Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Polynesian dance that in traditional form dramatizes a song or chant, especially through arm movements and hand gestures.
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- noun A form of
chant anddance , which was developed in theHawaiian Islands by thePolynesians who originallysettled there.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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John Kaimikaua, a local Kumu Hula who gave me a crash course in hula's role in keeping Hawaii's oral tradition alive.
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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John Kaimikaua, a local Kumu Hula who gave me a crash course in hula's role in keeping Hawaii's oral tradition alive.
George Heymont: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Celebrates 25 Years of Hula in San Francisco George Heymont 2010
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"In hula kahiko," says Noenoelani Zuttermeister, a kumu hula who teaches at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, "a circular lei would be worn on top of the head, whereas in hula 'auana, the dancer may affix flowers to one side of the head."
Boing Boing 2007
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According to this site, “The word hula became associated with the toy in the early 1800s when British sailors visited the Hawaiian Islands and noted the similarity between ‘hooping’ and hula dancing.”
Hooping.org | Blog 2005
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According to this site, “The word hula became associated with the toy in the early 1800s when British sailors visited the Hawaiian Islands and noted the similarity between ‘hooping’ and hula dancing.”
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Each year the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, Hawai'i, showcases the best of the best in Hawaiian hula, which nowadays includes performances by hālau from overseas, where some of the top hālau have branches.
Far Outliers 2009
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Here’s one option: finding instant gratification in hula hooping.
Hooping.org | Blog | Capilano University Gets Hooping For Exercise 2009
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The weirdest part is that everyone joins right in hula hooping like every family does this every day of the year …” While Mesnick promptly lost in the big hoop challenge, what he and Sandy and others like her probably don’t know is former “Bachelor” Lieutenant Andy Baldwin is keeping himself busy getting school children hooping for their health.
Hooping.org | Blog | The Bachelor: Be One With The Hula Hoop 2009
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In a recent online interview, Mr. Sandler called a hula scene the actresses performed for the film "an awesome sight."
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Breast cancer survivor Candy Reid found [her] source of hope in a circle of tubing better known as the hula hoop.
Hooping.org | Blog | Cancer Survivor Found Healing In The Hoop 2009
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