Category: Nature – Poetry and Hiking

Moving – swishing – sway

Dancing to the island beat

With light skirts flowing

Just needed a little tropical break tonight.  I hope you will take a moment and just breath in the islands and the magic they hold.

Traditional hula skirts are call Pa’u skirts and are made from brightly dyed fabric. The top of a Pa’u skirt contains casings that house long cords. Hulu dancers wrap the Pa’u skirt around their waist and tie the cords together on their left sides. Pa’u skirts come in different styles. Some contain a single cord and consist of a single panel of fabric. Other Pa’u skirts are made from multiple fabric panels with multiple rows of cording at the top. You can make a Pa’u skirt for yourself using printed cotton or polyester fabric.

via How to Make a Traditional Hula Skirt | eHow.com

If you’re interested in learning about the Hula Dance or the art of Hula Dancing, you are in the right place.

After me and my family went to Hawaii and spent a couple of weeks there, we fell in love with the hula dance.  We also grew fond of the green, grassy skirts that are worn during the dance.

Here you’ll find videos that show various forms of the hula so you can see the dance in action.  Other features are articles that discuss things like history all the way to how to hula.

If you have a love for Hawaiian dancing and would like to add a tropical flavor to your day, go ahead and click around.

via Hula Dance Head Quarters – HulaDanceHQ.com