ALL HAWAII STAND TOGETHER aloha āina Please Vote YES on the Maui GMO Moratorium youtu.be/LV5qNZox4T8 As I travel from place to place, some familiar and some strange, To hear the ancient chantings of our home, As I listen to the stories, my eyes have seen the glory, So let us raise our voice in song to save our land Within stone walls and cities of refuge we learn the sacred ways, Upon Waipio’s valley floor the ancient battles rage, From the barren slopes of Kaho’olawe to the shores of Kahana Bay, We shall claim our lands from the Barking Sands to the Valleys of Hanalei All Hawai’i stand together, It is now and forever, To raise our voices, and hold your banners high, We shall stand as a nation, To guide the destiny of our generation, To sing and praise the glory of our land From the fiery pit of Tutu Pele, I hear my mother’s call Old Tutu Kane and Mauna Kea, send their love to all To stand as one beneath the sun, blessings from Haleakala For our sweet Ka’ala and Wai’ale’ale, where the greatest waters fall Hawai’i Loa, ku like kakou, Ku pa’a me ka lokahi e, Ku kala me ka wiwo’ole ‘Onipa’a kakou, ‘onipa’a kakou, A lanakila, na kini e, E ola, e ola, e ola na kini e ALL HAWAII STAND TOGETHER - Project Kuleana – Published on Jun 5, 2013– Written by the Hawaiian poet Liko Martin, this mele is a call for all of us to find our KULEANA, to realize how to interact with it, and ultimately live it… and stand together for the well being of our lahui. Hawaii musicians from all over this pae ‘aina o Hawai’i come together in a show of unity to call us to revitalize our KULEANA… Project KULEANA was created by three Native Hawaiian men who share the perspective that KULEANA is what makes music Hawaiian. A KULEANA to the āina (land) and our strong ancestral connection to it. Project KULEANA aspires to increase the innate value of Hawaiian music and the performance of it to inspire people to reflect on ones own KULEANA. Project KULEANA seeks to encourage people to re-discover, re-connect and re-vitalize what Hawaiian music and performers of Hawaiian music represent. In partnership with Kamehameha Publishing, the first two music videos from Project KULEANA are proudly released featuring mele with resounding significance for our community. Kaulana Nā Pua,penned by Ellen Prendergast in 1893 in response to the overthrow of Liliuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom, and All Hawaii Stands Together written by Liko Martin during the cultural re-invigoration of the 1970s, capture the profound relevance of lōkahi (unity), aloha āina (care of and connection to place) and kuleana (individual and collective responsibility) then and now.
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