OluKai | Mānaiakalani
PROJECT DETAILS
COMPANY: OluKai
ROLE: Videography + Editing
FEATURING: Archie Kalepa, Ed Wong, Greg Wong, Kamalei Kawaʻa, Kamaehu Kawaʻa, Mānaiakalani
SHOP THE STORY: Slippers + Shoes
“If there is no river left, then there is no connection to how our kupuna felt when they wrote these chants and made these hula.”
ED WONG
Hawaiian songs and chants were preserved orally through the generations before a writing system was established. As astute observers of their environment, many songs were written about the places of Hawaiʻi and the special characteristics within them like the winds, the rains, and moʻolelo. Nā Hōkō Hanohano Award winners, Nā Wai ‘Ehā, tell us about their creative process and the importance of preserving our places as a means of connecting to the past.
(More details + photos to come)