Inoa | Name(s)
ʻŪniki hula; ʻŪniki
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
ʻO ka ʻŪniki hula ka ʻaha i mālama ʻia no ka ʻanuʻu ʻana i kekahi kūlana ma ka hula, ʻo ka ʻōlapa ʻoe, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻoe, ʻo ka loea ʻoe, ʻo ke kumu ʻoe. He ʻaha ia i hōʻoia ʻia e ke kumu a loea paha.
Description
ʻŪniki hula is a culminating rite of passage in hula. It can signify the completion of a period of instruction, a transition from student to instructor, or the mastery of a hula skill/skills. ʻŪniki hula is initiated and affirmed by a kumu hula or loea hula.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho iā “ʻŪniki Hula” no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka ʻaha e hoʻopuka ana ka haumana hula i kekahi kūlana ma ka hula ʻana a i hōʻoia ʻia e ke kumu a loea paha.
Instructions
Use this term for resources related to the advancement of a student(s) in hula or hoʻopaʻa training or completion of study, as deemed by a kumu hula or loea hula, whether through a formal or informal process.
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Hana | Practice: Hula
ʻAha | Ceremony: Kapu kai; Hiʻuwai; ʻAilolo; ʻAhaʻaina; Hōʻike
Lawena | Behavior; Hula; Hīmeni; Oli
Kūkulu | Built environment: Pā hula; Kuahu; Hālau
Kūlana | Title / rank: ʻŌlapa; Hoʻopaʻa; Kumu Hula; Loea hula; Haumana
Kūmole | Source(s)
Barrere, D. B., Pukui, M. K., & Kelly, M. (1980). Hula: Historical perspectives. Department of Anthology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
Hopkins, J. (1982). The hula. Apa Productions.
Hula Preservation Society Archive (2026). Oral History Collections.
Kaeppler, A. L. (1993). Hula pahu: Hawaiian drum dances (Vol. 1). Bishop Museum Press.
Pukui, M. K. & Elbert, S. H. (1986). Hawaiian dictionary: Hawaiian English, English Hawaiian (Revised and enlarged edition). University of Hawaiʻi Press.
Pukui, M. K., Haertig, E. W., & Lee, C. A. (1972). Nānā i ke kumu: Look to the source (Vol. 1). Hui Hānai, Queen Liliʻuokalani Children’s Center.]
Mea haku | Created by: Keau George
Mea loiloi | Edited by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o ʻɲ