This is a reinterpretation of the Kaumlipo by the author. The Kumulipo was transmitted from an oral tradition, put into Hawaiian written form by 1889, translate
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The Kumulipo is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs. Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its 2000 line