EILTS Writing Taks 1 Hula Dancing in Hawaiian Culture
Hawaii islands are one of interesting places to visit in the world because they have original culture and beautiful landscape to see. However, their local dance, which is people well-known as Hula, is an entertainment that usually we watch in the television. Actually, there are contrastive origin form of classic and modern Hula that we can see today. Myth of Hawaii said originally Hula performed in front of an altar by Men and created to honor their god or goddess. The changing form occured in the eighteenth century as result of the interaction with European culture. Because of that, Hawaiian organized a cultural festival, which is consisted of hula competition, in the 1960s. The festival called the Merrie Monarch Festival that has become annual cultural event to attract more tourists again and seek to maintain their cultural heritage.
Hawaii islands are one of interesting places to visit in the world because they have original culture and beautiful landscape to see. However, their local dance, which is people well-known as Hula, is an entertainment that usually we watch in the television. Actually, there are contrastive origin form of classic and modern Hula that we can see today. Myth of Hawaii said originally Hula performed in front of an altar by Men and created to honor their god or goddess. The changing form occured in the eighteenth century as result of the interaction with European culture. Because of that, Hawaiian organized a cultural festival, which is consisted of hula competition, in the 1960s. The festival called the Merrie Monarch Festival that has become annual cultural event to attract more tourists again and seek to maintain their cultural heritage.
