Wow

[eefster]

I just watched a video from the Kane Kahiko category of the 2008 Merrie Monarch festival. I feel like I've been watching porn at work, even though logically I know this is a beautiful and important tradition that just happens to involve muscled men wearing fewer clothes than I'm used to seeing. (I don't know that the climate here would support

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[peadarog]

I blogged about the Suya last year some time. Fascinating languagy stuff they have in their ears.

[eefster]

I remember! I actually had to look up your post to get their name right. All I could remember was "People in Brazil who use audio metaphors instead of visual ones for understanding". Sadly, that doesn't return a lot in Google. :p

[peadarog]

I can imagine! They're in wikipedia, though. Not sure of the spelling of their name -- it seems to vary a bit.

[regina_of_york]

They remind me of a bird of paradise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dx2CUMtZ-0

Great video!

[eefster]

Hahahha. I love that video!

[xraytheenforcer]

HAWT.

Your post made me realize that I, too, have completely lost touch with the two people I knew who spoke Hawai'ian.

[eefster]

The rolling hips are pretty good, but there's something about the thigh work that's whoashockfantastic.

[terraprime]

Very cool. Thanks. :)

[terraprime]

Forgot to say that I wish you had posted this on the masculinity-femininity thread. I personally find this to be one of the most exemplary pieces for masculine gracefulness. The rhythm, the teamwork, the evocation of power. Very masculine.

[eefster]

If I'd found the video when that thread was still active, I might have posted. I didn't think of it immediately, though, and I'm not sure I want to be responsible for resurrecting the whole masculine/feminine discussion!