Hula Pahu, Hawaiian Drum Dances, Volume I: Haʻa and Hula Pahu, Sacred Movements Natural science Kaeppler believes that the chants

Kaeppler believes that the chants and movements that once honored the gods

By Isabella Aiona Abbott

Date of Publication: 1989

Date of Publication: 2008Size: 11

Date of Publication: 1983

Hula Pahu, Hawaiian Drum Dances, Volume I: Haʻa and Hula Pahu, Sacred Movements Natural science Kaeppler believes that the chantsAdrienne Kaeppler analyzes dance movements and explains their evolution from early haa (ritual) traditions. She accounts for the sacred nature of hula pahu by placing its origin in ritual worship of the state gods of the Hawaiian religion. Kaeppler believes that the chants and movements that once honored the gods, or akua, were transferred, after the arrival of Christian missionaries, to rituals honoring the surviving ancestral gods. The author