Kumulipo: The Hawaiian Hymn of Creation, Volume 1, Chants 1 & 2 by Rubellite K. Johnson, Keaulumoku, Keaulumoku, John D. Holt

Kumulipo: The Hawaiian Hymn of Creation, Volume 1, Chants 1 & 2

Rubellite K. Johnson, Keaulumoku, Keaulumoku, John D. Holt

188 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

nonfiction poetry adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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The Kumulipo is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs. Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its 2000 lines provide an extended genealogy proving the family's divine origin and tracing the fami...

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