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羅特王子(Prince
Lot)草裙舞節慶
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您知道您能利用舞蹈述說故事嗎？那就是照片中的小孩正在做的事，他們正在跳草裙舞，即夏威夷的傳統舞蹈。草裙舞結合了流暢的肢體動作及臉部表情並搭配特殊的歌曲及音樂。最初的草裙舞是一種禮拜儀式。
曾有一段時間，人們對草裙舞不再感興趣，但羅特王子(Prince
Lot Kapu`aiwa)卻努力的保存草裙舞，使其不至於失傳。猜猜看他是如何辦到的？這位後來續位成為夏威夷國王的王子(即卡美哈美哈五世，在位期間為1863年至1872年)向以其精力及堅定意志著名。提升及保存夏威夷文化即為他其中一項興趣，特別是對草裙舞尤其感興趣。藉由他位於茂納魯亞(Moanalua)別墅所舉辦的草裙舞表演，草裙舞得以流傳下來。對許多人來說，草裙舞代表了夏威夷人的世界觀。
為了表彰羅特王子在保存夏威夷文化上的貢獻，自1978年起，夏威夷開始舉辦羅特王子草裙舞節慶。每年都有na
halau (草裙舞學校)前來火奴魯魯的茂納魯亞花園(Moanalua
Gardens)表演草裙舞。這個節慶也包括了其他的夏威夷活動及展覽會，如：手縫拼布、現場示範如何用葉子編織帽子及籃子、樂器及
lei製造過程(lei就是花環)。
Did you know that you can tell stories with a dance? That's what the kids in the photo are doing when they do the hula, a traditional dance of Hawaii. The hula combines flowing movement with facial expressions, all set to special chants and music. When hula began it was a form of worship.
Prince Lot Kapu`aiwa kept the hula alive in Hawaii at a time when interest in it was fading. Can you guess how he did it? The prince, who later became Kamehameha V, King of Hawaii from 1863 to 1872, was noted for his energy and strength of will. One of his interests was to promote and preserve Hawaiian culture, especially the hula. He did this by holding hula performances at his cottage in Moanalua. To many, the hula represents Hawaiians' view of the world.
In appreciation of Prince Lot's efforts to preserve Hawaiian culture, the Prince Lot Hula Festival was established in 1978. Each year na halau (hula schools) come to the festival to perform at Moanalua Gardens in Honolulu. This festival also includes other Hawaiian activities and exhibits such as hand-stitched quilts, leaf-weaving demonstrations to make hats and baskets, instrument-making and lei-making (a lei is a necklace of flowers).
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