Our Vision & Mission
Ka `Imi Na`auao O Hawai`i Nei Institute …means to search for the truth of the Hawaiian culture. Through hula, we help restore the culture to its original dignity. We teach how to understand, enjoy, and appreciate the medicine, science, art, language, crafts, philosophy and religion of the Hawaiian people. “E Mau Ke Ea, E Mau Ke Ola” Let the spirit live; may life and health flourish”
“Taking Hula out of the Box”
by Joana Varawa
This in depth interview explains that “Taking hula out of the nicely wrapped box of simple entertainment, and restoring it as a physical/spiritual/ cultural practice available to everyone, is Roselle Bailey’s goal.”
Keahualaka: A Door to Hawaiian Spirituality
This documentary has been creatively pieced together, edited and completed by Serge Marcil/4dMedia. It includes an in-depth interview of Bailey giving her first-hand account of what transpired over many years after she sought and received permission to undertake the daunting challenge of clearing and rededicating this ancient sacred Hula Hei`au some decades ago. Learn More
The Hula Lesson
In “The Hula Lesson” Outer Voices joins Hawaiian Hula teacher Roselle Bailey and her multicultural halau to find out what hula is, what it means to Hawaii, and why so many non-Hawaiians love it.
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2021 Tribute to Queen Emmalani
2021 tribute to Queen Emalani filmed at Lawai Kai in Allerton Gardens on Kauai. Videographer and producer, Serge Marcil.
Ka`Imi Na`auao O Hawaii Nei Institute
Ka `Imi Na`auao O Hawaii Nei Institute is an educational, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Hawaiian culture. If you would like to support the work of Ka `Imi Na`auao O Hawaii Nei Institute please use the Donate button and our secure PayPal payment gateway below:
Recalling Hawaii, Part I & II
Recalling Hawaii A multi-media chronicle awakening the past, the now and the future of Hawaii with oli, mele, and hula….. “In the beginning there were no canoes or people in canoes…” Out of the darkness / Po creates life.
19th Century Hawaiian Language Manuscript
In 1979, kupuna William Kapahukaniolonookainoahou Goodwin, Aletha Kaohi’s father, gave Roselle Bailey 2 handwritten books of historical information about Kaua’i, especially about the Waimea district. The books, written in the late nineteenth century by an unknown author or authors, contain stories, mele, names, and other material, much of which is unattested in any other source. They are written in a dialect of Hawaiian apparently unique to west Kaua`i and Ni`ihau. Learn More about the Manuscript here.