditionally chanted by one person over six hours.
The chant reflects sophisticated theories about the origins of the cosmos and life on this planet - providing a concept of world order, reminding everyone about the core relationship people have with earth and how to live harmoniously.
The Kumulipo illustrates the deep and enduring differences between western and traditional Hawaiian ways of relating to and respecting the environment.
www.alternative-hawaii.com /hacul/symbols.htm   (686 words)

  
 INTRODUCTION
The Kumulipo not only follows the evolutionary progression of living creatures from the oceans to the land, but also illustrates how the oceans are an integral part of air, land, weather, and of plants and animals found everywhere.
The Kumulipo describes how the oceans are also a source of health, providing a variety of medicines for physical and emotional well being, as well as serving as a source for cleansing, healing and nourishing the spirit, and for learning the ways of nature.
To get a better sense of what the Kumulipo is all about, portions of it (in both Hawaiian and English,) along with a more detailed summary have been provided as part of the supplementary materials that accompany this curriculum.
www.earthtrust.org /wlcurric/intro.html   (2140 words)

  
 Maui News | Origin chant a sophisticated theory of evolution
The Kumulipo lays out an advanced form of man’s relationship to the cosmos and all living organisms.
The kahuna, or scholarly class of Hawaiians, were thinkers way more advanced than haole and Asian scholars who never had as much time to ponder the universe because they were too busy hoarding their food for winter months.
The Kumulipo is an example of what the seemingly simple process of sharing.
www.mauinews.com /story.aspx?id=15065   (269 words)

  
 Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant edited and translated by Martha Warren Beckwith
Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant edited and translated by Martha Warren Beckwith
The Kumulipo is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs.
Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its 2000 lines provide an extended genealogy proving the family's divine origin and tracing the family history from the beginning of the world.
www.booklineshawaii.com /book/bah/807715.html   (113 words)

  
 About Jasmine Audio/Kumulipo: The Audio Editor, Mixer, and File Converter for Stereo Multitracking and File Conversion
Jasmine Audio is a private company based in the scenic and occasionally sunny rainforests of Portland, Oregon.
We operate as Kumulipo, Inc., an Oregon company.
Jasmine was founded to place powerful music editing technology in the hands of people, allowing users to learn to record songs and edit sound quickly, easily, and at little expense.
www.jasmineaudio.com /about.htm   (257 words)

  
 Kumulipo Chant of Ancient Hawaii
The Kumulipo chant records the sequence of creation of the aumakua (ancestral-family spirits) - and the Kumulipo symbol shows the sequence of the creation of the universe, leading to what physicists now call the "Big Bang".
Together they provide the rich map of Hawaiian huna kalani, Hawaiian healing and Hawaiian family therapy (ho'oponopono) much of which has been integrated into Soulwork Systemic Coaching.
Until the earth is a brace holding firm the sky
www.soulwork.net /huna_articles/kumulipo_chant.htm   (3623 words)

  
 Hawaiian Music / Halau O Kekuhi - Puka Kama`ehu
Kumulipo: Hanau Ka Po Kumulipo: He Po Uhe`e I Ka Wawa
Kumulipo: `O Kane Ia Wai`ololi, `O Ka Wahine Ia Wai`olola
Kumulipo: `O Ke Ka`ina A Palaoa E Ka`i Nei
www.hawaiianmusicstore.com /cds/cd470.html   (109 words)

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