Good news - my hula halau here had been doing songs like the Hukilau (aka the song they teach you at a tourist luau - a good song, but still not quite Paoakalani), but now we're doing Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai and I love it!! It brings me back to the days wandering around the Big Island, listening to KAPA!
I LOVE that song (and have for a while, but haven't known what its name was). Here's a video with the song in the background. Plus you can watch (or choose not to watch but still listen to the song) some octopi.
Hawaiian Word of the day is:
Pu'u = bump or mound ranging from pimple to heap, pile, bulge, hill
"Pooh-ooh"
The current volcanic eruption on the Island of Hawai'i is stemming from Pu'u 'o'o ("pooh-ooh, oh-oh") which could mean hill of the 'o'o bird, or have something to do with Pele's walking stick (read the Wikipedia article for more).
You can combine pu'u with maka, meaning "eye" in this case, and it becomes makapu'u bulging eye or hill point. I love the lighthouse at Makapu'u on O'ahu.
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