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Play Ku¯kulu! Fill in the blanks by choosing from the Kükulu Hawaiian playing cards. For English translations, check out the word bank below.
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here I was, sitting at Kenny’s Restaurant, smelling all the ________ food as it passed by. It can be an excruciating experience when you’re super ________ and waiting for your meaÿai! Then I noticed the ________ fragrance of the lei pïkake worn by the ________ across the room, who was celebrating her lä hänau, but that only made me want to ________ her lei. So I tried to distract myself by counting customers, like counting sheep when you’re trying to go ________. I started off: kahi, lua, kolu… and then I spotted Kimo, my ________ from school. We were both ________ at Kapälama, back when there was only one campus. “Hui!” I gave a ________ and waved. “Hey, Kalei,” said Kimo. “Long time no see! You looking ________ , as always.” “What I really am is ________ with hunger,” I said. Kimo sat down and before you know it, we were reliving our high school days. “Remember the ________ teacher we couldn’t even recognize the day he came with his beard shaved off?” Kimo said. “And the English ________ who was brutal with the red pen?” “Yeah, good thing you were good in math, eh?” “And how about our seven
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minutes between classes?” chimed in Kimo. “Missing the bus and having to foot it uphill from the pool to Konia as ________ as we could with ________ textbooks in our backpacks. And that was before backpacks had wheels!” “Ooooh! And remember how sweaty we got by the time we made it to Konia? That was ________ !” I said. “No wonder we could stay so fit and ___________ back then!” Kimo said. “Yeah, but plenty of us like my ____________ got good and ________ anyway.” “Hö, those were the good ol’ days!” Kimo sighed. Right then my ________ plate of sweetsour spare ribs was placed in front of me. “Great seeing you, Kimo,” I said. (I couldn’t wait to eat!) “So good to see you, Kalei! We should get together, play some Hulo! or Kükulu,” he said. “I’m kind of rusty on my ÿölelo Hawaiÿi.” “ÿO au kekahi,” I said. I grabbed a ________ and ________ , and we exchanged numbers. Then I went back to the task at hand. The plate was so ________ by the time I got through with it, I saved the restaurant some soap and water.
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ee how many Hawaiian words you and your ‘ohana can come up with using the letters above (for example, ea, aia, hou). E-mail your word list to publishing@ksbe.edu for a chance to win a free Hulo! game (10 winners total). The entries with the most Hawaiian words win. Laki maika‘i! Have fun learning and speaking ‘o¯lelo Hawai‘i with Hulo! For game instructions and ordering information, visit www.kamehamehapublishing.org.
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to serve as the publisher of the Merrie Monarch Festival 2011 ‘Alemanaka. Along with stunning images of the 2010 competition, the 12-month calendar features cultural insights into hula, mele, instruments,
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the performances. Key
FRIEND
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dates in history linked
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to the time of Kala¯kaua
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are also highlighted,
Email your answers to publishing@ksbe.edu for a chance to win a free Ku¯kulu game (10 winners total). Laki maika‘i!
reminding us of the legacy of our hula traditions and the monarch who helped
Have fun learning and speaking ‘o¯lelo Hawai‘i with Ku¯kulu! For game instructions and ordering information, visit www.kamehamehapublishing.org.
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tural richness continues on. This
and adornments seen in
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Festival is long behind us, its cul-
year, Kamehameha Publishing is honored
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hough the annual Merrie Monarch
keep them alive. PhotograPh: renea C. Stewart
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‘Alemanaka (monthly calendar) 2 2011 Ke Ala o ka Mahina/Moon Calendar (poster) by Hui Mauli Ola
3 Lau Nehenehe – Kohala Kuamo‘o/Nae‘ole’s
Race to Save a King (animated on oiwi.tv) by Kekauleleanae‘ole Kawai‘ae‘a and Ma¯kaha Studios
4 ‘Ai‘ai by Ka¯wika Napoleon
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