“Kū E Ka ‘Oli‘oli”

Traditional

‘Ōlapa (dancers): Darsha Brothers, Ericca Huysmans, Whitney Karratti, Titaina Pāne‘e, Sydney Tong, Drake Keakuanui Auna, Kai Chan, Jayson Meha, Koji Okuzumi, and Uluhani Serrao.

Ho‘opa‘a (chanter): D. Kale Kau‘i

As the largest Club on the campus of Brigham Young University Hawai‘i with a membership of over 300 students, the BYUH Hawaiian Club is pleased to continue their support of establishing peace internationally through events such as Artimos.  Their previous Artimos performance, which featured the kāne, or men, doing a powerful hula kahiko (ancient dance) entitled, "Hānau Ke Ali‘i," paid tribute to Kamehameha The Great and his uniting of the Hawaiian Islands.  Tonight, they bring their wāhine in a combined hula entitled, “Kū E Ka ‘Oli‘oli,”  which honors Hawaiian King, William Charles Lunalilo, who, in 1883, left his chiefly lands to establish Lunalilo Home, a haven for poor, elderly, and infirm Hawaiians now located in Hawai‘i Kai.  Hawaiian Chiefs such as Kamehameha and Lunalilo embraced the concept of ho‘omaluhia, or peacemaking, in preserving and perpetuating the spirit of people and place.  Their legacies live on today in the hearts of our rising generation.  ‘O ka lani Lunalilo, he inoa lā…