He Inoa Mana (A powerful name) | Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu (Kumu Hina) | TEDxMaui

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2014
  • This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Kumu Hina, an educator, social and political activist, and Hawaiian cultural practitioner, shares her experience as a transgendered woman exploring her half Hawaiian, half Chinese ancestry. In her talk, she shares about a recent trip to China which unexpectedly connected her to her family there, and the realizations this new connection is bringing to her about the origins of identity.
    Kanaka maoli teacher, cultural practitioner, community leader, one of first openly-transgender candidates to run for a statewide political office in the U.S.
    Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu is a kanaka maoli teacher, cultural practitioner and community leader. She was born in the Nuuanu district of Oʻahu and educated at Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawaiʻi. She was a founding member of, and outreach specialist for, Kulia Na Mamo, a community organization established to improve the quality of life for māhūwahine (transgender women). She is currently the cultural director at Hālau Lōkahi, a public charter school that uses Native Hawaiian culture, history and education as tools for developing and empowering the next generation of warrior scholars. She and her students have been invited to participate in numerous events in Hawaiʻi and abroad, including trips to Tahiti, Autearoa and Japan. Hina is also a leader in many community affairs and civic activities, including serving as chair of the O‘ahu Island Burial Council, which oversees the management of Native Hawaiian burial sites and ancestral remains. Last year, Hina became one of the first Native Hawaiians to actively support marriage equality in Hawaiʻi through a prominent Star-Advertiser editorial entitled, “Hawaiian Values Differ from Western Traditions.” She can currently be seen in an award-winning documentary about her life, Kumu Hina, which is screening at film festivals around the globe.
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Комментарии • 74

  • @xpro808
    @xpro808 9 лет назад +166

    Kumu Hina is Hawaii's treasure to the world our culture and our Aina.

    • @9Crow
      @9Crow 8 лет назад +1

      +Terence Gomez Wow truley i am blown away.

  • @TheGamerHippie
    @TheGamerHippie Год назад +11

    I had the pleasure of knowing Hina when we were keiki. Just a 7th and 6th grader going to Kamehameha Schools. Even then such a beautiful soul. Now I dance with Linda Pahoa in Texas. Every time I watch this and hear her 'Oli I reconnect to the land of my ancestors. My beloved Hawaii. Thank you for sharing your powerful story with the world. 7 years later it is still relevant and engrossing. Aloha 'oe.

  • @kakelinga
    @kakelinga 4 года назад +132

    Mahu have a higher status within the culture. Especially in Tahiti where the eldest son is always raised to embody the essence of the male and the female spirit and energy. Mahu is not a derogatory word and has no derogatory connotations within Polynesia. All we can hope to do in this life is be a good person and contribute something good to the world.

  • @bettina-m.druskus9529
    @bettina-m.druskus9529 3 года назад +15

    Aloha Mahalo, you are so beautiful and strong. I was crying tears of joy to be able to get a chance of knowing your story. Allcompassing love to you. Yes we all lit our lights and now to forfill our vision in that life we have now.
    MAHALO NUI Loa from Germany.

  • @theempowerer5108
    @theempowerer5108 Год назад +4

    Kumu Hina is a living treasure of Ko Hawai'i Pae 'Aina!❤❤❤

  • @donnayoshizumi4354
    @donnayoshizumi4354 7 лет назад +39

    Mahalo Kumu Hina for your "beautiful" story and the importance of self idenitity.

  • @karengerber8390
    @karengerber8390 Год назад +2

    04:52-05:17 Central Standard Time
    (GMT-5)
    Friday, 10 March, 2023
    Mahalo. Mahalo.
    I just found this. I am in joyful, grateful tears. Thank you for the light that you are & have shared.
    Deep respect for you, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu.
    Great use of 0:16:07!

  • @lealavaamalo4836
    @lealavaamalo4836 6 лет назад +40

    Powerful woman who loves her culture and Hawaiian people deeply and passionately.

  • @faanengaaw7357
    @faanengaaw7357 4 года назад +10

    Im also a Pacific islander from the Micronesian region. I am frm the Chuuk islands & i have German, Polish, Prussian & Fijian ancestry.

  • @iamaloha2
    @iamaloha2 4 года назад +10

    Mahalo nui e Kumu Hina for sharing your inner light and love with us; so that we too may honor our inner light and pass it on.

  • @justasimplecadjockey687
    @justasimplecadjockey687 4 года назад +8

    This made me smile. Mahalo, Hinaleimoana.

  • @moliveras2506
    @moliveras2506 7 лет назад +38

    just watched documentary and now this clip. What an incredible person. love your message and all that you do!

  • @DamonMacready
    @DamonMacready 3 года назад +4

    What a beautiful person!

  • @fernandoalvares6923
    @fernandoalvares6923 4 года назад +17

    You are amazing! I studied at UH Manoa and my professor showed us your movie!

  • @jacqueslerocques
    @jacqueslerocques 6 лет назад +17

    You're an amazing person Hina....

  • @Jolasers
    @Jolasers 4 года назад +13

    Beautiful message.

  • @loyshaw935
    @loyshaw935 3 года назад +4

    I am absolutely captivated by this amazing, beautiful person!!!

  • @CuriousMaree
    @CuriousMaree 8 лет назад +21

    Powerful !!!

  • @dillonkealiichidester8627
    @dillonkealiichidester8627 7 лет назад +10

    Much love from California, Kumu Hina!

  • @xoSiNgInGiNtHeRaInox
    @xoSiNgInGiNtHeRaInox 3 года назад +4

    Thank you for sharing your beauty with the world

  • @sistamaria15
    @sistamaria15 7 лет назад +16

    so inspirational.....thank you hinaleimoana......xoxoxo

  • @KahalealiiTedIshikawa
    @KahalealiiTedIshikawa 9 лет назад +13

    Mahalo no kou mo'olelo!

  • @saorsablack9895
    @saorsablack9895 4 года назад +6

    BEAUTIFUL -
    1💚💛💜💙

  • @teriakitamasese
    @teriakitamasese 9 лет назад +19

    Nani nō kou 'ōlelo e Kumu Hina! He makamae 'oe iho i ke ao nei. Aloha!

  • @xzhivkaxzhivac2454
    @xzhivkaxzhivac2454 9 лет назад +20

    Amazing and inspirational!!! :)))

  • @drinaeaton5684
    @drinaeaton5684 6 лет назад +8

    Great story thank you for sharing this.....Mahalo and Aloha

  • @heart2handsmassage776
    @heart2handsmassage776 5 лет назад +7

    Beautiful message!

  • @neilmodino9284
    @neilmodino9284 7 лет назад +10

    thank u. you are an inspiration.

  • @kerricorser4562
    @kerricorser4562 6 лет назад +9

    Oh my goodness love and aloha to you dear precious brilliance. Xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

    • @kerricorser4562
      @kerricorser4562 6 лет назад

      Aloha nui loa nani ohana...I miss my big island because nowhere I've ever lived do people love like Hawaii. Mahalo for reminding me in this cold dark michigan winter.

  • @jkahalachrupalyk6404
    @jkahalachrupalyk6404 2 года назад +2

    Mahalo nui loa e Kumu Hina, no kou 'ike loa.

  • @carolyncervantes6828
    @carolyncervantes6828 3 года назад +3

    Thank you--you inspire me!

  • @stephaniepeck3256
    @stephaniepeck3256 3 года назад +4

    Beautiful

  • @amandavandekerckhove9921
    @amandavandekerckhove9921 7 лет назад +4

    Hello from CanadaThanks for this teaching

  • @puakili0069
    @puakili0069 4 года назад +3

    Mahalo Nui KumuHina!! 🙌🏽🏔❤️

  • @user-xs4mp9dr8w
    @user-xs4mp9dr8w 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful story.

  • @zoeydakota85
    @zoeydakota85 4 года назад +5

    God I need to meet her

  • @keakaestrella8127
    @keakaestrella8127 6 лет назад +3

    Mahalo nui loa Kumu Hina for your errytins\♡♡♡/ my aloha n mana to aid on your collective journeys!

  • @rnmansfieldjr1664
    @rnmansfieldjr1664 4 года назад +2

    Mahalo piha!

  • @sealfan1000
    @sealfan1000 2 года назад +1

    Oh.MY.GOD...Thank you

  • @Aleakwe
    @Aleakwe Год назад +1

    💛

  • @locoHAWAIIANkane
    @locoHAWAIIANkane 4 года назад +3

    Has anyone else aside from Hina and Aunty Pua given oli to open TEDx?

    • @urs-
      @urs- 11 месяцев назад

      Daniel Anthony. I just watched his before finding his one.

  • @kehauscottage
    @kehauscottage Год назад

    🧡🧡🧡

  • @tndixiechicken
    @tndixiechicken 9 лет назад +7

    Aloha Kakou

  • @KosTis
    @KosTis 2 года назад

    What is the chant at the beginning?

  • @abelcable798
    @abelcable798 7 лет назад +1

    hi 5th period

  • @swiftpiechop415
    @swiftpiechop415 3 месяца назад

    🌈🌊❤️🤙🏼🙏🏽

  • @tragic1735
    @tragic1735 6 лет назад +2

    Hawaiʻi au mau a mau.

  • @carrolltee5906
    @carrolltee5906 Год назад

    ni hao aloha

  • @Thunda1986
    @Thunda1986 8 лет назад +4

    this dude i just watched a documentary about her, one part she was arguing with her husband and i thought to my self, man they'd have some mean blues

  • @kpadmirer
    @kpadmirer 9 лет назад +6

    Now if she lived in old Hawaii, would she still be able to eat with the men or not?

    • @haunanimartin459
      @haunanimartin459 8 лет назад +47

      +kpadmirer Mahu really were "in the middle" of Hawaiian society, able to pass among social & political divisions due to the respect & honor they commanded, and the knowledge & traditions they nurtured. They were highly esteemed and loved!

    • @adrianavenus8894
      @adrianavenus8894 Год назад +2

      Yes, and with the women :)

  • @4sammyboy
    @4sammyboy Год назад

    The corruption of polynesia

    • @_____2219
      @_____2219 Год назад +3

      You say that like the west didn’t force their religion on the Polynesians.

  • @Mrmanu237
    @Mrmanu237 2 года назад

    I was just thinking when I first saw you that looks like a man

  • @keithwolfe1942
    @keithwolfe1942 2 года назад

    Not a good singing voice. Honestly it may be cultural, but have a better singer to sing this.

    • @TheGamerHippie
      @TheGamerHippie Год назад +10

      You have to understand something about 'Oli in order to make that judgment. Unless you have actually heard other dances with kahea and chants I don't think you're qualified to throw shade. Her 'Oli was done clearly and powerfully as it was meant to be.

  • @cityboyfication
    @cityboyfication 2 года назад

    🖤🖤🖤