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Synopsis: Newsbits from the past week — Kumu Charles K. Kaupu, Jr. of Maui passes away; the Brian Viloria-Julio Cesar Miranda fight; the Queen Lili’uokalani Keiki Hula Competition.
Moe i ka moe kapu o Niolopua. Ua hala aku nei kahi kumu aloha i ke ala ho’i ‘ole mai ma ke kakahiaka nui o ka Pō’akolu nei. ‘O Charles K. Kaupu ‘ōpio nō ia. Ua puka ‘o ia mai ke Kula ‘o Kamehameha i ka makahiki 1975. He loea ‘o ia ma ka hula a lilo akula i kumu oli. He limahana ‘o Kumu Kaupu no kahi ho’olele leo o Maui, ‘o ia ho’i ‘o KPOA 93.5 FM. ‘O kona inoa kapakapa ma ia kanela, ‘o ia ho’i ‘o “Bushman”. ‘O ia nei nō ho’i kekahi o nā mea nāna i ho’okumu i ka Ho’olaule’a Hana No’eau ma Kapalua. Aloha nō kona ‘ohana e waiho nei i hope nei.
E ‘ike ‘ia ana ka ‘ai a nā u’i. I kēia ahiahi, e hālāwai ana ‘o Brian Viloria me Julio Cesar Miranda i loko o ka lina ho’olei pu’upu’u. ‘O Miranda ka inoa moho o ka māhele 112 paona (ka Paona Nalo). ‘O ke kolu kēia o ka manawa e kūpale aku nei ‘o Miranda i ka lima kā’ili i kona inoa moho.
‘Olu ke kino i ka hula. Mālama ‘ia aku nei ka Ho’okūkū Hula Keiki ‘o ka Mō’īwahine Lili’uokalani i kēlā pule aku nei, a ‘o Shayla Ballesteros ka Miki Keiki Hula. He haumāna ‘o ia no ka Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka o Uka. ‘O Pi’ikea Lopes o Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai o Ha’eha’e ka helu ‘elua, ke keiki ho’i a Keawe me Tracie Lopes. A ma ke kūlana helu ‘ekolu, ‘o Mehana Muranaka o Aloha ‘o Pu’uwailani Hālau. ‘O ka helu ‘ehā o nā kaikamāhine, ‘o ia ‘o Manaia Moe o ka Hālau Ka Liko Pua o Kalaniākea, a ‘o Karlee Chong Kee o ka Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi ka helu ‘elima. A no nā keiki kāne, ‘o Rahstan Benevides Mika Keiki Hula, no ka Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi. ‘O Zane Biscocho o ka Hālau Hula Olana ka helu ‘elua. Ma ka helu ‘ekolu ‘o Gaku Tamai o ka Hula Hālau ‘o Leilani. Ma ka helu ‘ehā, ‘o Java Aguon-Kona o ka Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina’ala, a ‘o Heiari’i Weza o ka Hālau Kala’akeakauikawēkiu ka helu ‘elima. Ma nā māhele ‘ē a’e, ua lilo he ‘ekolu makana hou aku i ka Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina’ala, ‘o ia ho’i, ‘o ka Hula Kahiko a nā keiki kāne, ka Hula ‘Auana a nā kaikamāhine a me ka Makana Huinapau no nā kaikamāhine ‘o Pat Namaka Bacon. A lilo nō ho’i he ‘ekolu makana i ka Hālau Kekuaokalā’au’ala’iliahi, ‘o ia ho’i, ‘o ka makana Hula Kahiko a nā kaikamāhine, ka Hula ‘Auana a nā keiki kāne, a me ka Makana Huinapau no nā keiki kāne. Ua lilo ka Makana ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i ‘o Malia Craver i ka Hālau Mohala ‘Ilima. A ua lilo ka Makana ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i ‘o Mary Kawena Pukui iā Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai o Ha’eha’e. Ho’omaika’i iā ‘oukou e nā keiki o Hawai’i nei e ho’omau nei i nā hana a me ka ‘ike a nā kūpuna.
E ho’ouna ‘ia mai nā leka iā māua, ‘o ia ho’i ‘o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:
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This column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.