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 like “Tiny Bubbles” and “E Ō Mai.” Each Easter, judges at the Merrie Monarch Festival evaluate performances in this activity’s ancient form based (10[1])on their usage of chants called mele and oli to convey oral narratives called mo‘olelo. (10[1])Ipu or pahu drums (10[1])usually provide (10[1])percussion for this dance, (10[1])whose modern form is taught by kumus at schools called hālau and may be set to English-language (10[1])hapa haole music. For 10 points, performers at lū‘aus often wear leis (10[1])and (10[1])grass skirts during what dance of Hawai‘i? ■END■

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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Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale ARutgers A7310
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ANYU B8810
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William GrogerColumbia BMaryland A9410
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Alexandria WyersGeorge Washington AVassar A11510
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