Word: hula
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...ready for the show to start. Conversation quieted as MIT sophomore Rosie Alegado came to the stage to perform a traditional opening chant called Oli Aloha. Her rich, deep voice gave shape to the complex and poetic chant, capturing everyone's attention and setting the tone for the hula dances to follow. It was clear, that this would not be one of those oft encountered theme party caricatures of Hawaiian culture where ti leaf skirts are traded for cellophane ones, where canned pineapple wedges thrown on pizza qualify as a tropical Hawaiian feast. This was pretty close to the real...
Norcross has not cut her hair since she was six years old. Because Norcross hula-danced in her native Hawaii, her long hair "came with the territory" of the Hawaiian dance's aesthetic. Though her dark brown hair runs nearly three feet, she does not find it unmanageable. "It's my roommates who get annoyed mostly, when I leave these long hairs in the sink or on the floor," she says. But the relationship between her and her Cousin It coiffee never strains. "You take care of each other," Norcross says of their symbiotic relationship. "It keeps me warm...
...another youthful move, Jiang danced the hula with 100 Hawaiian school children. Later Monday, Jiang arrived at Langley Air Force Base outside Washington, D.C., and drove in a motorcade to Williamsburg, Virginia...
...YORK: He's done the hula in Hawaii, worn a three-corner hat in Williamsburg, and been guided around the Capitol by Newt Gingrich. But now the King of Communism has come to the Big Apple--and he's gone native...
...Prepare for Jiang fever. The Chinese President arrived in Hawaii Sunday, and so far he seems to be pushing all the right buttons. His visit to the Arizona memorial reminded everyone of U.S.-China cooperation during World War II ? the watery wreath played well for the cameras, while his hula session showed off what troupe teacher Hokulani DeRego called Jiang's "great rhythm...