Hala akula kekahi kumu hula i ke ala hoʻi ʻole mai.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 14 o Ianuali, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka heluhelu. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Moe iho nei Kumu Hula Nālani Kanakaʻole-Zane ma Hilo i ka lā 3 o Ianuali nei. He kumu ʻo ia no Hālau o Kekuhi, a he luna loiloi ʻo ia no ka Hoʻokūkū Hula ʻo ka Merrie Monarch no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO Kumu Hula Nālani ka muli loa a ʻAnakē Edith Kanakaʻole, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Hālau o Kekuhi. A hoʻomaka ihola ʻo ia i ke aʻo ʻana mai i ka hula i ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki ʻekolu iā ia ma lalo o kona kupunahine, o Mary Kekuewa Kanaele Fujii a ma hope mai ma lalo o kona makuahine. A i ka piha ʻana o nā makahiki he 14, hoʻomaka ihola ʻo ia i ke aʻo ʻana aku i ka hula. ʻO lāua me kona kaikuaʻana, me Kumu Hula Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele, ua kau i ka hano hāweo he mau manawa no ko lāua ʻike ma ka hula.
Ua ʻāpono ihola nā luna aupuni o Hawaiʻi, ʻo ke koloa maʻi i loaʻa aku nei ma Nowemapa, ua make i ka palū manu. I ka lā 26 o Nowemapa o ka makahiki i hala iho nei i loaʻa ai ua koloa lā ma Kahi Palekana Holoholona ma Hanalei i Kauaʻi a i loko nō o nā hola he 24, ua make ihola. E kali ana ke Keʻena ʻĀina a Waiwai Pili ʻĀina ʻo ka loaʻa mai o ka hōʻike no ke kumu i make ai ua manu lā, a ʻakahi nō a loaʻa, ʻo ka palū manu nō. ʻAkahi a hoʻomaka ka wā e leleaoa mai a leleaoa aku ai nā manu.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Ua ʻailolo.
He ʻōlelo ia no ke kanaka loea ma kekahi hana.
Ke Aolama 