Real World Report

Here are students from Kawaikini, 

a K-5 Hawaiian immersion school and took home

first place in the singing portion of the competition.

The story that I read about that is a world wide report is of Hawaii and how children are keeping our culture alive. Kids of Kauai, Hawaii were able to compete in the Mokihana children's/youth music competition. The K-5 children from the Kanuikapono school were honored by respecting and honoring the last Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliokalani. Although they just won 2nd place, the practices and the love that the kids put into their music for the queen paid off. Kumu Pua Kamealoha Gomes was thankful for the kids for keeping and knowing their hawaiian culture. Many of the parents of the children were also thankful that their children are bringing back the hawaiian languages in the songs, learning them in school and enjoy seeing it continue. Many elders were also pleased to see them to because when they were younger they learned it to and are just so grateful to have the next generations to lead the way for the culture and traditons to stay alive.

The issue is that when Liliokalani was reined Queen she was forced to let go of our traditions and culture such as languages. Because of that a lot of natives were challenging the people from the America, the american people stepped down and let us keep it. But it never left, it stayed in their hearts. Becuase of that many elders taught their children and grandchildren the cultures, then that generation taught the next and so on and so forth. So now we come to the present day. We are now teaching the generations such as the Kanuikapono school to keep the culure ALIVE!

Many people should start to care becuase this is our culture and it talks about the past. when I was born I was raised to entertain by dancing my traditional dances like hula and tahitian. many people don't realize that its not just entertainment, its ways that we honor our hawaiian gods like Pele- goddess of wind, lightning and volcanoes, Kāmohoaliʻi- god of sharks, and Hi'iaka- goddess of the hula and the daughter of Haumea. So the more that I see the generations learning and honoring the gods the more I am grateful. Please understand that we, hawaiians want to keep our culure and traditions.

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