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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 127 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

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I ka pii, in leaping, jumping in the dance; i kanapii, of this and that one; pii ke ala, so goes up and down the path; o ana, suffering to get to Hilo, dancing up and down is like going in the fatiguing road to Hilo from Hamakua. By this it appears that the heathen dance was an up and down movement. ↑

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