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Join Huraiti Mana as we welcome the most esteemed Kumu Hula Kau'i Dalire-Boyd for two days of learning, sharing, and growing under her guidance! Welcome to all dancers with a foundation in hula. $85 per workshop OR $250 for all four workshops (savings of $90, a free workshop!). To purchase the bundle of workshops, select the "Bundle 4 Hula Workshops" item. Location: Rainier Beach Community Club 6038 S Pilgrim St., Seattle, WA 98118
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Contact: [email protected] video production by @warlordworld Huraiti Mana is a Seattle-based Polynesian Dance Troupe specializing in 'Ori Tahiti, Hula, and Lei. We are a feminine and indigenous-led, intergenerational, neurodiverse and culturally rich community filled with laughter and shared stories. Our mission is to reconnect everyone to their culture and original identity through ancestral philosophy and movement of the Indigenous Pacific so that we may all recognize the homes within our hearts. For the first time since 2019, we are hosting Fa'a'ori! Fa'a'ori is of Reo Tahiti, the Tahitian language, meaning "to cause to dance," and it is the opportunity for our Huraiti, beloved dancers, to showcase their growth gained these past 5 years. Our Tumu Parau (theme) is 'Ura Vahine, lifting up divine femininity (that exists within us all!), beginning with honoring Atua/Akua, Ari'i/Ali'i, as well as life-giving birth, protective strength, caretaking of generations, and even loss of life through the lens of the Vahine experience. On behalf of Huraiti Mana, we humbly invite you to Huraiti Mana Faaori 2024: 'Ura Vahine. Resilience, hardship, joy, and celebration in the name of all our 'Ura Vahine! Event: Huraiti Mana Fa'a'ori 2024: 'Ura Vahine Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024 Time: 12:00PM - 4:30PM Place: Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center 400 S 2nd St, Renton, WA 98057
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All ticket sales will cover costs of the event and support class scholarships provided covering 100% of tuition. Every ticket purchased is entered into a door raffle for a grand prize!
 Mele Kalikimaka e ka'u kākou 'ohana Huraiti! Wishing our Huraiti Mana family warm holiday cheer and fun. We met virtually for an evening of baking hosted by our very own Lubong 'ohana! We hope everyone enjoyed themselves and shared some sugar goodness. To you and yours, wishing you happiest of holidays.  View the full exhibit now on display online at Five Oaks Museum!
Curator's Note We chose Matsui’s work because of her strong commitment to the Pasifika community and organizing here in the Pacific Northwest — one of the overarching themes of DISplace. Through her work with the Huraiti Mana Polynesian dance troupe, lei-making, and her work as a whole, Matsui’s dedication to keeping culture alive through authenticity and resilience is prevalent in her handiwork, language teaching, and building of community relationships. Leaders like Matsui and others are important pillars in the Pasifika network as we navigate the challenges of being away from our homelands. Huraiti Mana is honored to have been invited to celebrate in the annual Duwamish Tribe Celebration and Gala, lifting up our Indigenous peoples on this, the second Monday in October, Indigenous Peoples' Day. We lift up our hands most especially to our Duwamish hoa hānau who, though they have lived in these lands known now as the Pacific Northwest since time immemorial, have and still continue to steward this land, and see the city named after Duwamish leader, Chief Seattle prosper and flourish - remain unacknowledged by federal, state, and local governments as a people and nation. The 1855 Treaty signed for healthcare, fishing rights, and education has still not been honored. Duwamish succeeded in receiving federal recognition in 2001 only to have it viciously revoked by the Bush Administration immediately following.
This is a history not taught in schools. Erasure of Indigenous Peoples is still happening the world over. It is our kuleana to end cultural genocide and erasure. It is our kuleana to pay Real Rent Duwamish and support the peoples of this land. It is our kuleana that "ethnic studies" be adopted as "American History" for our haumāna. Sharing oli, hula, and mahalo in the beautiful Duwamish Tribe Longhouse, we make this pledge. As indigenous peoples, we stand in solidarity, we join Real Rent, we remember who we are. "He Hawai'i Au" by Ho'okena. I am Hawaiian. Hula mele by Aunty Makalapua and the late Aunty Mili of Hālau Hula 'O Mililani of Wai'anae, O'ahu. Video by: Kitman In Hawai'i, in 1971, the second Monday of October was changed from Columbus Day to "Discoverer's Day" said to include Polynesian discoverers, navigators and vast sea voyagers - however, in its name, it honors "all" considered discoverers. The move for Indigenous People's day, backed by Native Hawaiians against the history of Hawaiian dispossession, exploitation and enslavement at the hands of Captain Cook, never made it to the ballot for the people to vote, its last attempt in 2014. It is our kuleana. It is time. To our fēti'i, our 'ohana, our family: Our Fa'a'ori 2020 has been cancelled as we continue to monitor closely the effects of the pandemic across our communities. Awfully so, studies have shown that COVID19 infection rates are highest among Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian populations in Washington, Oregon, and California. While we are saddened by the cancellation of our event, we make the decision proudly and without doubt in order to best serve our people and our communities of Pacific Islanders and the greater Seattle area. Reminisce with us at last year's First Annual Fa'a'ori and the beautiful moments shared, the tears, the laughs, the 'ori 'ori! We continue, we remain resilient, we send our love. 'Ia ora na! I am Kalei'okalani Matsui, Ra'atira a Ha'api'i of Huraiti Mana, our Polynesian Dance Troupe based in Seattle, WA. Leaders in the 'ori community, Leolani Gallardo and Christine Apa from Pupu 'Ori Te Aho Nui (based in California) began Dance Against Discrimination, a movement encouraging dance instructors to host donation-based virtual classes to raise funds for organizations lifting up Black lives. As a survivor myself of sexual violence, a daughter of a strong Black woman, and a mana vahine seeking to create a greater difference in this world for women, I chose an organization empowering Black Women and survivors of sexual assault. My initial search led me to the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, which listed Black Women's Blueprint as a culturally specific resource.
Join Huraiti Mana as we raise funds to support Black Women's Blueprint (BWB), an organization that fights to end sexual violence against Black Women and Girls. BWB's purpose is to take action to secure social, political and economic equality for Every Black Woman in American Society now. Event: 'Ori Tahiti workshop Date: Monday, July 13, 2020 Time: 6:00 - 7:30PM PDT How-to Register Online
You MUST register by 7/13/20 at 4pm PDT to ensure you receive the zoom info before class! Link in bio! (If you don't have a gmail address, please email us [email protected]) *To donate to Black Women's Blueprint:
You may also support another activist organization of your choice that is actively fighting racism or a nonprofit that is supporting Black lives If you have any issues with this form please DM @huraitimana on Instagram. Remember, you do not have to participate in the dance workshop itself, but we would love to have you participate in raising funds together, for the cause! Also, I will be able to send a link of the class recording so you can participate later! Fa'aitoito! 
Northwest Folklife 2020 went virtual, as so many gatherings have this year, providing opportunity for artists of the Pacific Northwest to share out anything they wanted - a workshop, choreography, story-telling, their laughter and knowledge, their passion and expression - on a virtual stage. A special māuruuru to the community folks who so kindly and so generously donated to Huraiti Mana! Your donations go toward cultural learning opportunities for our students such as attending workshops with other professionals and travel fees, as well as competition registration fees and more!
Huraiti Mana hosted a Stay At Home lei-making workshop after a month of closures that continue through the COVID-19 pandemic. To connect together and celebrate community, while also promoting safety for all our huraiti, we hosted an online lei workshop with supplies found in-home! Traditionally made using lā'ī or ti-leaf, we created haku lei po'o (woven with three-ply braid, worn around the head) with paper bags & trash bags! Though we didn't have the ease of in-person teaching to learn this new skill, many of the huraiti completed their first-ever haku lei! We shared in many mo'olelo of lei-making, the stories behind the traditions, and shared in oli (chants). E ho'omaika'i, congratulations to everyone who joined and challenged themselves creatively & artistically during this time. A hui hou! Until we meet again!
 Huraiti Mana is returning for another year at the Seattle Aquarium Hawai'i Weekend! We are so excited to be a part of this local focus on Hawai'i's waters and life. The weekend begins early with a 21+ After-Hours Beach Party for Aquarium members and goes into the long Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King JR weekend. All throughout Huraiti Mana will be sharing in performance, story telling, and hula workshop to bring to the forefront the histories and legacy of the Pacific.
"We should not be defined by the smallness of our islands, but by the greatness of our oceans.We are the sea; we are the ocean. Oceania is us." -Epeli Hau’ofa Mahalo to Tongan and Fijian anthropologist and writer Epeli Hau'ofa for his words of wisdom about who is defined by and who defines Oceania. The Pacific Ocean is the largest in the world, and our peoples navigated it in its entirety, populating all the many islands our peoples call home. Join us and the Seattle Aquarium as they discuss the sea life of Hawai'i's waters and invite Huraiti Mana to share our people's intrinsic relationship to ka moana. After-Hours Beach Party Thursday, January 16 | 6:30PM - 10PM Performances 7:40PM & 8:45PM 21+ only Hawai'i Weekend Saturday, January 18 - Monday, January 20 Performances: -Story Telling every day 11AM - 12PM -Hula Workshop every day 1:45PM - 2:45PM |
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