Saturday, January 17, 2009

A Hawaiian Chant for Obama



This belongs in the category of almost too cool. I've heard a few chants for Bush in the past....

Manu Ikaika, leader of Halau Ho'omau I ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i in Alexandria, Va., wrote the chant "Hiki Maila Ke Ali'i Ho'oulu" to celebrate the presidential inauguration of the Hawai'i-born Obama.

The most famous chants were composed for Hawaiian kings and have been passed down for generations, said Ikaika, who was born in Honolulu and raised in Wai'anae but is now living in Manassas, Va.

"It (the chant) speaks of a child coming from Hawai'i," Ikaika said. "And coming from Hawai'i, he brings the righteousness, the power, the spiritual feeling that I believe Hawai'i possesses to help our economy and the people of America."

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