The late kumu hula John Keola Lake established Honolulu's Academy of Hawaiian Arts, Music & Dance and was declared a "national treasure" in 1987.
Though musically best known for its popular slack-key guitar style, the Hawaiian culture contains some much more hidden and ancient traditions. On this rare recording, modern practitioners of the age-old Hawaiian chant practice take us back to centuries ago, when chants were the basic musical expression of everyday life for the islanders.
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