Dennis Pavao - Holei

[@ManuelGonzalez-mm1xm]

I was stationed in Hawaii and one of my best friends was a local guy, who invited me to family events and they made me feel at home while being so far from mine. One time while hanging out this song came on and his grandma was singing her heart out along with it. That song was forever stuck in my heart, and the memory never leaves. She passed away recently, and now when I hear this song, i think of the Hawaiian family that made me feel a part of theirs, and I'll never forget them...

[@GlennAhNee]

Mahalo ia oe a ho’opomai’ka’i Akua ia oe a kou ohana, God bless you and family ❤

[@1212mahalo]

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[@1212mahalo]

qaっくぁあ

[@Stephanie-km5xr]

Hawaiian style❤

[@kanakalono]

Das how we do!

[@bruciekita3767]

There will be no other than Mr. Dennis Pavao, the older I get the better it gets. Aloha!

[@bruciekita3767]

We the people of Hawaii is so blessed with this music.

[@itzJenesus]

How could anyone Dislike this? Uncle Dennis will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@72marshflower15]

White nationalists..

[@smokeyrainbows]

Just showing their akoles! LOL!

[@eldergeektromeo9868]

should banish the "dislike" button from all videos...period!

[@72marshflower15]

@Fred Trump yeah, Nationalists are worldwide, yes.. they’re the true globalists.. the nationalists of every country. The right wing is a global movement with vassal entities in countries around the world.. The true globalists are a world’s various nationalists..

[@dillonvoisin349]

@@72marshflower15 idk if always that... But it sure as hell wasn't any locals 😂🤙🏻

[@laurelj.5975]

Who ever gave this a thumbs down has no heart. Such a beautiful song.

[@edgardolopez1862]

Born in Guatemala, living in California, but with the heart and soul of a Hawaiian.

[@Ck55-o3y]

👍🤙‼️❤️🙂🙃😉

[@FawknHayn2986]

Mahalo honored hawaiian 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@somewheresomeplace1309]

I Lowkey feel the same, but i'm from the caribbean. In some ways these hawaiian songs remind me of my beautiful childhood on the islands, especially at my grandmas house where all the cousins would meet. Surrounded by banana, mango, papaya and breadfruit trees , we had a blessed childhood. Times haves changed but some things remain the same, I hope to some day visit Hawaii along with other beatiful archipelagos of polynesia.

[@MelanieMundon-m2b]

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[@hwneyezzz]

We chose this song for my sister's burial. Tears poured, closure came, awesome song❤

[@markie713]

Mahalo! My grandmother was one of the last full blooded Hawaiians. She spoke Hawaiian and told my mother a story of Kalapana. Kalapana was a man who traveled alone from Kauai to see the great goddess Pele. He tried daily to find her; he vowed not to cut his hair until he had seen her. One night, local kids snuck in and cut his hair. (burning the tips off) Pele then visited him and told him to remain in the region, teach the kids and the region would be named after him.

[@kerricorser4562]

Mahalo nui! Great story.

[@patriciayomes8800]

Interesting story!

[@megashark808]

Isn't there full blooded hawaiians on Ni'iahu?

[@straight808hawaiian]

U can’t tell by looking at me but My tutu man is full blooded Hawaiian from kalapana still alive he lives nanakuli. Still get um out there

[@BroodjeBrood]

Mahalo from The Netherlands! Certainly the most beautiful song of Hawaiï

[@9arrows]

I grew up listening to this gifted man of splendid origin that could be sent by the gods themselves. He was a man destined to be reknowned by the aliis of his day and think he should be noted by all as a gift of love to those he spoke by his music and they only come by supernatural occurrances. God Bless Dennis Pavao immensely for his gift for all. I Miss You eternally Uncle

[@aloha196575]

Great singer but he was just a man.

[@darrelbaring]

Our rock "n" roll band was playing at a party in Pahoa in the 1960's and Dennis Pavao along with Ledward and Nedward Kaapana were also playing rock "n" roll music before us. My dad told them that if they played Hawaiian music they would become popular among the locals...the rest is history. They did become famous years later. I will never forget that. That memory is stuck in my mind forever.

[@fallingclouds82]

Wow, I’ve heard so many stories of unko Dennis but I didn’t know led was influenced to play Hawaiian music with Dennis. Very inspiring because I’m seeing ledward play this Wednesday

[@Mamasweedy]

❤❤❤Kalapana status

[@larrymyerslife3957]

Who ever give this a thumbs down must be an hillbilly that has no brains. I retired from PH supply moved to CA and what a difference Of living no local food I had to live amoung people that needed a Samoan slap because of their inference I love my Hawaiian music all kine.mahalo keep playing moke is awesome.

[@eldergeektromeo9868]

Dennis has one of the most celestial falsettos ever! We miss him! Passed on 2002.

[@shababy1305]

My favorite hawaiian mele of all time. It always brings tears to my eyes. Everytime I come home, I always tell my dad to sing this song for me.

[@1973Subway]

Love this song...my mom and dad passed away...both brought up in Kalapana. My mom loved to sing this song to my dad and played the ukulele. They both loved the Hui Ohana!

[@Mamasweedy]

❤❤❤ Kalapana Status. Royal Gardens

[@lucianogerman5778]

🥺✨💐

[@edgardolopez1862]

As I listen to Dennis Pavao and this beautiful music I've been transported thru another time while driving to Hana!!!!

[@Zanzamor]

You are missed...Any one can learn music but to sing like this comes from the soul of the land...realy miss you Dennis

[@edgardolopez1862]

Alika, INDEED!

[@robertd9416]

Christmas song

[@julianmartines6367]

My mom passed recently this song reminds me of her miss you mom I really do

[@johnkeala2602]

Passed at a very young age of 50. Only the memories as well as the leo nahanahe be cherished and embraced by ALL who knew him. Bid Aloha to this very fine man in Heaven above.

[@HawnP]

Gosh, this song bring back so much memory of my childhood, especially of my momma, who passed away a few years back......listening to this song make me think of her and how much I still miss her......love & miss you, momma

[@1bruddah]

So beautiful. I listen to this every time I need to find some peace.

[@Annette66palomino]

All their music is heart felt 💓 I would like to dedicate all their music to my beautiful mom all my aunts and all my uncles that made my life as beautiful as ever ❤️

[@michaelleslie8605]

greatest song ever, sung by the greatest falsetto to ever grace the stage!!!

[@jenniferwaugh3451]

Dennis you are truly missed, your music is amazing, it will live on forever, I love it. RIP

[@patriciayomes8800]

Great singer who keeps me alive n happy! Awesome music🌹

[@lauriekimura618]

Thank you. We are so blessed to listen to this beautiful, Divine voice. 💫

[@harleyfreakwolfgang]

Wunderschöne , Harmonische Musik und alles noch Handgemacht !!!! einfach Herrlich.Vielen Dank Dennis!!!!

[@brendadomingo1535]

We miss you my braddah...your voice resonates in the flat lands of kalapana to the mountains of kohala...Love you....your sis.

[@pom03tea]

merveilleuse chanson et une des plus belle voix dans ce monde paradis polynésien Dennis Pavao et la steel guitar développent un ensemble musicale dont les harmoniques nous transportent dans l'émotion la nostalgie et l'amour du pur bonheur

[@derekrogers5344]

Haole from Arizona checking in to report that Dennis Pavao fackin shreds!!!!!!!!!!!! Music is medicine, love this.

[@trevynmcmanus6462]

So beautiful,majestic Da kine my momz would play Saturday mornings while her and my sisterz would clean house. Life was always lifted by the aloha on those mornings . So to my mom ,Iwalani Verdel, mahalo mama love you and I'll miss you till I'm with you... R.I.P.

[@smokeyrainbows]

So beautiful! Moves me deeply, makes me cry. XO

[@Hat6000]

So incredibly beautiful and moving. One of the most beautiful of all the songs of the islands.

[@pasirastubbs762]

I love the late Dennis Pavao’s music ,it’s so relaxing to listen to. What an amazing voice? R.I.EP. Love from PNG ❤️🌺

[@TheKobeek]

used to drive red road back in the day listening to this. hooo man, good times, pohoiki, hot ponds, the whole ting. takes me back brah!

[@beaglesrfun5896]

You left us too soon, Dennis, but your music lives on!

[@peachie7117]

Love this mele. The beautiful voice of Dennis Pavao. My favorite Hawaiian singer and Hawaii's best falsetto singer. You live on through your music. You are truly missed. Mahalo Dennis for creating such beautiful music. RIL Much Aloha!

[@patriciayomes8800]

Love ❤️ that “RIP TUTU” she must have been having fun with her grandson!

[@ezraszonetobiason7958]

Takes me back WAYY back " Da good days", remember? Dennis?

[@alicelowder1050]

wow.xxxxx just beautiful. All that I love about this genre. xxx

[@pattyann5518]

I really think this is the best male Hawaiian Singer I have ever heard. No wonder they call him "The Man With The Golden Voice"

[@berniebayong9242]

Patty Ann Rain

[@l.marylawson3203]

agreed

[@prankster671]

So true...island falsetto by a master.

[@evelynkamalani6580]

Do you know Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ?? Please hear his Music!

[@joellopa9079]

Dennis Pavao is the best!

[@richardhamilton9506]

UleNui808, mahalo nui loa for this. I weep hearing Dennis. I come back again and again to these mele. I'll be sailing again from CA to HI kamaaina, can't wait.

[@edgardolopez1862]

Oh, God! why does my heart belongs in Maui? This music sends me to Maui and I travel along the Heavenly Hana Coast and end the day at another heavenly place, The Aston Mahana!

[@tavitamariner4506]

The beautiful voice of Dennis Pavao

[@virginialee8756]

They will never b another dennis Pavo thank u god for blessing us with this special voice beep beep hesia

[@edgardolopez1862]

I usually listening to Dennis Pavao and Willie K while driving The Road to Hana. That is how I enjoy my paradise, Maui. Not doing Hana leaves one with an empty feeling.

[@andrewkeliikoa3763]

edgardo lopez ❤️

[@hayun08]

such a beautiful voice Unkoo Dennis has..Always has been even wit da Hui O'hana .... I still have the records...

[@medic-gg7jo]

I will always remember him as Uncle Dennis. We all miss you Uncle

[@patriciayomes8800]

A beautiful story! Pele IS a beautiful lady!

[@kennethwolf3758]

Exoand yourself until you fill the sky, and that is how you learn to fly. Dennis knows how. From Wolfheart, Lakota elder. Wopila Pilomiya Dennis, many thanks.

[@paulkeoninewell3858]

first time I heard this song...... touched my soul! I'm a better man because of it! Nui ka Mahalo brahdah Dennis!

[@scorpionacrab4814]

ʻO Kalapana, kai leo nui, Ua lono ka uka o Hōlei, He uwā lā Kalapana, ē, Kuli wale, kuli wale i ka leo, He leo no ke kai, ē. It is Kalapana, the great-voiced sea, The uplands of Hölei listened, Roaring is Kalapana, Deafened, deafened indeed by the voice, It is the voice of the sea R.I.P grandmother

[@davidpack5902]

thank you, friends

[@MckennaArijob]

Mahalo uncle Dennis... Thanks for leading me to Kailua Kona, Love it here... Aloha uncle always remember you

[@dalesato4869]

This is roots music from kalapana. old school my grandma's favorite.always thinking of you.Hiroko Nahakuelua.

[@honu100]

What a voice!!!! Dennis RiP, this song will always be my emotional rescue. Back in the 70's my brother turned me on to Hui O Hana. Remembered 'the falsetto' voice did not put the 2 together. Now it rings a bell. :-}} THANX!!!!!

[@KALA808able]

Reminds me of my tutu man. Love you papa.

[@patriciayomes8800]

Hawaii’s own…….One of the most beautiful voice in Hawaii!

[@shushucan6859]

Those 278 thumbs down are probably the haoles that either can’t afford to come here and are just mad with the world or they came here and some local gave them likins and are upset with everything Hawaiian.

[@julianmartines6367]

Ohhh yeah exactly especially when they come here and get lickens cause they disrespect the Aina

[@brendengomez2026]

yessah my braddah. dont let the hate get to you.. thats what they like.

[@emmacosma5846]

ooooohhhhhh so beautiful i miss my dad so much

[@Ray-Mo]

The best song in the world!

[@dunluce83]

Much love. What a voice! God bless Dennis.

[@petiottauru2608]

Good friend and best singer from Hawaii - GOD bless him

[@perezcody1]

Always such a beautiful song. Always bring me back and humbles me to my roots of kohala

[@9arrows]

Lyrics: ʻO Kalapana, kai leo nui, Ua lono ka uka o Hōlei, He uwā lā Kalapana, ē, Kuli wale, kuli wale i ka leo, He leo no ke kai, ē. Translation: It is Kalapana, the great-voiced sea, The uplands of Hölei listened, Roaring is Kalapana, Deafened, deafened indeed by the voice, It is the voice of the sea

[@sharonra2000]

Love this ,,,,I just moved to Hilo Hawaii and love love love this style of music,,,now "I feel like Im in Hawaii",,,,,,,,,,,

[@kiaitilton2754]

Whenever I'm not in Hawaii and I play this song, the instrumental part always makes me home sick😭😭

[@edgardolopez1862]

Maui 365.

[@Six_Eight_Five]

That was me. I lived away for 8 years and every day I thank God I’m back home. Lucky I live Hawaii. Never leaving again.

[@richardhamilton9506]

I got a YT account just so I could tell UleNui how much I appreciate all his videos. They add to my life in very positive way. God bless you, Ule. And Mauiskye, God bless you for saying that. So much mana in these, so much I miss. Maybe miss but not gone or forgotten.

[@fapenetuailevaolole4125]

Beautiful sound brings bk memories when we ready for school early in the morning nd they playd on radio so cool song💖💖🎶🎧🎼👍👍😎

[@edgardolopez1862]

Oh God I need to be in Maui for my soul to be much much closer to you!

[@ChaelyneNakila]

maikai no mahalo nui one of the baddest hawaiian singers sadly he has gone to heven to sing for the lord thank you soooooooo much for uploading this song

[@dennisboyd1712]

What a voice, a gift from God.

[@dennisboyd1712]

Still listening in 2023

[@dennisboyd1712]

Still listening in 2024

[@treyzdakinesole]

@@dennisboyd1712 me too brah >:D

[@teatapomian2827]

Superbe chanson nostalgique qui symbolise profondément le lointain des îles polynésiennes

[@sandraascobido6989]

eh you know something top knocth song loved it sang it played it performed it how I love this song called Holei.Aunty Stella Jerry Sandra Loyd Lee Love you Guys.especially who wrote this song's.Mahalo

[@goingbeach5]

RIL💕mahalo for the music

[@faithalameida6344]

I love this song remind me of the good old days

[@elizabethsutherland9574]

What a beautiful voice. I want to be in Hawaii.

[@alefaios]

Pure Hawaiian voice - unique to us Polynesian in the Oceania.

[@FrankSalazar999]

"He (Dennis Pavao) will be revered as one of the elites of the past with his heartfelt and legendary songs that touched all who knew of his godsend talents! An illustrious and re-known singer who had a style and flavor like no other before him....... A remarkable and gifted man through his song and lyrics,,,,,,,,so lifting yet so refreshing to one's soul of or about the land of Aloha that he earnestly dedicated his life about........Truly an inspirational composer and a place for all hearts to admire! So long my dear friend and true Son of Hawaii Nei of many years and years to come.......RIP" By Keaweikekahialiiokamoku

[@catungawandave]

Frank Salazar something very special here, Really, I don't believe the Beatles, with all their fame, quite matched this.

[@edgardolopez1862]

David you are so right!!!!!!!!

[@danielbarrionuebo2384]

Frank Salazar I

[@audreyavilez7379]

Mahalo for sharing.....

[@ninaahyee8878]

Hearing his music brings so much calmness and misses of my dad. One of his favorite falsetto kanaka. #RILdad2018

[@cherylannniau3638]

Thinking of this poignant song that you sang all Day long after hearing that Your Flying with the Angels My Dearest Cousin Teresa‼️ I will miss Your Beautiful voice, Tremendous Heart and our long conversations about our ʻohana 💫✨🌟 L♥️ve 💝💗💖 You to Infinity and Beyond Al🌺hā a hui hou~ until we meet again, Puaʻala ♥️🤙🏽😘

[@maloni]

Oh l love this song!! Thank you SOOOOO much for uploading his songs!! God bless you and take care!!

[@halen37]

Mahalo Uncle Dennis for the ono Hawaiian Music!

[@violetmartinez1698]

This is a Portuguese man with a Hawaiian heart and soul.❤👏👏👏👏🙏🥰💝

[@pamelagarza331]

this song reminds me of my dear friend Barney who once lived in Kalaupapa. Aloha a hui hou Barney.

[@9arrows]

I'm Keaweikekahialiiokamoku and this song brings back warm memories o Kalapana when Queen's Bath was still in Kalapana! No ka Oi ka leo o Dennis Pavao......Pa'ani Mau....So Majestically.......Tranquilly Played......He anelas Paridiso......Aloha..........

[@samantamedina4210]

Música maravillosa......su voz, sus voces, y ese acompañamiento delicado relajantes al espíritu......

[@zardozmania]

Simply beautiful...

[@fourhorseman1670]

The falsetto singers from Hawaii where a gift from the GODS.

[@deidrewhakaue3714]

Beautiful

[@Myalli]

This is really a beautiful rendition. Thanks for posting this. Wonderful

[@violetmartinez1698]

We need this! Teaching the Kiki’s!our next generation to be responsible and your do your part to be responsible and respectful and do your share in taking care or our Hawaii Islands. ALOHA

[@davidpack5902]

Simply outstanding....

[@tarabosserman4007]

Dis brings back so many beautiful memories of my

[@suzannebascar8046]

I love song n his voice..

[@rustyandtasha]

Dis guy is my unko by blood....yu da man unko dennis

[@808sunrise]

Dennis ,to'u taeae ,my braddah .RIP .Aloha

[@matangitaufahema6604]

One of my favorite songs

[@SuperGodine]

Such a beautiful waiata 💕🌸💕🌸

[@georgekolo57]

Brings back so much memories

[@muxzz]

fan club da bosema

[@nyunyu5350]

Listening in 2019❤️🤗 love you bro forever ❤️🔥❤️

[@andrewkeliikoa3763]

NYU NYU ❤️❤️🤙🏽

[@elixirlopez5677]

Beautiful vocals n lyrics

[@haupialani97]

Every time I hear Uncle Dennis I remember countless nights in Kailua Kona listening to Island Sunsets and watching the sun go down from Lava Java. Some one recalled Dennis started his career with Hui Ohana, now the whole world is his Ohana. E ho'omaika'i Akua for this wonderful Hawaiian.