For several years I've had the ladies of Naleilehuaikapoli help with cleaning flowers for their hairpieces. This year, they danced "Ka'ena" and I decided to use some hinahina in their hairpieces. My hula brother Noa worked with us on this special project.
Taken on O'ahu, Hawai'i.
Noa in HDR
The first step -- gathering -- Noa and I went out to his secret gathering place to pick hinahina for the hairpieces.
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Hinahina Kahakai
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Cleaning
Next step -- Noa taught them how to clean the hinahina.
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Hinahina
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Wili
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Learning
Hiroko and Chieko have taken lei making workshops in the past and both make beautiful leis. This was their first time working with hinahina. Noa taught them how to wili the hairpieces.
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Fast Learner
With little sleep, Chieko and Hiroko (pictured here) helped Noa finish the hinahina hairpieces in no time.
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Hinahina Hairpiece
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Hinahina Hairpiece - Close-Up
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Chieko's First Hinahina Hairpiece
Good job!
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Extra Time
We had some extra hinahina and time -- Noa taught the rest of the dancers how to wili. The three shown here with Noa have never made any type of haku lei.
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Noriko
Noriko's first hinahina hairpiece....looks great!
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Proud
All the ladies should be proud of their hinahina work!
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Goodnight
After spending 7 1/2 hours on the plane, checking into their hotel, cleaning hinahina and learning to make their own hairpieces, it was finally time to say goodnight to Kumu Noa and get some rest for our next day of hula preparation!
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