Tannya: MY DAUGHTER HANAH
WANTED TO JOIN IN THIS SEGMENT.
AS WE CELEBRATE LOCAL WOMEN, ONE
NAME STOOD OUT IN THE HULA
COMMUNITY.
SHE'S TAUGHT GENERATIONS OF
DANCERS LIKE MY DAUGHTER, HANAH.
WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME MAPUANA
DE SILVA.
SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE.
HANAH IS ON SPRING BREAK.
SHE SAID I WANT TO TO SEE MY KUMU
TODAY.
IS THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST JOYS
YOU GET?
SEEING GENERATION AFTER
GENERATION LEARN DANCES AND
TRADITIONS THAT YOU LEARNED SO
MANY DECADES AGO?
YES, IT IS.
TO SEE THE DIFFERENT
GENERATIONSES COME THROUGH THE
HAL
HALAU.
DAUGHTERS AND EVEN SONS AND DAD.
THAT'S THE MOHALA PART.
Tannya: EXPLAIN THE NAME.
WHAT THAT EMBODIES IN YOUR
TEACHING.
HALAU REFERS TO FORMAL HULA
SCHOOL.
AND ILIMA ARE GOLD BLOUSES
SOME -- BLOSSOMS.
IT'S THE FLOWER OF OUR
GRADUATING CLASS.
TO BLOSSOM, BLOOM, MATURE.
ALL THOSE THINGS WE WANT IN OUR
STUDENTS.
Tannya: WHO ARE SOME OF
YOUR INSPIRATIONS THAT GOT YOU
TO WANT TO BE A KUMU?
ACTUALLY I DIDN'T SET OUT
WANTING TO BE A KUMU.
I GRADUATED COLLEGE AND CAME
HOME AND WANTED TO LEARN HULA.
I WANTED TO LEARN.
I REALLY WANTED TO LEARN KAHIKO
WE HAD TO GO TO AUWANA CLASS
FIRST.
I WENT INTO IT EXCITED.
TO DANCE AND BE AN OLAPA.
AND IT WAS REALLY A CLASS TO
TRAINERS KUMU.
I KIND OF EL IF -- FELL INTO IT.
AFTER I GRADUATED, I DIDN'T HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITIES TO DANCE.
I EITHER HAD TO FIND ANOTHER
HALAU OR TEACH.
Tannya: SOME SKIP OUT BUT
YEAR AFTER YEAR YOU DO IT.
WHY IS THAT SUCH AN IMPORTANT
PART OF WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR
HALAU?
WE FOCUS A LOT ON TRADITIONAL
HULA.
PASSED DOWN BY OUR KUPUNA.
WE ALSO CREATE NEW HULA WITH
THAT SAME FEELING OF THE OLD
TRADITIONAL HULA.
AND THE STYLE THAT WE HAVE AND
WHAT WE DO, I DON'T SEE
REPRESENTED IN OTHER HALAU.
SO IF WE WERE TO NOT
PARTICIPATE, I REALLY FEEL THAT
OUR FOCUS OF HULA, OUR
TRADITIONS, WHAT WE REPRESENT
WOULD NOT BE REPRESENTED ON THE
MERRIE MONARCH STAGE.
Tannya: WHAT ARE SOME
HAWAIIAN VALUES THAT YOU THINK
REMAIN IMPORTANT TODAY?
WHAT VALUES DO YOU THINK ARE
CRUCIAL?
SOME OF THE VALUES ARE THE
VALUES OF ALOHA THAT AUNTIE PAKI
WROTE ABOUT.
KINDNESS WITH SINCERITY.
UNITY WITH HARMONY.
HUMILITY WITH MODESTY AND
PATIENCE WITH PERSEVERANCE.
I THINK ANOTHER IMPORTANT VALUE
IS HOOIHI, TO BE RESPECTFUL.
SINCERELY RESPECTFUL.
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD
RECEIVE.
Tannya: WE'RE HAPPY TO BE
PART OF YOUR OHANA.
NO NAIL POLISH, NO EARRINGS.
THERE'S A PURPOSE FOR THAT.
HOW MANY CLASSES?
YOU HAVE BOYS, WOMEN, GIRLS.
HOW MANY CLASSES ARE YOU
TEACHING?
THERE ARE ABOUT 13 CLASSES
CURRENTLY.
ONE CLASS COMES TWICE.
ABOUT 12 CLASSES ALL TOGETHER.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TEACHING SO
LONG, I HAVE PEOPLE WHO HELP ME.
Tannya: AND SOME OF YOUR
STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME
KUMU HULA.
THAI FORTHANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
FROM NANCY PELOSI, WE'RE
CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MONTH IN A
HALF
HALF HOUR SPECIAL TOMORROW
NIGHT.
CELEBRATING WOMEN COMING UP