Hula Quotes

“Kate had thought hula was something for tourists, girls in plastic skirts dancing to will songs about tiny bubbles in the champagne. Mehana's hula was different-a way of telling stories without words, a kimd of body poetry.”
― Clemence McLaren, Dance For The Land

“She would move around the kitchen, humming the words and dancing with her hands. The music was moving through her, filling an emptiness she hadn't known was so deep.”
― Clemence McLaren, Dance For The Land

“The music started up. Mehana called out the verse, and Kate glided into the first kaholo, losing her self in the dance.”
― Clemence McLaren, Dance For The Land

“We used to grow taro, bananas, sweet potato. Now we grew headstones.
The only remaining place where Hawaiians were still a majority was in the
cemetery. We were a species on the brink of extinction.”
― Jasmin Iolani Hakes, Hula