Note 1 — PREFACE.
Reading edition
In consideration of these things the people of all the land praised its (the child’s) name, the father commanding the people to “dance in honor of my child, all ye men and all ye chiefs.” Thus the various dances were performed; such as the laau, pahu, puniu, pailani, pahua, apiki, alaapapa1 with great rejoicings; and name songs in honor of the child were composed and given to bards who went from place to place singing them, so that the people throughout the land might know them. All of the people greatly rejoiced, and whoever did not join therein was condemned and was termed a know-nothing.2