Mahealani Uchiyama
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Pōpoloheno: Helene Hale - the African American woman who helped create the Merrie Monarch Festival
Helene Hale was an influential politician who was instrumental in the creation and support of the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival.
I acknowledge and thank the Hawaiʻi State Archives, the Hawaii State Archives, George Bacon Collection, PPBAC-1-13-033 (tsunami damage to Hilo Bay), the Hula Preservation Society (Helene Hale at George Naopeʻs 80th Birthday Party), Ebony Magazine, Big Island Now, Hawaiʻi News Now, and Zonta International Club of Hilo for the use of their photographs of Ms. Hale in this video history lesson.
Please note that the images of hula dancers in this video are not from the Merrie Monarch Festival, as it is against their policy to take or post imagery from their performances. The images are of Hālau Ka Ua Tuahine, and in no way are intended to imply that these hula photos are a part of the Merrie Monarch Festival.
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Відео

Pōpoloheno: Betsey Stockton, the Former Enslaved Woman Who Taught Hawaiian Children
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We celebrate Betsey Stockton who was enslaved as a child by the President of Princeton University. She taught herself to read and write. Upon receiving her manumission, she became the first woman of African descent in Hawaiʻi. With her focus on teaching children of the common folk, she helped to lay the foundation of Western education in Hawaiʻi. We acknowledge the Hawaiʻi State Archives, Wikim...
Pōpoloheno: Songs of Resilience and Joy!
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“Pōpoloheno” is a song-creation project celebrating the valuable contributions of African descended people in post-contact Hawaiian history. The pōpolo is a black colored berry found throughout Polynesia. It is valued for its medicinal qualities. In Hawaiʻi it has become associated with people of African descent because of its coloring and due to colonial ideology, has since been used as a pejo...
Dangurangu
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A little bit of my playing Dangurangu on Kahana Beach on Maui some time ago.
Mahealani Uchiyama at Freight & Salvage
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A short review of some of our performance for the Kōkua Maui Fundraiser at the Freight & Salvage. Please donate to The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation: www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org
Our Dance Studio Tour
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Come on a tour of our Berkeley dance studio, the Center for International Dance! Learn more about us at www.centerforinternationaldance.org Please like and subscribe to my channel! Join me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/Mahealani?fan_landing=true&view_as=public
30th Anniversary Memories!
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Some vintage footage from our archives!
2020 Kāpili Memories
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2020 Kāpili Memories
Mbira, Kalimba, Lamellaphone. Whatʻs it all about?
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Letʻs learn about a unique group of musical instruments known by many names, and why I donʻt call them "thumb pianos". Iʻm still a student of this tradition, and though I have been playing mbira for over 20 years, I recognize my privilege as an American of African descent in the agency I have to produce videos like this. Always seek the voices and experiences of those from the culture itself wh...
Kāpili 2020 Taura No Te Hura
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Fun jam at Kāpili 2020!
Te Arohanui
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Te Arohanui was composed by the amazing Whirimako Black who graciously gave me permission to record it back in 2006. It has always brought me healing and is a reminder of the presence of powerful ancestors. My friend Ashley Waiʻolu Moore did this visual rendering of the song. I offer it here with my wish for health and healing to all during this challenging time.
Ka Wai Sweet
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Ka Wai Sweet
Pasifika
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It is a celebration of peoples and cultures connected by the Pacific Ocean, performed in true “village style” with a cast of 33 artists, the collection includes original Tahitian and Hawaiian songs inspired by the land, the ocean and places of spiritual significance, including a call to respect and protect our natural environment.
Pasifika, the new CD by Māhealani Uchiyama
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Pasifika is a celebration of peoples and cultures connected by the Pacific Ocean. Performed in true “village style”with a cast of 33 artists, the collection includes original Tahitian and Hawaiian songs inspired by the land, the ocean and places of spiritual significance. There are also exciting new compositions in the magnificent drum orchestral style of Tahiti. We include a delightful selecti...
Minoʻaka
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Minoʻaka
20th Anniversary Ori Tahiti
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20th Anniversary Ori Tahiti
Kāpili Polynesian Dance and Music Workshops 2018
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Kāpili Polynesian Dance and Music Workshops 2018
Kora and Karimba
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Kora and Karimba
ʻOhana
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ʻOhana
Kora and Karimba Rehearsal
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Kora and Karimba Rehearsal
Kū Mai Ka Hula 2016
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Kū Mai Ka Hula 2016
Hālau KaUaTuahine - May Peace Prevail On Earth
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Hālau KaUaTuahine - May Peace Prevail On Earth
Kuʻuleinani and Leiānuenue at the Merrie Monarch
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Kuʻuleinani and Leiānuenue at the Merrie Monarch
Pua Hone
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Pua Hone
Pahupahu
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Pahupahu
Huakaʻi Hilo - 2013
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Huakaʻi Hilo - 2013
'Ohana
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'Ohana
Tupuna
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Tupuna
Nohili
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Nohili
Solo by the Water
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Solo by the Water

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @handfp
    @handfp 9 днів тому

    Probably my favourite mbira tune since I heard Ephat Mujuru play it many years ago.

  • @user-nq4tc7dj2y
    @user-nq4tc7dj2y 11 днів тому

    ❤ amazing 😍

  • @TubularBlakfacts-ex4tl
    @TubularBlakfacts-ex4tl Місяць тому

    Nice video. Very scholarly.

  • @trabouliste1037
    @trabouliste1037 Місяць тому

    The music box isn’t from African origin, but uses the same principle, so the word lamellophone may be the right category to subsume all of these different tone generators under one term.

  • @RosendahlMusic
    @RosendahlMusic Місяць тому

    Great and informative video, thank you!

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      You are very welcome! Iʻm glad you liked it!

  • @bigchiefcinema9654
    @bigchiefcinema9654 Місяць тому

    thank you for the wealth of information.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @eugenef0zzy
    @eugenef0zzy 2 місяці тому

    So informative and this video is so re watchable!! Give thanks!!

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      Thank you so much for watching!

  • @TonyMyerson
    @TonyMyerson 3 місяці тому

    🤙❤️😇😎🌺🤙❤️😇😎🌺 0:26

  • @eugenef0zzy
    @eugenef0zzy 3 місяці тому

    Why cut the clips so short 🥲

  • @pamuganho
    @pamuganho 3 місяці тому

    ❤😊

  • @Hermosaonlyy
    @Hermosaonlyy 3 місяці тому

    Thank you,Very resourceful❤

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      Thank you for watching!

  • @eugenef0zzy
    @eugenef0zzy 3 місяці тому

    This is much too short do you have a longer version recorded anywhere?

  • @kikikareema5912
    @kikikareema5912 3 місяці тому

    Good information. Never heard of her. I have some videos I just posted on African American missionaries in Congo and caribbeans and African Americans who went to Ethiopia.

  • @eugenef0zzy
    @eugenef0zzy 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful sound and interesting shots will you be posting more mbira soon?

  • @josaia4723
    @josaia4723 4 місяці тому

    Beautiful space! Hi Mahea!

  • @kathleenborsch1312
    @kathleenborsch1312 4 місяці тому

    I have an interest in folk instruments of the U.S. and Europe, and how they "migrate". However, I'm only beginning to learn about the instruments of African cultures. I know that enslaved Africans brought the banjo to America. What about the kalimba family and others - were they not introduced during those early times as well? It just seems odd that a westerner introduced these instruments to the rest of the world. Thank you.

    • @taylor3950
      @taylor3950 3 місяці тому

      My guess is that it’s because of the geography of the slave trade. Enslaved people were primarily West African while these instruments were more popular in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. So my ancestors recreated and iterated on their string instruments (ngoni, kora etc) and developed the banjo.

    • @kathleenborsch1312
      @kathleenborsch1312 3 місяці тому

      @@taylor3950 Thank you for the explanation. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I must study this more.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      These were not introduced on the American continent during the same era as was the banjo, but an iteration of it, the marimbula, was developed in the Caribbean pretty early on.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      @@taylor3950 Agreed.

  • @Vanessa-yp4pv
    @Vanessa-yp4pv 4 місяці тому

    Incredible, thank you so much.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      You are very welcome! Thank you so much for watching!

  • @experienceafrika
    @experienceafrika 4 місяці тому

    Very educational. Thank you

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      Thank you for watching!

  • @DanielHodotcom
    @DanielHodotcom 4 місяці тому

    What an amazing story! Thank you for sharing.

  • @cabezitadealgodon
    @cabezitadealgodon 4 місяці тому

    Thank you kumu for teaching us of the African and Hawaiian solidarity & love. We love & appreciate you so much.

  • @algaedrone1833
    @algaedrone1833 5 місяців тому

    So exciting! Thank you so much for this video! Honestly I’d consider this group to be the most ethereally beautiful musical instruments 😍

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      You are welcome, and I completely agree!

  • @fryingpantothefacestudios6665
    @fryingpantothefacestudios6665 5 місяців тому

    This is an amazing video! You truly deserve more views and subscribers

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Місяць тому

      Aw, you are so very kind. Iʻm glad you liked the video!

  • @ConejitoPequenito
    @ConejitoPequenito 5 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for the great explanation!

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 5 місяців тому

      Youʻre very welcome!

  • @ludgamedev
    @ludgamedev 6 місяців тому

    Wonderful explanation! I buy a kalimba made in ocidental way but i wish research More about it and find your vídeo. Thanks for that! Greatings from Brazil. ❤

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 6 місяців тому

      Thank you for watching!

  • @kalimba_fm
    @kalimba_fm 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for sharing this beauty and invitation for deeper understanding of the whole kalimba family 🙏

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 6 місяців тому

      Thank you for watching and for your kind comment!

  • @machotransandyravage
    @machotransandyravage 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for such a wonderful video! I'm so thankful to finally have an insight of the importance of these instruments. I first played kalimba as a child but had no idea of their cultural significance. Having bought another recently I thought it best to try and learn as much about them as I could, and you made that possible.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 6 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! Iʻm really happy that you liked this video.

  • @taronlewis2131
    @taronlewis2131 7 місяців тому

    This is amazing queen! Where can I purchase an authentic mbira? The vibrations of this instrument truly give me added peace!

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 6 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! If you would like to obtain an mbira or get lessons, please contact me at africanamericanmbiraproject@gmail.com

  • @Photobuffeddy_AGS
    @Photobuffeddy_AGS 7 місяців тому

    I love this 😮😮

  • @Photobuffeddy_AGS
    @Photobuffeddy_AGS 7 місяців тому

    A very sweet understanding lady ‘ great Taheshin artist ‘ Afro respect ✊

  • @BCaroselli
    @BCaroselli 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for this.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 7 місяців тому

      You are welcome.

  • @jonsundell8061
    @jonsundell8061 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for your lovely music and explanation. I have been tgrying to decide what type of kalimba, karimba or mbira to buy for a Christmas present. I am a storyteller, and I would like to use some traditional songs to complement African stories. I hope it would not be considered inappropriate to combine mbira music with some stories. I am looking at a used mbira dzavadzimu.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 7 місяців тому

      Thank you for your kind words. I would think mbira could be incorporated in story-telling, but I defer to any Zezeru who would care to comment on this.

  • @12fishcake
    @12fishcake 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the wonderful explanation, I find it fascinating to learn about these unique instruments and what they mean to the people and cultures they originate from. Music has such a profound ability to connect us and bring people together, and the significance and purpose of the Mbira as you described perfectly illustrates this.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 8 місяців тому

      So glad you found this video. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments!

  • @HMohr
    @HMohr 8 місяців тому

    Amazing video. Love from Brazil 🇧🇷

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 8 місяців тому

      Thank you so much for watching and for your kind comment!

  • @toxic8705
    @toxic8705 8 місяців тому

    thanks for spreading culture

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 8 місяців тому

      Thank you for watching!

  • @IsaiahLove777
    @IsaiahLove777 8 місяців тому

    Thank you from Salem, Oregon.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 8 місяців тому

      Thank you Isaiah!

    • @eugenef0zzy
      @eugenef0zzy 2 місяці тому

      Do you play? I am in Eugene OR

  • @zaralbsstuff
    @zaralbsstuff 8 місяців тому

    This video is much more in-depth than any source I've seen before, I love using the kalimba in my own music and I'm very grateful to hear more about it's origins and learn new things about how different a kalimba is from other similar instruments. The thing about the bottle caps was new to me, but very interesting. And please, in the future, try to not hard-pan your voice, it is a little weird to listen to a video that way.

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 8 місяців тому

      Thank you for the kind words. However could you kindly explain what it means to "hard-pan" my voice? I am not very techy and would like to learn how to makes my videos better.

    • @kathleenborsch1312
      @kathleenborsch1312 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Dancetera I looked up this term. Basically, it refers to recording a sound, like your voice or a section of a band, just on one "side" of the stereo listening experience, instead of evenly balanced between both earphones or speakers. (Personally, I thought you sounded fine.)

  • @user-cz1sy4du7f
    @user-cz1sy4du7f 9 місяців тому

    You are amazing! ❤

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 9 місяців тому

      Aw, mahalo!

    • @user-cz1sy4du7f
      @user-cz1sy4du7f 9 місяців тому

      @@Dancetera do u do online classes for Tahitian? ☺️

  • @handfp
    @handfp 9 місяців тому

    Hi Mahealani, this is a lovely video. What tuning is your mbira? As in nemamusasa, gandanga, dongonda, dambatsoko etc...

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 8 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! In the video I'm playing gandanga tuning.

  • @tatendampinda2147
    @tatendampinda2147 9 місяців тому

    ❤ i love mbira a very spiritual instrument .

  • @billwesley
    @billwesley 10 місяців тому

    I can't hear the speaking voices

    • @raphaelmann
      @raphaelmann 8 місяців тому

      The voice is panned hard right, so you might struggle to hear it if you're not hearing both stereo channels in reasonable balance.

  • @Undressful
    @Undressful 10 місяців тому

    God bless you. I just have the kalimba and now I feel connected with african culture. I now understand it comes from Zimbabwe. Love to all african people from Bulgaria :)

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 8 місяців тому

      Thank you so much and many blessings to you as well!

  • @timebot000
    @timebot000 10 місяців тому

    Greetings! Your video just popped in, and there you are playing dangurangu the same part i just learned and practice every day😊. I see you came out from Berkeley and so did i, long ago, is where i started learning Mbira! You are a gifted and disciplined Teacher, much Respect to you! We are so sorry about Lahaina, hope you and yours are well today ❤

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 10 місяців тому

      Greetings! Thank you so much for your subscription and for your kind comments! 😊

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey2529 10 місяців тому

    What beautiful piece, Mahea. Is Dangurangu the name of it? Does it have words?

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 10 місяців тому

      Thank you Sandy! Yes, the name is Dangurangu and sometimes the elders make up words as they play to match whatever emotion they may be going through.

    • @sandramorey2529
      @sandramorey2529 10 місяців тому

      Thanks, Mahea. Aint this world full of beautiful music!@@Dancetera

  • @2krandolph
    @2krandolph 11 місяців тому

    very nicely done. Thank you

  • @adrianarodriguezyescas3616
    @adrianarodriguezyescas3616 11 місяців тому

    Me encanta.hermosas todas.gracias gracias gracias

  • @smokincooks7661
    @smokincooks7661 11 місяців тому

    I keep coming back to this. Really a wonderful gem of a song, much needed at this time. We are 'Ohana- Mahalo!

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera 11 місяців тому

      Mahalo nui for your kind words. So glad you are enjoying it!

  • @ArdeerMusic
    @ArdeerMusic Рік тому

    Brilliant video! Fantastically educational and inspirational too - it encouraged me to reach for both my Mbira Dzavadzimu & my Tracey Kalimba. I especially loved hearing the one piece played on the three different instruments and noticing just how much the progression changed from one instrument to the next. I would really like to learn how to play the Mbira Dzavadzimu better, as I've only ever really used it for jamming and sampling in my compositions. Perhaps it's time to look up a tune to learn on it! Thank you for making this video anyway - your soothing voice made it all the more enjoyable. ☺️🙏

    • @Dancetera
      @Dancetera Рік тому

      Thank you so much for sharing your kind comments! Iʻm so glad you liked the video!