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Edith Kanakaʻole
Edith Kenao Kanakaʻole (born Edith Kekuhikuhipu‘uoneonāali‘iōkohala Kenao, October 30, 1913October 3, 1979) was a Native Hawaiians, Hawaiian dancer, chanter, teacher, and kumu hula. Born in Honomu, Hawaii, Honomū, Hawaiʻi in 1913, she was taught hula from a young age, and dropped out of her formal schooling before completing middle school. She began to compose traditional Hawaiian music in 1946, Choreography, choreographing hula to accompany many of her chants, and founded Hālau O Kekuhi in 1953. In the 1970s, she taught Hawaiian studies and Hawaiian language, language at Hawaiʻi Community College and later the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, where she worked until her death in 1979. Early life Edith Kenao Kanakaʻole was born Edith Kekuhikuhipu‘uoneonāali‘iōkohala Kenao on October 30, 1913, in Honomu, Hawaii, Honomū, on the Hāmākua coast of Hawaiʻi. She was one of 12 children of Mary Keliikuewa Ahiena and John Kanaeleolualakaʻikenao. Kanakaʻole did not ...
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Honomu, Hawaii
Honomū ( haw, Honomū) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 509 at the 2010 census, down from 541 at the 2000 census. Geography Honomū is located on the northeast side of the island of Hawaii at . Hawaii Route 19 passes through the community, leading northwest to Honokaa and south to Hilo Hilo () is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaii. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 United .... Hawaii Route 220 leads southwest from Route 19 through the center of Honomu to its terminus at Akaka Falls State Park. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 5.83%, are water. Demographics 2000 Census data As of the census of 2000, there were 541 people, 193 households, and 143 families residing in the CDP. The popula ...
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