Hapa - Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai (studio version)

[@bonzai3256]

I've been away from home over 15 years due to school and career. I may live on the mainland, but my heart will ALWAYS be in HAWAII.. Mahalo NUI LOA for posting these music. Gives me the great memories of my true HOME.....ALOHA.....

[@dianamontoya3974]

I lived in Hawaii many years ago. I still love the music.

[@mary-anneswanson9931]

I have been diagnosed with leukemia and since then I have found the sound of the islands of Hawaii so very soothing and calming in a very chaotic world. Thank you for this beautiful song

[@ricardoflores-borunda2437]

Are you okay?

[@vampiree4206]

i hope you’re doing well now

[@elyxur4726]

Are you doing. Better?

[@mary-anneswanson8445]

@@vampiree4206 I am off chemo right now to see if I am in remission :) In another month I have my first test Mahalo :)

[@mary-anneswanson8445]

@@ricardoflores-borunda2437 i am currently off chemo to see if I am in remission :) I have a blood test end of July :) Mahalo :)

[@LunaEclipse2010]

my dad loves this artist... brought me up listening to it on our road trips.. these songs and this artist/album resembles freedom to me... and whenever i hear it.. it makes my heart skip a beat a little and it makes me feel a happiness inside that only ever experience rarely...

[@greenbongos]

I get the chills when this song comes on. Tears follow to it's beauty and flow. I love it.

[@softshoes]

My years ago I bought a computer golf game with a Hawaiian course, they did a flyby type look with this song playing. I was mesmerized by it and immediately went out and bought my first Hapa cd. These guys just make you feel the trade winds when they sing and play.

[@trishiek3212]

I haven’t lived on the island for years, but when I visit it’s like I had never left. One day when my twins are old enough I’ll take them home.

[@terririckert7069]

An Aussie friend sent me this beautiful song when she found out I had some Hawaiian heritage ------ born in US to a Hawaiian Mother now living in Australia. I love this song. I also miss "IZ". Bless you.

[@namibuburderoch3965]

For sure, IZ was the man. Me, I'm just a half-arsed musician, and... yeah.

[@LilyHuebner]

I’m sorry but you don’t look Hawaiian……

[@tahbarpify]

i am touched and blessed that someone helped me discover this music.

[@jocelynechretien4421]

when ever I need some Aloha blessings. I've play so much I learned to sing it with .Mahalo . Molokai holds my heart

[@thomascampbell4730]

Joy, pure joy, refreshment for the soul, a tonic for a tired heart. Mahalo nui loa for posting this mele.

[@monkeydluffy1954]

i dont understand every single words but i just fall in love with the music it feel so calm and warm.

[@Artari]

Aloha, It's about the different types of seaweed we have in Hawaii :)

[@enriquezmelissa2166]

Finally, after 6 years of searching I know the name of this beautiful song!!!!!

[@KeikoFXDesigns]

Awesome Hana Hou!

[@Jd-hs9wd]

tooooo many good hawaiian songs that no one can find!

[@kingsmooz5639]

Yes true

[@thomascampbell4730]

What a delight, true medicine for the soul!

[@pegaboo1960]

I just stumbled upon this video and I'm so addicted to this song! The harmony is just so beautiful. I listen over and over and can't get enough. Trying to memorize the lyrics now. Hapa is coming to my area in March (Grass Valley, CA) and I'm going to see them for sure!

[@brendacoricooper3159]

Hapa has saved my mind during this virus. Yes!! Thank you Hapa!!! Cori yreka california gotta dance to your music; otherwise feel like a zombie. Hapa ROCKS!!

[@mikeweller1566]

This song goes straight to my heart....what else can I say?

[@Treechris23]

I LOVE THIS HAPPY SONG!!! Gorgeous pics of the Hawaii too!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS POST.. makes me wanna dance🌴🌞!!!

[@PC-dc1kv]

I like it a lot too!! ❤️❤️

[@sexynat50]

I saw these guys in concert in Las Vegas. Would LOVE to see them again. Amazing!

[@josephacosta5252]

Pretty new to Hawaiian music. The country influence is astounding! Great tune :)

[@nicoletaneagoy4108]

I carry Maui in my heart...I remember the roads lined with flowers, the eucalyptus standing like pillars, the fruit, the sand, the ink blue water, and with every breadth, Aloha. I hurt to be so far.

[@nicoletaneagoy4108]

I will always remember the splendor of the sky , the aina ( land), and ocean...The Aloha shared is in my soul forever...

[@nicoletaneagoy4108]

Aloha and God bless you +Teresa S G

[@ralfbkk]

Nicoleta Neagoy your words break my heart and I can share the feeling. Aloha and God bless, Nicoleta!

[@nicoletaneagoy4108]

Ralf Schneider Aloha. To know its meaning is to live it.

[@fatalfury66]

I feel your pain. I miss my home. I have never been at peace since i have been away.

[@CindyBlankenship]

I don't know the exact translation but from what I remember from hula - in this last verse we are watching the sunset after a fun day of collecting limu (ka ulu wehi) from the ocean (kai). This is such a fun hula and when Hapa performed in Oregon, lots of women from the audience got up on stage and danced. Might be something they do at all their touring concerts.

[@emileavemealone]

my sister and i were both born in Wahiawa and lived in Mililani for a few years before moving to Ohio. Now I'm planning on going to school at Manoa and I can't wait to move back

[@SaraBethSingsxo]

Loved UH!

[@derpydomo1431]

this song gives me so much nostalgia... really miss the good old days :)

[@HawaiianGurl8o8]

Whoowoo if Gabby Pahanui was alive he would be super proud of these boys!! I love Hapa : ) btw my late grandma is a close family friends of the Pahanaui's she use to live on Bell Street , in Waimanalo : ) and the Pahanui family still live there .

[@skerble8]

Born and raised Maui. Been in N.J. for six months working. I hea dis I like cry!

[@bbcode33]

Aloha and Mahalo.... Lovely hawaiian Island....... kick off and play with respect........Appreciate....

[@brianbbad]

Just spent the past hour and a half looking for this song..... worth it! 🎵

[@aminahshaban]

One of my first (& favorite!) hula dances for May Day in elementary school! Thanks for posting!

[@Uschi4370]

"The Old Hawaiian Language Is The Language Of My Heart" ...........

[@heleneschenbacher8512]

Ho'okohukohu e ka limu kohu Ke kau i luna o na moku la 'O ia maku 'ula la e ho 'Oni ana i 'oi anei Free diving, scuba, sailing out to watch the green flash, out in the Molokai'i channel at night seeing the Southern Cross. Hula kahiko at Merry Monarch Festival under the night skies...always seemed to rain on last night. This is one ono song...just need a gourd for percussion, a capella singing and lovely hula hands....so easy brah! Eh! Mahalo Nui Loa!

[@braddahkuponz]

ho, dis song makes me tink about my papa cuz at his funeral had dis song playing. and I like give Hapa pleny of aloha and mahalo's cuz of dis song.

[@MrCaduceo]

Aloha from the island! *shaka sign* :) Remember that so long as you carry Aloha in your heart and spread it to all you encounter, you are never truly separate from the islands.

[@bonniescali2478]

Love this music so flowing. Has me dancing the hula.

[@davidvalentine28]

dance to this in the morning...have a great day !

[@kiiwi22]

Listening to this song makes me home sick and the video doesn't make it better either. Much mahalo for sharing!

[@fatalfury66]

I havent been home since i was seven. I need to come home again. It has been too long and this song has made me very homesick for hilo

[@julesradino]

THANK U

[@garytackett7580]

Alois Raidl This is from your playlist. I've been looking for you for YEARS;

[@mswhitefire1]

Pure Beauty. A soothing to the soul

[@luvangeldolphins516]

Maika'i. Love your music. My heart is in Hawaii. Aloha nui loa.

[@SW1FTSTR1KERMC]

I went to Hawaii recently and feel like I am there again after your video, thanks for making a five hour drive easier wahenee :D

[@bbcode33]

Aloha and mahalo... Beautiful hawaiian Music...

[@rosaliesalas8578]

WoWz .. remind me of small kid time..May Day. I miss dancing hula so much

[@graceoconnor6872]

SAMEE it was our may day hula!

[@jwj2xx4]

Mahalo indeed! This takes me back to some spectacular memories :)

[@koolaidgirly98]

I love this song sooooooooo much!

[@chevyt.784]

This is one of THE MOST famous ukulele songs.

[@nikolassager1336]

Ahhh this song brings back memories in elementary school the 4th graders danced to this for may day.

[@teriibanez897]

Such a delight to see The great big ocean So familiar and very cherished With its fragrance of the lîpoa It is lîpoa which washed ashore Onto the shiny white sand Hot from the heating sun as you step on it Don't think that this is fun How enticing is the display of limu kohu Atop the rocks Enticing one to pick them As they sway to and fro Let the story be told Of the lîpoa and the limu kohu Close companions of the pâhe`e Intermingled with the lîpalu

[@sarahhaunaniwaeyenbergh8811]

Beautiful video with the perfect song. Mahalo nui loa for sharing. 👍🌺😘

[@dinkytankman]

Reminds me of my great vacation on Maui many years ago.

[@2011hib]

Dale Wilbur: I concur! I have been there 3 x and am booked for a 4th. Hawaii chose me long before I went. A lifelong dream to go and when I did the connection to the aina, its people, music, I am Hawaiian at heart.

[@sylviagarmon1955]

My daughter's great grandmother...Edith Kanakaole...wrote this song.

[@Treechris23]

LOVE THIS HAPPY SONG❤️‼️

[@beutilisious]

wow maholo nui for this beutiful song would so love the lyrics more pls aloha

[@Polynesie410]

Wow, what a nice presentation.

[@Kfs616]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheIslandhunnie]

@khinkley1 ..Yes you understand the real meaning of a kauna to this song....mahalo for your posting Not too many people understand that this song is actually inappropriate for young ladies to dance to this song because of the kauna to this song....thats why when I read that a 6th grade class danced to this song I was appalled...I am greatful that there is some one who really understands the olelo and explained it well..mahalo Khinkley

[@Hannah11235]

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[@Kniquolas]

Muhammad is the True Prophet, Sis. Follow the Quran, you'll be happier. Allah Akbar

[@Best_Purpose]

@@KniquolasRespect other religion. No wonder why. 😢

[@ateledger]

MI KANCION FAVORITA DE HULA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheIslandhunnie]

JUST A WORD TO THE WISE THERE IS A KAUNA TO THIS SONG AND IF YOU REALLY KNOW OR UNDERSTAND THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOUNG LADIES TO DANCE THIS SONG...A REAL HAWAIIAN OR HULA DANCER KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.

[@derpydomo1431]

Love this version

[@dalewilbur]

It is said that Hawaii chooses you, you don't choose Hawaii..................been ther 7 times, moving to BI in 5 years.

[@domingomorales4045]

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[@kofd04]

Did you make it? I plan on going in about five years from now.

[@MsCherryPop3]

Stunning! Thanks, Gigantes, for the link. (Peanut)

[@KumuKelena]

I don't think Nathan was on the studio version. He added his many beautiful musical gifts to Hapa later. Great song.

[@Latishalovesherbo]

beautiful song!

[@mand421]

Does it mean ‘turbulence of the sea’?

[@由美l伊東]

大好きです！

[@chigi1427]

画像が( ´∀｀)bｸﾞｯ! 何度もリプレイして　ハワイの気分を満喫しましたよー🎶

[@kabulafghanistan1279]

I like this song!

[@ruthdixon7807]

this band revitalised the hawaiian scene with their debut album.

[@kfwahine]

YOu can go to HUAPALA for the lyrics. New songs by recent artists may not be there, but most of the well know songs are there. Try first and if not there it will route you to another site where recent ones may be played.

[@julesradino]

tHX

[@Tsnore]

Has Hapa done anything in the last 15 years?

[@maurahennessy444]

He hoʻoheno kē ʻike aku Ke kai moana nui lā Nui ke aloha e hiʻipoi nei Me ke ʻala o ka līpoa He līpoa i pae i ke one Ke one hinuhinu lā Wela i ka lā kē hehi aʻe Mai manaʻo he pono kēia Hoʻokohukohu e ka limu kohu Ke kau i luna ō nā moku la ʻO ia moku ʻula la e hō ʻOni ana i ʻōi ʻaneʻi Haʻina mai ka puana Ka līpoa me ka limu kohu Hoapili ʻoe me ka pāheʻe ʻAnoni ma ke līpalu Such a delight to see The great big ocean So familiar and very cherished With it's fragrance of the līpoa It is līpoa which washed ashore Onto the shiny white sand Hot from the heating sun as you step onto it Don't think that this is fun How enticing is the display of limu kohu Atop the rocks Enticing one to pick them As they sway to and fro Let the story be told Of the līpoa and the limu kohu Close companions of the pāheʻe Intermingled with the līpalu

[@N3M3SISWARM]

Reminds me of oahu, thanks man.

[@eliseobragadocontillo6770]

beautiful!

[@julesradino]

Ed Keys Fav.....................

[@Tsnore]

Is there a better song from Hawai'i?

[@megggx18]

this was the song to my first hula :)

[@kauaiblagg-noblisse7248]

maikii keia mele o ka aloha manao wau

[@SophiaPatience]

This song is really pretty. Can anybody tell me the story behind it? Or it's meaning? I looked up the lyric translation, and still haven't a clue what they are singing about.

[@kludgeaudio]

Literally, they are singing about seaweed. Lipoa is a kind of flat light green seaweed that is used more as a seasoning than as a vegetable. Limu kohu is also a seaweed used for seasoning but I've only seen it dried in balls, I don't know what it looks like fresh. Limu pahe'e is what the Japanese call 'nori' seaweed, and I don't know what limu lipahu is. When I was a kid, I was told that this song was dirty, that it was actually about a man comparing his lovers to different kinds of seaweed, but you know some people just see sex in everything. It's whatever you want it to be about but the words are about seaweed.

[@leimanaang]

+SophiaPatience As kludge said it is about different plants of the sea. Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai translates as plants of the sea. It was written by Edith Kanakaole.

[@manoftheleaf]

Literally the song is about the observance of the various types of seaweed in and around the shores of Hawaiʻi. Metaphorically its about sexual freedom, seduction and a return to a familiar pleasure. Sorry for being two years too late.

[@LADEE_SEARIDER]

Memories of BeautiFULL Hawaii... Aloha No 4rm Oklahoma =}

[@christinecardenas6009]

I'm doing this song for my May Day

[@DJBobzilla480]

Cheeee! Chicken skin all ova! Kona boy in AZ but my heart will always be in Hawaii Nei! Hana hou!

[@SaraBethSingsxo]

Can take the keiki out of the island, but cannot take the island out of the keiki

[@lOcAlGrLiEe123]

my 6th grade class did a hula to this..... i dont remember it anymore... :[

[@konarodrigues1773]

I'm dancing to this today

[@drinaldi2000]

I miss my home.

[@leimanaang]

Beautiful!

[@oletumare]

Hi...I think you did a great job! I´m going to visit Hawaii pretty soon...I´d like to purchase this song or cd....can you please tell me who are the musicians, or group playing this song? Thanks!!

[@herhourglass]

Does anyone what song this is. This won't be spelled correctly but this is how I heard it.. -- ha iri minah uwe ha op to minah uwe Minah i de tiare na to.... Anyone know what song that is

[@KuromiAsuni]

It's Ka Uluwehi o ke Kai

[@herhourglass]

+Richelle Villaruel I know what song this is. I'm talking about a different song. I don't know where else to ask it

[@alicecoppers8980]

This should be the state song

[@romerodossantos3050]

hapa - ka uluwehi o ke kai

[@pegaboo1960]

@TheIslandhunnie What exactly is Kauna? I googled this to try to understand what you are saying and could not find anything. Thanks! Ooops, I mean MAHALO.

[@Tsnore]

Beauty.

[@yonemitsu1]

Does anyone know what they are chanting at the end of this song?

[@cali8259]

i know the dance and i love this song

[@guslevy3506]

I have no idea what any of the words mean in this song, but I think I know exactly what this song is trying to say..

[@Samuraislash600]

I miss you Kaui. ;-;

[@tonyktown]

@choosing2lookeast If you're going to the March 25th Show in Philly see ya there! Mahalo! :-)

[@Mauna826]

hey can u translate the chant part at thee end please

[@oletumare]

Never mind, I just found out...Hapa are the musicians...did´t realize that was the group´s name.