190 Jahre Hula in Berlin

Erstveröffentlichung: No ka hoʻomanaʻo ana ia Berlin (24. August 2014)
English summary: 190 years of Hula in Berlin
On September 14, 1824, the native Hawaiian Harry Maitey arrived aboard the „Mentor“ in Prussia. In October, the „Vossische Newspaper“ in Berlin reported on him and described the performance of a „hula noho“ (sitting hula). In honor of the first Hawaiiian in Germany the hula dancers of „No ka ho’omana’o ana ia Berlin“ („To commemorate Berlin“, inscription on the Turkish crescent, present for the Hawaiian King David Kalākaua on the occasion of the King’s visit to Berlin) therefore visited on August 2, 2014, Peacock Island, where Maitey had worked since 1830. With traditional chants, songs and dances they remembered the history of Hawaii and the connection of native Hawaiians with nature and their gods. A visit to the grave of Harry Maitey finished the first part of the day. In the afternoon, the group held its „hō’ike“ (Hawaiian: to show) on the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport. For „No ka ho’omana’o ana ia Berlin“ this is an important tradition, because King David Kalākaua at this location attended a parade when he visited Berlin in 1881.