The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant

The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant

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Publisher Description

The Kumulipo is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs. Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its 2000 lines provide an extended genealogy proving the family's divine origin and tracing the family history from the beginning of the world.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2022
16 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
277
Pages
PUBLISHER
Delhi Open Books
SIZE
1.1
MB

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