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Utilizing mele to preserve, transmit, and create cultural knowledge can have profound effects on contemporary Hawaiʻi. With mele, values like aloha ʻāina are disseminated at a large scale with ease and popularity. With mele, education moves from a separation of knowledge and knower to an internalization of knowledge, both new and old. With mele, the unification of a people starts with a cathartic and shared emotional experience, not with structural organization. In the more recent reawakening of the lāhui Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian nation), the practice of mele, if utilized effectively within the soundscape of Hawaiʻi, will have lasting influences on education and the promotion of cultural knowledge integral to self-determination. ​

our mission

Kāhuli Leo Leʻa is a 501(c)(3) Hawaiʻi non-profit organization aimed at catalyzing aloha ʻāina through the education, composition, and presentation of mele and other cultural practices.
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We carry out our mission through the following pathways of mele excellence:
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Waihona Mele

Preserving mele as repositories of historical knowledge.
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haku mele

Promoting the value of
haku mele (mele composition) excellence.
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Hōʻike Mele

Supporting venues of mele presentation and dissemination.

Our work


​Catalyzing the power of mele, Kāhuli Leo Leʻa carries out its mission through three strategic pillars: create, amplify, and recognize.

MELE
a heightened expression of intentional words (often in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi), expertly crafted through the traditional practices of the haku mele - the weaver of words. 

​As an oral practice, 
mele represents a technology that shaped the worldview of our kūpuna.​

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  • Home
  • WHO WE ARE
    • Board of Directors
    • Nā Limahana
    • 2024 In Review
  • OUR BELIEFS
  • OUR WORK
    • Mele Pūnana Leo
    • Kani Kō i Lohe ʻia
    • Aloha Pauahi
    • May Day >
      • May Day 2024
      • May Day 2023
      • May Day 2022
      • May Day 2021
      • May Day 2020
      • May Day 2020 - Sing Along
    • Past Projects >
      • Mele Hoʻopulapula, Vol. 2
      • Mele Hoʻopulapula, Vol. 1
      • Ka Haku Mele
      • Why It Matters
      • Huliāmahi, Vol. 1
      • Mele Huliāmahi
  • MELE.COM
  • Mele Conference
  • DONATE