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Bau
Lokahi
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Bau
Lokahi
USA
226 Posts |
 Posted - 09/17/2010 : 3:55:45 PM
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mahalo wanda , I will look into those. no laughing here , not a laughing matter this story.
tonight I just found something on it on youtube a brief interview of survivors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbdWsNJm83U
and something else very interesting a prophesy and legend,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qmVXNTOVNA
I had seen this video when I first found Ki ho 'alu interesting finding it again now. the yellow rocks she found must have been sulfur, from the volcanic rock. coincidentaly my doctor just perscribed me a sulfer antibiotic for my Lyme disease. I hope it helps. Mabee this is a good omen :) of course she was stoned to death :( |
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kaulele
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/19/2010 : 2:05:00 PM
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John Keawe has composed two songs about Kalaupapa, both of which appear on his Heartfelt CD: (1) a vocal called Where Are the Children? and (2) an instrumental called Kalaupapa's Prayer.
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Peter Medeiros
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 09/19/2010 : 5:19:03 PM
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Songs about Kalaupapa are few and hard to come by. A couple of acquaintances of mine from Kalaupapa were songwriters. The late Bernard Punikaia had written a number of songs about Kalaupapa but he was unable to write them down or record them. The late Henry Nalaielua also had a few I seem to recall. Both of these guys were characters full of life and very creative.
But the only song that comes to mind that was recorded and written by a patient from Kalaupapa and published outside of Hawaii is a song called "Sunset of Kalaupapa" by Samson Kuahine who was blind. It was a very beautiful song and performed by Harry Owens in 1950 for his television broadcasts.
My late friend Kindy Sproat always sang "Olu o Pu'ulani" another beautiful but sad song about Kalaupapa. Helen Parker wrote it for a nephew who had been diagnosed with Hansen's disease and then sent to Kalaupapa. She was a rancher (Parker Ranch, Kamuela); she also composed "Akaka Falls."
About thirty years ago, I composed a piece entitled "Kalawao." It was a tribute to the residents of Kalaupapa after my first trip in 1981. Kalawao was the location of the first settlement on the Kalaupapa Peninsula. It was just off the rocky shoreline of Kalawao that those who were afflicted with Hansen's disease and their Kokua's (caregiver or helpers) were forced off the boats to swim to shore. The University Extension Services had flown me in to give a concert for the residents of Kalaupapa. As an aside, one of the concerns about the concert time was that it had to be scheduled after the Hawaii 5-0 broadcast on KGMB. I thought that was a scream. However, for me, it was one of the most memorable performances I have given over my lifetime. The audience was most wonderful and appreciative I have ever received.
The Emmy award winning documentary "Father Damien: Simple Courage" is another production worth viewing. It is now out on DVD. Stephanie Castillo was the producer and writer, Dan Ziegler was the editor, and I was the composer, music director and arranger for this film. If you want to hear good slack key listen to the music on this production. The musicians are Sonny Chillingworth, Ozzie Kotani, Terry Bright and myself.
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2010 : 02:31:57 AM
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Dru Kekaualua on his 2007 CD "Pohiki Blues" has a song called "Kalaupapa". In a printed interview done on 3/27/07, in the Big Island Weekly newspaper, he says, "My song "Kalaupapa" was done by the late Oliver Kelly and written by the late Ulu Oana. This song has had a great impact on my life and I put a lot of heart and soul into that song."
Nothing else in the liner notes of the CD, such as printed lyrics.
It's done in a very high, haunting falsetto. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
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Bau
Lokahi
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2010 : 07:12:27 AM
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mahalo for the great info everyone,
Peter, that documentary sounds facinating, that is so awsome that you composed the music for it! :) |
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Mika ele
Ha`aha`a
USA
1493 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2010 : 09:10:41 AM
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A very good book (I have read) by Alan brenert is simply titled "Moloka'i" published in 2003.
Summary
Young Rachel Kalama, growing up in idyllic Honolulu in the 1890s, is part of a
big, loving Hawaiian family, and dreams of seeing the far-off lands that her father,
a merchant seaman, often visits. But at the age of seven, Rachel and her dreams
are shattered by the discovery that she has leprosy. Forcibly removed from her
family, she is sent to Kalaupapa, the isolated leper colony on the island of
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E nana, e ho'olohe. E pa'a ka waha, e hana ka lima. |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 09/22/2010 : 12:55:29 PM
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I'll second the opinion on the book Moloka‘i.
It is well researched and the main character's story is based in no small part on the autobiography of a woman who lived at Kalaupapa. I am afraid I can no longer recall her name, sad to say.
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keonepax
Aloha
Japan
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Posted - 10/01/2010 : 03:05:12 AM
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| In the movie, "Molokai: The Story of Father Damien," if you watch carefully, you'll spot Henry Kapono and Raiatea Helm! |
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