Hula
Tamar Cohen
Prof. Sandra Chatterjee
WAC 47
29 May 2007
Like They Do in Honolulu
The experience of the hula movement session as well as hula itself is difficult to write about and analyze at length for a number of reasons. To start, hula is relatively simple, not to learn, but as a social wonder and characteristic of Hawaii. Although the dance possesses religious undertones the documentary mentioned that sincere hula dancers appeal to the Hawaiian gods to assist them it certainly isn't driven by an overbearing religious impulse. Furthermore, although hula and its sagas are transmitted from generation to generation as oral traditions (211), the traditions are not sustained out of fear, intimidation, or social status. On the contrary, the video portrayed the Hawaiians as striving to be at one with Earth and Nature, a value that allows for fluidity, optimism and innovation in the dance.
Hula dancers are not any type of group searching for expression; they are......
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