Who knows if my first attempt at posting a youtube will work!!!!
Anyways, this is from the Merry Monarch Festival which is THE event in Hawaii, it’s a hula event…people come from round the world to see this. The particular clip I chose is the closest to hula pre-contact. Unlike the hula you may be used to , this demonstrates the power and strength of the chanting and movements….all was not ‘wavy’ and ukele before the europeans….slowly it got watered down because the missionaries, of course , just didn’t think it apporpriate. Lucky things like this stayed underground so it could be revived when the time was right.
Don’t ask me about the blue and white the kane’s (men) are wearing….looks like some costumer got carried away 
I’m back on track to the Hawaii I love and is abundance for all. Whew.
Aloha everyone , I’ll be back home May 1.
scout
PAYPAL
hiya scout, Merry monarch to you and I would love to see the real thing but at least on my mac the Youtube is not there!
Glad to hear that you are in the Hawaii you love …Austinxx
Comment by Austin — April 19, 2007 @ 4:56 am
ausstin, ach, i blew the youtube!!! there was a troop of maori this year….always a site for the ears and eyes – love it!!!! thanks on acknowledging my ‘returning home’.
Comment by harpervalley — April 19, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
I wanna know what the kane men are wearing, muahahaha. Looking forward to your return
Comment by Q — April 20, 2007 @ 2:46 am
scout–
just copy and paste the ‘embed’ script (you have to actually go to the YouTube page where the thing resides).
May 1st?
Heckfire – you’re going to miss the inaugral Bloggerpalooza!
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Comment by RossK — April 20, 2007 @ 8:30 am
Come home!
Comment by jj — April 20, 2007 @ 8:27 pm
Oh and uh … happy 420. Enjoy the Maui Wowee.
Comment by jj — April 20, 2007 @ 8:27 pm
Scout,
What JJ said. Come home already, dammit.
GAB
Comment by Great Aunty Bertha — April 22, 2007 @ 9:43 pm
Scout,
See ya when you have come home!
Comment by Bill-Muskoka — April 23, 2007 @ 11:55 am
nag nag nag….hey, i’m home may 1st at 5:30 am (well, at least, that’s when i land).
i’m going to cry my eyes out leaving, waaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!! and then when i get home and to a REAL bed and mr. scout and our daughter and dog i’ll be happy but miss my hawaiian friends and so many truly beautiful and wonderful places here…….ah well, the end of an adventurous trip
Comment by harpervalley — April 24, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
Hi Scout!! Woohoo!! I luv those guys and the leaf garlands on their heads and necks…Did you shoot it and upload it? If so congratulations!! I’ve got to install a card before I can do that. I’m glad you had such a great time. And come home soon eh?
Comment by Simon — April 25, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
Coolio! How did you do that? You are a genius.
Come home soon! It’s warming up here now and the sun even comes out once in a while.
Comment by jj — April 26, 2007 @ 10:10 am
I demand another Famous Stupid People Contest upon arrival!
And isn’t youtube fun? I did my first one a couple of months ago and now i’m hooked.
Comment by sheena — April 26, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
er, gosh, um, hate to admit it but my digi cam broke
…..a friend digi-vidied some of the halaus but didn’t get this one….so i went to youtube.
and ya, i’ll get on famous stupid people right off the bat. hmmm, will have to start thinking now (confession, mr. scout often helps me out on the choice).
yay, mr. scout, daughter-scout and scout-doggie soon!!!!
Comment by harpervalley — April 26, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
woahhh thats my video that I taped and thats my halau
Comment by corinne — April 29, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
Hey Scout,
WELCOME HOME!!!!!!
GAB
Comment by Great Aunty Bertha — April 30, 2007 @ 8:44 pm
hey corrine!!!! pardon my copyright infringement then, however, i love copyliberation ….nice work, woman! . that’s some halau – whoa – i’m sure it would be great fun to be an auntie in it
hey gab! well here i sit in the honolulu airport waiting for that flight back home. whaddya mean no smoking?!?!?! the hell with that, i’ll sit in my little spot sneaking them till security comes (or not). thanks though, i’m gonna be a tired girl when i get back…whoa!!!
Comment by harpervalley — April 30, 2007 @ 9:53 pm
Hey kiddo – See you soon!
Comment by Alison — April 30, 2007 @ 11:38 pm