Traditional mele and oli demonstrated, 1936.
ANCIENT ISLE MUSIC PLAYED By MARY SALISBURY (Special Star-Bulletin Correspondence) LIHUE, Kauai, July 30.—A delightful hour of ancient Hawaiian chanting and use of the oldest musical instruments of the...
View ArticleJohn K. Kealoha marries Alice K. Keliipuleole, 1898.
NEWS. Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa, aloha oe:—Please place in an open space in your paper the news from here in Kuilei, that is this: On this past 30th of March, J. K. Kealoha, teacher of Waipio, and Miss...
View ArticleStone image is found, and half a story is not a whole story! 1847.
Thing of the olden days awakened. On the past 31st of March, I heard there were some people searching for the stone image, and the name of that stone is Kanepohakaa. These are the names of the people,...
View ArticleOn celebration of the Kapiolani Maternity Home, 1894.
[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko.”] Hawaiian Ladies, don’t forget when you go in person to the party of the Maternity Home, on the 31st of March, to go with ti leaves. (Hawaii Holomua, 3/14/1894, p. 3)
View ArticleKapiolani Maternity Home celebration, 1894.
Maternity Home Luau. One of the biggest Hawaiian feasts seen in years is down for next Saturday. That is the luau for the beneficent institution, the Kapiolani Maternity Home. It will be held at the...
View ArticlePertaining to the luau at the Kapiolani Maternity Home, 1894.
A THANK YOU. At the meeting of the Hoola Lahui Society [Hui Hooulu a Hoola Lahui] held at Kapiolani Home on the 4th of April, 1894, it was decided that the Secretary of the Society will put these words...
View ArticleWho? 1863.
[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] Kamaaina who died.—We are regretful to announce to the public about the death of a haole that was a kamaaina of this place, at his residence in Honolulu nei,...
View ArticleCatching Oo in Hamakua, 1866.
[Found under: “HUNAHUNA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] Bird catching.—We received a letter from T. P. Kaaeae of Hamakua, Hawaii, telling that the men and women of that place are going up into the wilderness...
View ArticleEarthquake at Ulupalakua, 1873.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] A strong earthquake.—We received a letter from Ulupalakua saying that there was a strong earthquake there at 3:15 of the morning of the 1st of April. Perhaps this is a...
View ArticleTwo thousand earthquakes over a period of 13 days? 1868.
Earthquakes. From the kamaaina of Waiohinu, Whitney was told of somethings pertaining to the earthquakes. A haole, Mr. Silloway, said that on the 29th of March until the 10th of April, there were more...
View ArticlePay for your subscriptions! 1868.
The Old Mele Composer of Hawaii.—We owe a great debt, as well as do our readers of the Newspaper, to our Old Mele Composer, Waimea, who is striving in his old age to search for very fine mele for us …...
View ArticleThere is no tsunami season like there is for hurricanes—be prepared, 1960/today.
Tsunami Awareness Month. HONOLULU — Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) is encouraging the public to take tsunami preparedness into their own hands this April during Tsunami Awareness Month....
View ArticleTraditions taught by Fred Malulani Beckley Kahea, 1922.
Originally posted on nupepa: [Found under: Nuhou Kuloko”] To teach mat weaving, feather lei making, sewing net, and some other Hawaiian skills, Fred Malulani Beckley Kahea opened up a class taught by...
View ArticleDeath of Mrs. Kolopa Kamakaala, 1882.
In the evening of this past Monday, April 3, at Makiki, Oahu nei, Mrs. Kolopa Kamakaala died, the wife of P. Kamakaala of Kohala who died previously. (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 4/8/1882, p. 1)
View ArticleTraditional month names, 1890.
HAWAIIAN MONTH RECKONING. In this chart of Hawaiian months, the people will see if it is correct or distorted. This chart is not the same as the one shown in this paper of the 1st of this past...
View ArticleMonth names on Maui and Hawaii, 1890.
Month Reckoning on Maui. Ikuwa ….. January Welehu ….. February Makalii ….. March Kaelo ….. April Kaulua ….. May Nana ….. June Welo ….. July Ikiiki ….. August Kaaona ….. September Hinaiaeleele ….....
View ArticleDeath of Kaahumanu II, Kinau, 1839.
DEATH. KAAHUMANU II. At Honolulu on the 4th of this April. She became sick on the 30th of December, in the early morning; the sickness was paralysis. Her left hand and leg became paralyzed, and on the...
View ArticleFrightening story from Wananalua, Hana! 1859.
Strong Rain and Wind. O Hae Hawaii: Aloha oe:—On the 4th of April, it was a calm day; it was a day that Hana people drove in flying fish [malolo] into nets, and the young flying fish came back; in …...
View ArticleHawaiian language taught to Chinese and other news from Kaneohe side, 1869.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO: Oahu.”] Pertaining to Kaneohe and neighboring lands.—Because we heard that we can announce. The interior of the church of Kaneohe has been refurbished through the patience...
View ArticlePeter Kaaihuepuaa dies in California, 1868.
Died at California. O Kuokoa Newspaper; Aloha oe:— Please insert the words above in an open space of your depository, and through you it will be seen far and wide; perhaps his relations are living....
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