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Kawika & Queen Of France
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Poster: Miron Daniel Email: mj@mikl.de Subject: Kawika & Queen of France |
Posted on 1/26/06 at 10:18pm |
Aloha, everyone knows the famous Kawika-Chant. http://www.huapala.org/Kawika.html The 3rd verse: Ku`i e ka lono Pelekani ea Ho`olohe ke ku`ini `o Palani The official translation: News reached England Also heard by the French queen How is meant with "ku`ini `o Palani" - "Queen of France"? When Kalakaua travelled to Europe in 1881, France was already a republic. There was no queen of France anymore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Third_Republic There was not even a former queen alive. I found nothing about his visited to France, but Kalakaua was in Paris in 1881 on his way from Italy to England. So who heard the News? Who is meant with ku'ini `o Palani – the queen of France? Is this a wrong translation? |
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