Question

A teacher of this activity nicknamed “Aunty Edith” is the namesake of a stadium that hosts a competition often billed as “the Olympics of” this activity. The scholar Mary Kawena Pukui was an expert on the seated form of this activity, which in the modern day is often performed to songs (10[1])like “Tiny Bubbles” and “E Ō Mai.” Each Easter, (10[1])judges at the Merrie Monarch Festival (10[1])evaluate performances (-5[1])in this (10[1])activity’s ancient (10[1])form based (10[1])on their usage (10[1])of chants called mele and oli to convey oral narratives (10[1]-5[1])called mo‘olelo. (10[1]-5[1])Ipu (10[1])or pahu (10[1])drums (10[2]-5[1])usually (10[1])provide (10[2])percussion (-5[1])for this dance, (10[5])whose (10[1])modern (10[1]-5[1])form (10[3])is taught by (-5[1])kumus (-5[1])at schools (10[1])called hālau (10[2]-5[1])and may be set (10[1])to English-language (10[1])hapa haole music. (10[1])For 10 points, performers (10[1])at lū‘aus (10[4])often (10[3])wear leis (10[1])and (10[1])grass (10[2])skirts during what dance of Hawai‘i? (10[3])■END■ (10[6]0[2])

ANSWER: hula [or hula kahiko; or hula ‘auana; accept ha‘a; accept mele hula; prompt on dance or dancing until “dance” is read; reject “haka”; reject “hula hoop”] (Edith Kanaka‘ole is “Aunty Edith.” “Tiny Bubbles” is by Don Ho and “E Ō Mai” is by Keali‘i Reichel.)
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Summary

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