He Mele No Lilo Hula- Kaleinani

[@sandramorey2529]

Our kumu Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu composed, performed and choreographed the animated dance you see in Lilo and Stitch. It is wonderful to see how many young folks have learned it. It is a beautiful and very traditional chant to King Kalakaua in a new setting. Every halau has a different styling and I find it very interesting to see how they all preserve the important meaning in the words of the chant even if the interpretation is a bit different.

[@MeruchanSG]

After reading all this coments I just have one thing to say: I don't think most of the people do things from other cultures to make fun of them or maybe insult people of any culture. The fact is than you have just one culture and it's not possible to know perfectly the others so you can learn different things from another cultures BUT you never will be an expert. Maybe this girl has learned in the wrong place or maybe with a wrong teacher, this not mean she wants to be rude or insult the hawaian culture. Im from Uruguay but I live in Spain and I don't know how to dance perfectly "sevillana" or "flamenco" but I try to do my best when I dance, this is not "culture apropiation" Im just having fun with something beautiful from another country... I hate this word because some people uses it to transmit the idea of "this is MY culture, not YOURS, and you can't do anything of my culture" (wtf) Please... remember that we are HUMANS, not only races... thank you.

[@maeharris114]

Melani Vazquez beautifully said

[@gluckskatze3229]

Well said! ^^

[@TheIMISSDADDY]

Maybe it wasn’t her intention to mock the culture but I think Hawaiians have every right to be upset to find their (dying) culture inaccurately represented. Because she’s not the only one. This is nationwide, if not world wide. Hawaiian culture to most people outside of Polynesia is just seen as something exotic to display to others to seem cool. It’s just a party theme to a lot of people around the world and people forget it’s a real culture with real people. I’ve gone to parties in the mainland US and the whole time I got served on a silver platter. But they had no actual interest in the culture itself. And that’s what upsets people. If someone is going to represent another culture it’s not unreasonable for people of that culture to want it to at least be accurate.

[@chloeevans2569]

Melani Vazquez I thought she did awesome

[@theroadtocosplayandcomicco5840]

@Liwayway I want to move to Hawaii to learn how to hula dance

[@noelanisinclair1520]

I've watched this video a few times and every time the comments depress me. If you're offended by this try and keep and open mind and realize all the factors that went into her dancing how she did and maybe don't go all out WWIII on her. Believe it or not but helping people by kindly guiding them in the right direction is more effective than screaming.

[@finnix_x3]

Noelani Sinclair Thank you so much for having a more progressive and positive view- ;w; if they bash the people that try to learn their culture and mess up, then their culture will fade further away and they'll have a negative reputation...

[@genovevaavila364]

I think she did great. All this negativity is sad. She was nervous which was probably why she did the dance so fast but her arms were at the right speed. Give her a break.

[@tonyprado4398]

i dont care if the dance is wrong. she did it very lovely and very beautiful. good job pretty girl👍

[@chloeevans2569]

Tony Prado agree

[@jasonleaf5719]

I agree as well

[@raineeholmes566]

How is it wrong?

[@kianabm2268]

There's no right or wrong. There are many versions of this song

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

@@kianabm2268 I think they're talking about the dancing, not the song. Some people say this isn't true, authentic hula, that it's just a parody of Hawaiian dancing staged solely for the amusement of misguided and misinformed tourists who know nothing about the true meaning of Polynesian culture and traditions. At least, that's my impression of how they see it.

[@aliciaedwards8606]

I love my Polynesian side. Hula is such a beautiful cultural dance. Living in Deep South Virginia I can't get to any real instructors. So KZbin is all I have to learn from. I wish more natural born Polynesians would be more accommodating to those of us not as close to the mother islands, but still want to connect to them through dance. I love how gracefully she danced the piece. It didn't look like she was in front of a panel of traditional judges for points. She was just sharing a cultural piece at a talent show.

[@tiffanyray8693]

this song makes me cry it brings back stitch memories

[@Nayamiii]

Considering she did the dance from the movie, I'd say she did pretty great. If you're honestly insulted, take it up with Disney.

[@xavierviolet8651]

Help Me so glad this comment exists but I wish those people would stop. It's from a movie and her intent was probably to make it be the dance from the movie lol. Agree with you 100%!!

[@Lostinmyhead23]

Help Me she should've referenced a real hula dancer because Disney is not an accurate source

[@cbb3480]

Lost Who said it was?

[@anhduynguyen396]

Lost from what I read on somewhere I can't seem to remeber, that Disney put a lot of cameras (21 I guess) to draw the dance correctly

[@shantaishanelson5743]

Help Me but this isnt the dance though 😂 she isnt even in the right stance

[@DianaJ01]

You're so graceful! I love your hands~ their movements looked so delicate ^^

[@anhduynguyen396]

Well, at least she knows the hand movements for ka pua, ka mauna, kapu, much better than those who hula dance like they just got zapped

[@philiphamilton7428]

LOL ikr

[@miaflores1268]

Anh Duy Nguyễn

[@mariagiuliazanon8564]

Where can I find the right video tutorial for this dance?

[@Venus258]

That was probably the most accurate to the movie version I've seen, I wish you would post a how-to video.

[@bellapugh7319]

It sucks being half Hawaiian and half white because everyone just assumes I'm Mexican. 😂

[@ahentargs]

+Bella Pugh lol,I'm half Taiwanese and half Mexican,I somehow fit perfectly in Hawaii.

[@graceakau9266]

+Bella Pugh It's okay...I'm half-hawaiian, half-white and people just assume I'm white

[@neutronatom]

Don't you mean Polynesian?

[@chaystgermain7320]

half filipino and half hawaiian. I completely get it lol

[@tommyortiz8283]

You don't look Mexican

[@anisargsyan3805]

Her movements are so soft, it is really comforting to watch this dance❤️

[@mariesandoval8300]

Honestly, i love this version. It's fun to watch. It's beautiful in my eyes.

[@blurplepie]

...In all honesty, this is the best I've seen so far while browsing the web. It felt fluid, much like waves moving on the ocean. Which is, in my opinion, where the beauty of this dance shines the most.

[@El-ce8ge]

Hey! You did an amazing job!! Just remeber to relax your arm movements and your hip sways make them like the ocean! But I'm so proud that you took up a new type of dance!!! You did great love!!! ♥️♥️♥️😃😃

[@marjxiv]

This is the best video of He Mele No Lilo that I've seen so far. You dance gracefully and let your body and hand gestures go with flow of the song. I guess this is what my PE teacher talks about "letting your emotions flow through movements" and not just to "impress your audience with your dance skills." You should probably do a step by step tutorial. You're an awesome dancer. ;)

[@leemebaby]

Everyone's commenting "um you're doing it too fast" or "good try" while I'm over here like "well looks like I'm still a potato!"

[@andreseg9555]

Jajajajaj a me too

[@abcde4331]

Your performance was AMAZING! Congratulations! Also you are so graceful and beautiful. I really love this music. ♥

[@29psalm]

beautiful! love her graceful moves. so smooth

[@amjadjaouni7612]

I watched this video few times; very graceful and smooth. Excellent performance.

[@rahuldhargalkar]

This looks easy, but I'm sure it isn't. She danced gracefully with those expressions and I think that's what matters. I'm an outsider and I totally see it as a celebration of Polynesian (or Hawaiian in this case) culture. 😊 Loved it!

[@oliviapadilla771]

How does she does this! It's so great!

[@thoren_black]

Whether she is native hawaiian or not, I think she did a pretty good job. Congrats!!!

[@brittanyf6036]

Wow this is absolutely beautiful!

[@raczo2016]

Nadie ha interpretado HE MELE NO LILO tan perfecto como lo hizo esta chica, es el mejor vídeo de esta canción que he visto. las criticas no le harán nada. ella sabe que lo hizo excelente. felicidades a esta chica, le quedo hermoso.

[@electriccvibe]

Very Beautiful & Amazing Song👌🏻❤️

[@em2128]

The hula is absolutely beautiful. She did wonderfully. It takes a lot of courage to do that in front of your peers!

[@ErwinTheBolocBoloc]

Watching From The Philippines!! 🇵🇭

[@PhxVanguard]

Polynesian culture is so beautiful.

[@douchebagman1172]

It's Hawaiian, not Polynesian

[@madisonkalamau2579]

Bunny Cottonback Hawaiians are poly

[@sydneygrace3745]

Hawai'i is Polynesia, just taken by the US🌺

[@terryrobinson4484]

Yes girl that was amazing I hope to practice hula dancing and the movie is so lovely

[@GeorgeBrites]

2:08 Definitely my favourite part. So beautiful!!

[@Sai-ez3dy]

YES

[@elviradup8597]

por qué a la mayoría le gusta esa parte? XD

[@alisonsmith4060]

So incredibly beautiful!

[@terava-roseperreira391]

she does a great job with the dance.....i feel appreciated for the dance.....mostly because im full polynesian and all

[@isabelledavis2981]

I watched the lilo and stitch movies 🎥 but I also like watching people do the dancing 💃 from the movie 🎥

[@a.qvistlund8730]

So beautiful, you did a great job!

[@MoeSaysRawrr]

this was so incredibly beautiful! :D your dance here radiated some kind of simple joy, i highly respect that :) officially one of my favourite dance videos ever ^^

[@amasharajaguru3883]

So good! I love the dance and I love the song!

[@theanxiouscatechist2504]

This was far better than I expected.

[@spider-vishal]

After long...i can see .....someone is pretty close to this music ...very fair dance.....keep it up🔥🔥

[@soejimagic]

Love this sooo much!!!

[@nickleonard6153]

She dances so beautiful I love this

[@priyankagurnani1]

IN LOVE WITH THIS DANCE FORM

[@Goldenbird94]

Hula is such an elegant dance style.

[@JCAM-z9r]

Simply beautiful 😻

[@aysunstantes]

¡Super bonito!, me quedé con muchas ganas de bailar esta canción, algún día volveré a bailar. Polinesio y belly dance rifan ♡

[@lisd.7059]

Awesome, thank you for sticking up for her. People are so dumb sometimes

[@tita3824]

Elegante y con movimientos suaves, vi otros videos y se veian muy toscos, me encanto, muchas gracias...

[@mimitahiti3200]

I love ! It's beautiful !!!

[@ahmad906]

The dancer, the moves, the song... they're all equally BEAUTIFUL...!!! :)

[@JessyNyan]

She is very elegant and moves with confidence and grace. She did a wonderful job.

[@DanielaAlmendrita]

I like it very much. Very beautiful dance. Very beautiful culture. I would like to learn to dance this. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Chile :)

[@isi4739]

ehhhh shile :D

[@nataliemair3861]

To you Polynesian folks, I LOVE your culture. It's beautiful, and a lot of other great things! After visiting Kauai last June for 2 weeks, I love Hawaii to the point of wanting to live there. If I can, I'd love to learn about Polynesian/Hawaiian culture so I can apply it to a Hawaiian character I have in the book I'm writing

[@j4nglle]

visiting Hawaii quite literally impacts the natives negatively, tourism is one of the biggest reasons why their heritage & traditions are fading.

[@juderobison1678]

@@j4nglle quite literally it does not, unless you are doing something harmful while there

[@thatguywholoveshoodies4405]

......... (she is gorgeous) and you did amazing!!!

[@rbreezybabe1030]

If you guys are expert of this dance why don't you make your own tutorial video and stop complaining

[@UwU-lm9or]

well im 50/50 but i don't mind this im no expert on hula but i enjoy it (im a local from hawaii btw) and if she wants to start doing hula i recommend she learn in a halau they teach you more and there is competitions also the merrie monarch being the biggest one that evryone goes down to the big island for so she should learn not by herself but by instructors from halaus

[@LayneEndsMergeLeft]

I love it. Most beautiful cultural dance in the world. Very well done.

[@Emily.Massey]

Beautiful song, beautiful dancer, beautiful dance!!

[@genkidezu]

omg literally crying while watching this... its so beautiful!! and so graceful ! :''''''''D

[@LoveeIsMyWeapon15]

So great! Definitely going to do this dance for my senior project!

[@OlavarriaClips]

This is one of the most beautiful things iv'e ever seen.

[@HamsterTMS]

Why are Great Performances like this rare to find on KZbin compared to the one we love the most in the movie, no seriously it's hard to find good performances based off the movie

[@sergiodelucca2588]

Linda apresentação obrigado pelo seu esforço

[@maddieebobaddiee]

Yass girl!!! that was amazing 😍

[@gordeeromanenko3345]

Привет из России! Это волшебно! Hello from Russia, This dance is amazing 🤩💃💃💃💋🇷🇺

[@nightreader1264]

Really beautiful!

[@JordanTerveer]

"just need a little better dancer" what???? were you not watching her dance???? this was amazing, idk how much better it could get...I really want to learn how to dance this though, please post a how to video!! you dance like a Hawaiian Goddess

[@PhantomOfTheSchool]

This is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

[@lolavalentine4535]

i hope you all know, that this dance was choreographed by mark ho’omalu, who is known to have a unique hula technique.

[@alexburnham1046]

This is amazing! I love Hawaiian dances and this is the best I've seen.

[@lynnygirly]

Beautiful, best I've ever seen!

[@promfool.6238]

she's my Idol now

[@sergiodelucca2588]

Parabéns, obrigado pela linda apresentação

[@daniel-np9rt]

Hermosa Danza....Saludos desde Venezuela... Beautiful Dance .... Greetings from Venezuela ...

[@deboraquintana1888]

Este video me encanto !!! Desearía poder bailar como ella !!! :D .. Muy bueno .. Te felicito !! :D

[@AussieTay23]

That was amazing. Very accurate and well done. I'm not a dancer, but this is the one dance I'd like to be able to do. Could you please make a tutorial or how-to video?

[@rachelcrutcher3357]

This is amazing!! I love this part of Lilo and Stitch and you did a great job! :)

[@chesiregirl]

Wow, I know nothing about hula (I've never even been in Hawaii; I live in Texas and any minute information I may have about Hawaii is from my Hawaiian neighbor) but this is such a beautiful dance, from a speculator's standpoint, and a very beautiful young woman doing the dance. :)

[@annaf.w.5154]

best actual human performance I've seen on youtube so far, every move had rhythm and purpose. most people doing this dance just walk pointlessly back and forth. loved your rhythm

[@mokihaname]

she is good... check out Merrie Monarch hula it's a competition Hawai'i haves every year the best hula dancers go there and perform it's on KZbin.

[@janelles9312]

Anna Ferguson well the other hula dancers on KZbin are probably doing it right.

[@mokihaname]

They have the merrier monarchy hula competition on KZbin now those dances are beautifully choreograph perfectly... I like this dance it is good but when you see the pros and my family dance all your life you can spot all the mistakes big time!

[@Boeing737800MAX]

Looks more like an Indian Bollywood dance... Just a costume and song change, then she's perfect.. XD Thumbs upped.

[@DanielaFlores-pf2fb]

I`m totally fangirling over Disney right now.

[@wendypuckett851]

For those who can't be nice about this dance she did better than movie itself and I would like it if people would stop posting hate comments to this video!

[@aubdog05]

Definitely the most graceful dance :)

[@shacarasimmons3157]

i loved it

[@angelarobertson2668]

She's amazing 😍

[@linsey8156]

wow she was a amazing dancer

[@simply.melissa4367]

She's good but I think she should learn how to control herself with her motions, in hula you gotta know what you're doing and what you're trying to show in your story. If she could learn from a kumu hula I think she would be great! I think she should just learn control and more grace in her motions though :) -(coming from a hula dancer)

[@Lali_.d]

Nobody asked for you opinion tho

[@hopebirges1053]

Idaly Torres she was giving constructive criticism-

[@littlelady9801]

@@Lali_.d nobody asked you to be rude too

[@Lali_.d]

@@littlelady9801 I'm not being rude. But it's true, nobody asked for her opinion.

[@littlelady9801]

@@Lali_.d no girl, you are being rude :/ And she is free to give her opinion if she wants

[@jeniferalvarez2411]

Hermoso baile 🥰❤

[@TheWildScarletRose]

Wonderful performance, I think it's one of the best hula dances on the whole Internet!

[@gabyhosanna5660]

me gusta la cancion y la forma en que la bailan

[@stefanyramirez2383]

She did it great, I love it 😀

[@vesstig]

Her smile is making me smile, shes loving it

[@AsG956]

Hermoso! bailar asi que lindoo

[@jamievalencia6815]

She's so graceful:)

[@justynakrakowska6088]

gorgeous 🧡🧡

[@hannaaro9623]

It was beautiful! I wan't to learn this dance too!

[@JordanTerveer]

oh my goodness yes!! please post a how to video i've watched this like 15 times trying to teach myself this dance, it's so beautiful!! (:

[@antoniatharyssafreire5380]

lindo amo essas musicas

[@perliuxlunita7115]

is beautiful

[@tayuyyauchiha]

She is actually really good at dancing this she is pretty accurate to me nice job ❤

[@invertigo1000]

I Love this