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Hawaiian Chant
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Poster: k tamura Email: kchance@earthlink.net Subject: Hawaiian Chant |
Posted on 10/1/03 at 7:31pm |
Hi!! I'm really interesting in Hawaiian chant. especially chanting at celebration time,like a wedding? I would like to know what they chanting in english,and what kind special occasion they chanting. Somebody could help me to find out some place or site to learn about it? |
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Poster: punohu Email: punohu@yahoo.net Subject: chanting |
Posted on 6/12/05 at 1:46pm |
| chanting is our religion. if you are going to chant you must no what you are doing chanting and chrisitanity do not mix well we do not chant in english...EVER chanting is a hawaiian thing...period chanting is considered sacred. We do not perform the torah in the cathedral. we do not chant in church. if you want a chant at your wedding, then do that. but when you bring in a christian preist you negate what you just offered in the chant not everyone should chant not every chant should be chanted in public there were mnany chants, but not for weddings. that is a christian caucasion concept. hawaiians "handfasted" for one years time. they were always free to come and go as they pleased. it is a completely different concept that european ideas. mayny people do "Hawaiian wedding ceremonies". Many poeple have no idea what they are doinig. a hawaiian ceremony is simple. and exchange of gifts, a sprinking of water from a ti leaf from a koa bowl or a lavea rock bowl. the chant would be a simple blessing, not evoking any partiular gods, goddeses, names or families, as this is insulting unless you have the right to dfo this through geneology or association. please be careful when mixing cultures l;ovingly wruitten keeping it real in the hawaiian homeland punohu |
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Poster: Jesse Tinsley Email: jessehj@adelphia.net Subject: Chanting |
Posted on 6/13/05 at 7:42pm |
| Good advice from Punohu. All chants are sacred, including ho'oniponipo (lovemaking) chants. They are usually chanted in a spiritual setting and at important occasions. They are always said in their entirety as many times as the original composer specified. If you can't find a Hawaiian who will chant a blessing, perhaps you can write a poem of love or commitment and ask a Hawaiian speaker to translate it for you to read at your ceremony. The chant must be said from the heart and from memory. Only then will it carry the weight of the words. Jesse Tinsley |
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Poster: malia Email: titagrllia718@yahoo.com Subject: chanting |
Posted on 8/14/05 at 6:50pm |
Furthermore, to chant properly, you need to LOTS of practice, especially to get the proper reverberation of your vocal chords going...Hawaiian chanting is not singing or speaking. It has a VERY distict sound to it, and the style, manner and cadence in which it is to be chanted varies according to the original composers intent, the content of the chant, the purpose, etc. I agree with hiring someone who knows exactly what they are doing (i.e. a hula teacher (Kumu)) in your area to perform a chant for you, as to be respectful to the Hawaiian culture. |
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