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Chant
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Pua`a (Pig)
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Line : |
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A ke, e holo nei i ka pua`a
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| Content
Categories : |
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| Ali`i (chiefs, chiefesses) | | Aloha (love) | | X | Holoholona (animals) | | Mo`olelo (legends and myths) | | Nä Akua (gods and goddesses) |
| | Nature | | Pä`ani (games, pastimes, sport) | | Pele `Ohana (volcano goddess and family) | | Wahi Pana (legendary places) | | Other |
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Chant
Text (Hawaiian): |
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Chant
Text (English): |
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A te, e holo nei i ta pua`a
[grunt]
A te, inu i ta wai
[slurp]
A te, `ai ana ta pua`a, pöloli paha
[eat]
A te, i tu iluna ta pua`a, mömona teia ta pua`a
[slurp]
A te, e holo nei i ta pua`a
[grunt]
[hele! hele!]
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(Call), the pig goes
[grunt]
(Call), drink water
[slurp]
(Call), the pig eats, full yet?
[eat]
(Call), the pig stands up, the pig is fat!
[slurp]
(Call), the pig goes
[grunt]
[go, go!]
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Chant
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Nona Beamer Collection
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In 1997, a CD was released entitled "World Sounds: Hawaiian Chant, The Lyrical Poetry of Hawai`i" with lead chanter Kumu Hula John Keolamaka`ainanakalahuiokalani Lake. It contains 29 chant recordings of him and his group of accomplished chanters known as "Na Wa`a Lalani Kahuna." Track 5 is a pig chant and the notes explain it "celebrates the hula student's graduation, during which the master prepares a 'pua`a hiwa' (small black pig)." The chant recording is 45 seconds long.
The CD was produced by Victor Entertainment Inc. and distributed by Sire Records Group Inc.
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| Background
on
Chant
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This particular pig chant was created by Helen Desha Beamer for her granddaughter, Nona Beamer, to learn a Hula Pua`a (pig dance) when she was a child. Please consult Nona Beamer in the "Kupuna" section below for complete details on how the Hula Pua`a came about and her performance of the pig dance.
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| Visuals: |
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 | | Nona Beamer doing the pig's call "A te," 2000 |
 | | Nona Beamer dancing "inu i ta wai," 2000 |
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