Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 24, 1913, Page 7

THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA.,, MAY 24, 1913. i triuniph over the great shark, or the poisonous eel. With this the singers spring to their feet and the hula dance is on. Now the chant becomes a refrain, swelling and sinking, falling and ris- ing, accompanied always by the rat- tling of the pebbles, male and female, in the hula gourds. In perfect, un- | broken rhythm the virgins dance, now made into the delicious poi, and sugar | twirling the rattling gourds over their cane. heads, now striking their palms to- gether four times, or kneeling to thump four times on the mat at their feet. From their birth they have | been trained to do this dance. With joints made supple by exercises de- vised for that purpose they whirl their loins here, there, the muscles under their shining skins moving in rhyth- mic measures to the chant and the rat- tle of the hula gourds. At last, through the kahuna, the gods interpose. At a signal from the kahuna the dancers recede and form a circle within a circle. Round and round they dance, breaking and re- | forming the circles, changing and in- terchanging. Now, for the young chief the gods will choose his bride. The kahuna lifts his hand, the young chief | takes a backward step, closes his eyes ! wedding. A great luau, or feast, must bears Tier away with him through iilél forest. Then begin the preparations for the ' be made—called the luau or ohaaina- male (wedding feast). Some go to sea to bring back fish that are of fine flavor and good omen. Others bring fatted pigs, fatted pups, kalo already Awa, too, must be procured, and well born men and maidens with clean, strong teeth must be found, for be it known that the awa root must be chewed in the mouth until it is soft and pulplike, placed then in a kao bowl, water poured over it, and then strained, to make the liquor for the ohaaina-male, otherwise the feast would lack good cheer. Then the drum man with his two | drums appears. The drums, a small | one and a larger one, are made of the hollowed sections of cocoanut trees, with the hollowed end covered with shark skin drawn taut and fastened with thongs. With a drum on eitherl side of him, the drummer beats with his fingers, so that those hearing him catch the drummed-out words: “Hoao na 'lii ! (The chiefs are married!)"” With a shout the words are taken up Peaches Apricots Hunt For "HUNTS" No Lie on the Can No Lye in the Can Pears Cherries H_g_waiian Pine Apple Pure Food Store O BB BOBOBOBDOEOBOE B B = e - | - - =) \ { | < | S’ - 1 PCBEOCRPOFOCOEHO FOBE HOECEOPPOTOV § I v i ‘NH‘HMM\ A NATIVE. FEAST : ARRIAGE among Hawaiians |, : 1 arge measure the Tuture fate of his especially those of high rank people, the line of royalty in Hawaii :lyil n;l;::y‘:r l:i:nc::etz::f; descending then as now, through the '| maternal side of the house. There- writes a Honolulu correspon- | tore, the young chief must look well dent of the N'ew“Yi:lrk Etvenll‘xixghl")ost- to his choice. The wedding festlvities of a high-born Sometimes, in his perplexity, he maiden on the island of Hawali last| woulq call to his usslst:nc: a knyhunn wmmer continued without pause for | (medicine man). who would invoke the four days and nights. Nearly all the | 3iq of the gods in the momentous se- wtive population of the big island en- | Jaction to be made. Then were things foyed, in one way or another, thisfgimplified for him. He no longer had great feast with its outdoor sports ana any will in the matter, but became the games, bu; 1 do:zt Zheme‘;‘ll“ spite | ingtrument of the gods themselves. of the modern education and elegance of the lovely bride, in spite of the Up::kt'lr\‘g i:la‘:lg:ao;l::\et:: a;:‘x.ly of valth and magnificence of her family | 100 tomporal charge of the affair. —fl?ls wedding équaled, to the Ha-| At a signal from him the virgins, each wilan mind, a marriage of the high with her hula gourd in which were dorn in the olden days. pebbles male and female, would squat Before the coming of the haole| iy yorore the voung chief. With (white mfin) to these sun blest isles, right arm holding the hula gourd ex- when a high chief wished to take unto | tended they begin, with low moaning, himself a wife he would h,ava gathered to chant the life story of him who together from among his people a| o o cook g bride. poup of the most attractive maidens.| v qor and stronger swells the fmooth and straight of lmb were| ..o o gingers go on to tell of these maidens, glossy haired, with the | the young chief's beauty as a child, of wld of the tropical sun glistening in |y 0" pig™ nother loved him, of his tle ruddy bronze of their satiny skins.: 004 iy running, and his strength and None among them was there who was| .., iy swimming, In throwing the wt desirable, But the young chief g0 anq in riding the bounding must not choose too hastily, for upon ' . v yoard, until, with a grand cre- tis wehine (woman) depended In a8 j.ongo it reaches the climax of his and lets fly an arrow from his bow. by all who are near, and in from their The Arrow of Chance. sports—surfboard riding, racing, arrow With swift, unerring instinct the ar | shooting, dancing, swimming, discus row wings its way among the dancers, | throwing, wrestling—come the wed- to fall at the feet of the most beautiful, | ding guests, and out from his hut the most desirable of the virgins. The | comes the young chief, with his slim gods have chosen—but as yet the chiet | brown wahine. The bridegroom and does not know their choice. | his lady touch noses. All the high The dancing and the chanting have | chiefs among the guests touch noses. ceased with the fall of the arrow. The i Then an old chief, bearing a wonderful | young chief opens his eyes, but he ,piece of tapa cloth, comes forward. | cannot see the arrow. The wedding pair face each other, and | “Pua Ne! Pua Ne!" he calls, and | the old chief throws the tapa over straightway the hiding arrow, from it | them both. j place at the virgin's feet, answers, in | Four times four prayers the kahuna a clear voice: utters—being four to the gods of the “Ne! Ne!" air, four to the gods of the sea, four to With this, the other maidens step | the gods of marriage and four to the back and- her young beauty all shim- [ gods of birth. All the high chiefs and mering in the sun—the heaven chosen | the people again join noses. From stands revealed to him who has come | every throat present swells forth four seeking his bride. times, in a triumphant chant: “Hoao In the background a soft voice |na 'lii ! Hoao na 'lil ! Hoao na 'lii speuks of the glories of the chosen |€! Hoao na 'lii e!” one. Another takes up the theme and “The chiefs are married,” and the from lip to lip the song is carried till [ Buests sit down with them to the all the voices blend in one sweet ca- [ wedding feast. dence that swings softly up and down, W up and down, with the softly swaying bodies of the chanters. Of her beauty hey sing, of her grace in dancing the | P Difference, The onmly difterence between ' ® ing time to the rattie of her own hula | Cattler. zourd, the bride-to-be begins to dance. | _— With slim, brown body lightly polsed’ and dainty feet quiescent, she dancn-' the marriage dance, the muscles under her glowing skin rippling like tiny Seldom, People who talk merely for the pun young man's signal. With a cry of Thou art mine, O beloved; thence- forth thou shalt dance for me alone | in my hut—for me and none other!” | he seizes the maiden in his arms and and by-laws of B. M. & P. L. U. No Yon that te warth anvihiug NOTICE. BUILDERS OF HOMES. 1%, Florida, all contractors in the huilding line will pease take notice hula and her wonderful skill in the |caprice and & lifelong passion is that | that on and after the first day of lomilomi (massaging). Presently, keep- | the caprice lasts a little longer.—The | August, 1913, the working hours of this union will be eight, and 65 'Q0ld Muttresses made over; cushiome cents the price per hour. This union appreciates the co- operations of contractors who have | paid the scale of prices in the past L 4 pose of sttracting attentlon to theme | and expects no difficulty in that re- waves in a sunlit pool. That is the selves seldom get the kind of nttem |gnect fn the future. In compliance witn constitution, ¢, R, FIELDEN, Financial Secretary. 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