Transnational Hula as Colonial Culture

Transnational Hula as Colonial Culture

I have better understanding of about Kini’s life. Her broad experiences made me appreciate more of Traditional hula dance. As a royal hula dancer, Kini did not appreciate the entertainment style of dance because it made her feel shame Hawaii being represented sexual, degrading of women, and lost of traditional value. Kini felt shame while playing ukulele and reading a poem given by a haole (caucasian) man (Imada 162). 

Regardless of pressure she felt, she made decision to pursue to bring many good results to Hawaii. "Once ostracised by some as a ‘hula girl’, Kini ironically came to embody the standard for the proper exhibition of hula until her death in 1962" (Imada 131). This showed that her loyalty to Hawaii's dance tradition paid off.  Kini and other dancers contributed through the art of hula dance and they helped Hawaii politically, commercially, and economically (Imada 155). 

I think Hawaii being overthrown in 1893 was very disruptive to the colonial Hawaiian kingdom arrangement; however, the haole intervention brought the opportunity to expand Hawaii’s future growth internationally (Imada 149-150). Respectfully, hula ala apapa was to performed with an ipu heke dedicated to gods and it was allowed in the theater. Hula Ku’I (joined hula)soon because became popular after business and traveling introduced and brought western influences. It was ore of religious purpose and hula pahu, is a drum dance which accompany by sound and spirit in dance (Imada 157-163).