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Originally Posted by Brea
Wait...I am confused. How does the hula contribute to the masculine/feminine threads?
I figured the dance you showed was from other islands, but the hula in its pure form is ALL about the hands. That's why the joke song 'keep your eyes on the hands' even exists. Taking the story out of the story doesn't make any sense at all to me.
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When I was in 5th grade, we did a unit in Social Studies about Hawaii, and at the end of the unit, our class had its own "luau" (sp?). The girls in our class learned how to do a hula dance, and our teacher emphasized to us that hula is telling a story with the hands; I can still remember the story and the choreography. Hula dancing is beautiful, and bellydance is beautiful, but I found the two clips at the beginning of this topic to be a bit, well, um, boring (sorry, sorry). oO;
Your posts brought back some pleasant memories, Brea.
