{"id":68133,"date":"2017-10-09T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T01:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=68133"},"modified":"2021-09-03T15:56:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T01:56:06","slug":"queen-liliuokalani-remembered-with-mele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/09\/queen-liliuokalani-remembered-with-mele\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Lili\u2018uokalani remembered with mele, hula and ha\u02bbi \u02bb\u014dlelo on 100th anniversary of her death"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LrcmIw8sDGg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The 100th anniversary of the death of Queen <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> was commemorated by the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui\u0101kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> with a special centennial concert and fundraiser at Kennedy Theatre on October 7. Kumu hula, artists and scholars paid tribute to the Queen with special performances of mele, hula and <span aria-label=\"hai\">ha&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"olelo\">&#699;\u014dlelo<\/span> at <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/tickets-available-now-for-remembering-her-majesty\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hoohalialia\">Ho&#699;oh\u0101li&#699;ali&#699;a<\/span>: Remembering Her Majesty<\/a>. <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> died on November 11, 1917. <\/p>\n<p>The event was part of the <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui\u0101kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge\u2019s centennial celebration honoring the Queen and centered around four of the her greatest attributes&#8212;m\u0101kaukau (ability), <span aria-label=\"noeau\">no&#699;eau<\/span> (grace and talent), k\u016b i ka pono (ethics) and <span aria-label=\"wiwoole\">wiwo&#699;ole<\/span> (courage). The goal of the concert, and an accompanying extensive exhibit at Hamilton Library, was to celebrate the <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span>\u2019s life and legacy and introduce the Queen, and her creative genius, to those who may not be familiar with her story.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One thing that we did get from attendees is that they thought they knew about the Queen, but they learned so much more in a gentle and gracious way,&rdquo; said event organizer and <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui\u0101kea<\/span> Interim Dean <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/people\/jonathan-osorio\/\"><strong>Jon Osorio<\/strong><\/a>. &ldquo;<span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> sacrificed herself in order to protect her people from being killed in a confrontation with the U.S., and also followed a tactic of depending on law and the practices of nation in order to protect our ability to advocate for our sovereignty in the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-hoohalialia-concert.jpg\" alt=\"Band performing on the Kennedy Theatre lanai\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-hoohalialia-concert.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/manoa-hoohalialia-concert-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Performers included Manu Boyd and H\u0101lau O ke <span aria-label=\"Aalii\">&#699;A&#699;ali&#699;i<\/span> K\u016b Makani; Nola N\u0101hulu and the Honolulu Youth Opera Chorus: The Cantilena and Gioventu Musicale Ensembles; the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Hawaiian Chorus; the Kawaiolaonap\u016bkanileo Vocal Ensemble; H\u0101lau ka L\u0101 <span aria-label=\"Onohi\">&#699;\u014cnohi<\/span> Mai o <span aria-label=\"Haehae\">Ha&#699;eha&#699;e<\/span>; and Vicky Holt Takamine and H\u0101lau Pua <span aria-label=\"Alii\">Ali&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Ilima\">&#699;Ilima<\/span>. All proceeds will fund scholarships for Native Hawaiian students attending <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All that we produced for Saturday\u2019s concert came from volunteers and donors, but it was also the complete professionalism of our staff, partners in other <abbr>UH<\/abbr> departments and outside entities such as the state Archives, who gave fully of themselves,&rdquo; said Osorio. &ldquo;This is why it was as good as it was.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The musical gathering capped an ongoing exhibit at Hamilton Library, free and open to the public since early September, that runs through October 15. The exhibit is curated by <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/kamakakuokalani\/\">Kamakak\u016bokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies<\/a> Librarian <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/people\/keahiahi-long\/\"><strong>Keahiahi Long<\/strong><\/a> and Associate Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/people\/april-drexel\/\"><strong>April Drexel<\/strong><\/a>, and includes 32 pieces from five different repositories\u2014the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Archives, <span aria-label=\"Iolani\">&#699;Iolani<\/span> Palace, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pacific Collection of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s Hamilton Library, Mission Houses Library and Ka Waihona A Ke Aloha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumu hula, artists and scholars paid tribute to the Queen with special performances of mele, hula and <span aria-label=\"hai\">ha&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"olelo\">&#699;\u014dlelo<\/span> at <span aria-label=\"Hoohalialia\">Ho&#699;oh\u0101li&#699;ali&#699;a<\/span>: Remembering Her Majesty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[551,1503,411,9,56],"class_list":["post-68133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-kamakakuokalani-center-for-hawaiian-studies","tag-kawaihuelani-center-for-hawaiian-language","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68133"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143442,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68133\/revisions\/143442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}