Class details

IPU HEKE

Kumu: Ua Smith    -      Practitioner, Lahaina, Maui

The Ipu Heke is a double gourd implement used in Hula. Participants will learn about the importance and meaning of the Ipu Heke in Hula and will make and learn to play their implement Nā Ponohula participants will also learn a hula or an oli relating to the Ipu Heke. 

Source: Ipu Heke class, World Hula Conference 2005

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Photo by Sachiyo and Hisayo

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Photo by Sachiyo and Hisayo