For those of you who are interested, the mornign pule that was chanted was actually done last year as well. I did a write up and you can find it here:
http://www.marinaoutrigger.org/forum/index.php?topic=3388.0This Mele Kahea is used when a hula dancer wanted to enter the halau, the place where hula is leanred. It was a calling to the Kumu as a reqeust to be heard and be ready to receive instruction. The Mele Kahea goes back quite a ways in Hawaiian History.
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