Edith kanaka ole biography of albert einstein

Hawaiian composer, chanter, dancer, teacher, and entertainer.Name variations: Aunt Edith; Kanaka'ole. Born Edith Ke'kuhikuhi-i-pu'u-one-o-na-ali'i-o-kohala Kenao on October 30, , in Honomu, Puna district, Hawaii; died on October 3, ; daughter of John Kanaele Kenao and Mary Keliikuewa Ahiena; married Luka Kanakaole on January 21, ; children: six, including daughtersNalani KanakaoleandPualani Kanakaole, who studied and then danced with her.

Instructor at Hawaii Community College (–79) and University of Hawaii at Hilo (–79); pioneeredcourses and seminars in ethnobotany, chant, mythology, genealogy, land ownership, and ohana (extended Hawaiian family), Polynesian history, and the Hawaiian oral arts; trained in oli chanting, choreographed hulas for many of her chants.

Edith Kanakaole believed that the oli chant (the unaccompanied chant) formed the basis of Hawaiian culture and history.

She learned this art first from her mother Mar