 The hula was a religious service, in which poetry, music, pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, under the forms of dramatic art, to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic, and it gave itself to the celebration of those mythical...  The Journal of the Polynesian Society - Page 1351908Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1906 - 852 pages
...dance and sway, On the beach Nana-huki — A dance of purest delight — Down by the sea Nana-huki. The hula was a religious service, in which poetry,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves under the forms of dramatic art to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic and it gave itself... | |
 | 1906 - 856 pages
...dance and sway, On the beach Nana-huki — A dance of purest delight — Down by the sea Nana-huki. The hula was a religious service, in which poetry,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves under the forms of dramatic art to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic and it gave itself... | |
 | Nathaniel B. Emerson - 1909 - 344 pages
...the emotional language of the songs he will find himself entering the playground of the human race. The hula was a religious service, in which poetry,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, under the forms of dramatic art, to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic, and it gave... | |
 | nathanial b. emerson, a.m.,m.d. - 1909 - 336 pages
...the emotional language of the songs he will find himself entering the playground of the human race. The hula was a religious service, in which poetry,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, under the forms of dramatic art, to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic, and it gave... | |
 | Polynesian Society (N.Z.) - 1910 - 298 pages
...to the whole of the ceremonies, songs, etc., connected with the hula. He says (p. 11), " The -'-./,; was a religious service, in which poetry, music, pantomime,...hula is the Hawaiian representative of the Samoan tiva, the Tahitian upaupa, the Rarotongan era, and the Maori haka, which are not, we think, in any... | |
 | 1910 - 510 pages
...the emotional language of the songs he will find himself entering the playground of the human race. The hula was a religious service, in which poetry,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, under the forms of dramatic art, to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic, and it gave... | |
 | 1910 - 1010 pages
...of important value for the intei-pretation of it anywhere else. The author defines the hula thus : The hula was a religious service, in which poetry, music, pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, nnder the form of dramatic art, to tlm refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic and... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1910 - 1012 pages
...translated, with notes and an account of the hula, by Nathaniel B. Emerson, AM, MD "The hula", we are told, "was a religious service, in which poetry, music,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, under the forms of dramatic art, to the refreshment of men's minds. ... As to subjectmatter, its warp was spun... | |
 | Albert Pierce Taylor - 1926 - 624 pages
...Hawaiian dance to the languorous grace of the Nautch girls, of the geisha, and other oriental dancers. The hula was a religious service, in which poetry,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, under the forms of dramatic art. to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic. The Hawaiians... | |
 | Albert Pierce Taylor - 1926 - 624 pages
...Hawaiian dance to the languorous grace of the Nautch girls, of the geisha, and other oriental dancers. The hula was a religious service, in which poetry,...pantomime, and the dance lent themselves, under the forms of dramatic art. to the refreshment of men's minds. Its view of life was idyllic. The Hawaiians... | |
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