This is the "Stone Eating" song of protest, which was written by Eleanor Prendergast in 1893. It is also known as Mele Aloha Aina, the "Patriot's Song" and is still popular in Hawaii today, although it is not clear how many non-Hawaiian speaking listeners are aware of the song's historical significance or the profound antipathy to U.S. annexation in its lyrics. Queen Lili'uokalani wanted to reverse the "Bayonet Constitution" that her brother, KIng Kalakaua, was forced to sign. In other words, she wanted to restore the voting rights to our Hawaiian people and to also restore power to the Hawaiian monarchy. In that process, she made many enemies, especially those who had political control and power. Many plantation owners, who were mostly haole, had political power at that time and that is how the Committee of Safety (13 members) was formed. The Committee of Safety forced the abdication of Queen Lili'uokalani. That is the historical background regarding this song. Any comments or questions are always welcomed. Armando Sierra

I cannot comprehend who are the 343 people who dislike this heavenly hymn. I am Greek born and raised and proud to be one. But Hawai'i shook me to the core. Profoundly affected, humbled, and in love with that aina. I am not a Hawaiian, but I am a child of this earth, so there's love to and from any place I walk on. Mahalo 🙏🏻

I have listened to this song many times over the years, and finally realized that this was a great project of love for Hawaii.

As a norwegian who live far far away from Hawai'i I feel at some point I lived on the hawaiian islands in my past life. Been to O'ahu twice and both times I felt "I'm home now". Thank you so much for the video. I can play it over and over again. Aloha

I listen to this everyday! What a powerful song about our Queen Lili'uokalani!

It’s 2023 and I keep coming back to this. I miss home. This brought tears to my eyes.❤

My heart is heavy with love for all that is beautiful in these people who sing for the Islands. May we find the grace to listen with equal passion and understanding.

Hawaiian is such a beautiful language. I shake my head to think it was banned in school for a long period. I'm proud of my Hawaiian heritage and our Hawaiian language. Kaulana Nā Pua" is a Hawaiian patriotic song written by Eleanor Kekoaohiwaikalani Wright Prendergast in 1893 for members of the Royal Hawaiian Band who protested the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani and the Hawaiian Kingdom.

As a native if the land. I am so Proud to be HAWAIIAN. Yes it is sad what happened to my people. However what was wrong is wrong. No changing that. Our ansestor ok left there knowledge behind fir us so we know the truth. By expression of our Hula and Mele keeps us close to our God 🙏. Mahalo to. All who enjoy our lifestyle and our people. Mahalo nui.

Having lived in Hawaii for over 20 years before retiring to Thailand, I can honestly say that this video made me want to pack my bags and fly back immediately. Absolutely beautiful.

Hawaii was the first place I was stationed after I joined the Air Force. Best 3 years of my life. I loved it there. The food, people, music, culture etc. I made some life long friends there. I was there in 1997-1999 and I know I could go there now and have a place to stay without even having to ask. I am as haole as they come, but I could go to the west side of Oahu to Wianiai where I was told they don't like white people over there. After making friends with some of the local people, they took me over there to a beach party. I was nervous because of all the horror stories I heard. I was respectful and didn't act like a moron and was accepted like I lived there my whole life. I could go there right now and walk in like nothing I am sure. As long as you were respectful they would treat you like their own family. I loved it over there. I miss it so much.

To everyone who Love's Hawaiian Music or if your in a Halua dance troop or even love Hawaii this is the video to watch TEN THUMBS UP from me.......!

I first heard this song during my honeymoon trip in Kauai in 1997, this mele stuck in my heart. It is so beautiful and well put together. I am not a Hawaiian, but I can feel the Hawaiian people's love for their beautiful land and the frustration with what have been taken away from them. I love Hawaiian musics and hula.

I visited Hawaii in 1985. The second I stepped off the plane I could sense the warm, peaceful ambiance. It happened to be the week of the Kamahameha music contest, and played from every t.v. and radio on the island. Sooo beautiful. Thank you, Hawaii. Unforgettable!

A HUGE WOW from Canada! Love everything about the Hawaiian Islands and her native people!

Very difficult to listen to this mele without getting emotional. Don’t truly know why but it does. Just feel it tugging at my naʻau with deep ferocity. Aloha ʻĀina, aloha ʻōiwi, aloha ka ʻĪo.

rest in peace Palani Vaughan...we lost two beloved musicians from Hawaii this year and featured in this video... the other Ernie Cruz Jr. your music will live on ♡ aloha

Can't believe how many of these legends have passed on. RIP Palani Vaughn, Ernie Cruz, and others. Thank you for recording this when you did. Mahalo! #FBI96743

we, who have lost so much, still, have so much more. i am humbled...

Aloha from a Portuguese admirer of the music and people of Hawai'i :)

Kaulana nā pua Kaulana nā pua a‘o Hawai‘i Kūpa‘a ma hope o ka ‘āina Hiki ka ‘elele o ka loko ‘ino Palapala ‘ānunu me ka pakaha Pane mai Hawai‘i moku o Keawe Kōkua nā hono a‘o Pi‘ilani Kāko‘o mai Kaua‘i o Mano Pa‘apū me ke one o Kākuhihewa ‘A‘ole a‘e kau i ka pūlima Ma luna o ka pepa o ka ‘enemi Ho‘ohui ‘āina kū‘ai hewa I ka pono civila a‘o ke kānaka ‘A‘ole mākou a‘e minamina I ka pu‘u kālā o ke aupuni Ua lawa mākou i ka pōhaku I ka ‘ai kamaha‘o o ka ‘āina Ma hope mākou o Lili‘ulani A loa‘a e ka pono o ka ‘āina Ha‘ina ‘ia mai ana ka puana Ka po‘e i aloha i ka ‘āina

Oh, beautiful Hawai'i nei, how I love you!♡♡♡

I think I was Hawaiian in another life, this song is so beautiful !! I can play this song over and over and it just makes me feel good inside, Just my true thoughts

I'm Homesick for a visit to my Hawaiian friends!!! I'm so grateful for the Hawaiian visits we've had for 35 years!!!! You will never be the same person as you were before visiting the Islands!!!!! Sadly we may not be able to fly there again because of health issues!!! Asking for your continued prayers and Hawaiian support!!!! ALOHA A A A A TO ALL!!!!!

I listen to this song everyday!!❤

My teacher showed us this video in my Hawaiian Studies class. It struck something in me and I can't stop listening to it now. There artistic and symbolic in every aspect of the song and the video. I love it. "Hawaii for Hawaiians" .

Hawaii born and raised, left 4 years ago to be with my childhood sweetheart who is also Hawaii born and raised. In our senior years have a dream of returning to the Aina our home land, our roots. Our dreams will happen for we are in progress. Aloha from the heart

Mahalo to those who made this video possible for all people to see and hear who we Hawaiian's are and what the future brings us to. We are alive we never was extinguish from our AINA. Imua Aloha

Mahalo❤era meraviglioso ascoltare queste voci calde, gli strumenti allegri e la lingua così speciale e bellissima (anche se non ci ho capito niente). Aloha wau ia 'oe. 😊

LYRICS & the translation: Lyrics: Kaulana na pua a'o Famous are the children of Hawai'i - Hawai'i Kupa'a ma hope o ka 'aina - Ever loyal to the land Hiki mai ka 'elele o ka loko - When the evil-hearted messenger 'ino comesPalapala 'anunu me ka - With his greedy document of pakaha. - extortion. Pane mai Hawai'i moku o Keawe. - Hawai'i, land of Keawe answers. Kokua na Hono a'o Pi'ilani. - Pi'ilani's bays help. Kako'o mai Kaua'i o Mano, - Mano's Kauai lends support Pa'apu me ke one - And so do the sands of Kakuhihewa. - Kakuhihewa. 'A'ole 'a'e kau'i ka pulima - - No one will fix a signature Ma luna o ka pepa o ka 'enemi, - To the paper of the enemy Ho'ohui 'aina ku'ai hewa, - With its sin of annexation I ka pono sivila a'o ke kanaka. - And sale of native civil rights. 'A'ole makou a'e minamina - We do not value I ka pu'ukala a ke - The government's sums of aupuni. - money. Ua lawa makou i ka pohaku, - We are satisfied with the stones, I ka 'Ai kamaha'o o ka 'aina. - Astonishing food of the land. Ma hope makou o Lili'ulani - We back Lili'ulani A loa'a 'e ka pono a ka - Who has won the rights of the 'aina. - land. (A kau hou 'ia e ke kalaunu) - (She will be crowned again) Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana - Tell the story Ka po'e i aloha i ka - Of the people who love their land

I’m not Native Hawaiian, but I grew up in beautiful Hawaii and this song…so meaningful and beautiful. I’m so homesick…I need to go home 🌺🥹🌺

My passport says Australian, as I am proudly Australian born and bred. But I feel a deep connection to the Kanaka Maoli of Hawai'i as I have Polynesian blood running through my veins and I have visited Hawai'i four times so far --- all four main Islands . I'm only partial Polynesian heritage through a paternal grandmother however Polynesian/ Pacific Islander people are connected by blood , heritage , kinship and the waters of the Pacific . We are not separated by water , distance or politics , but connected by the ocean highways of the Pacific and a common Pacific culture ! 🇦🇺🗿🏝🌊🤙👊👊👊👊

I love this , can not stop thinking and humming this to myself and work in rainy London.

WOW!!! I hardly ever say hewa, but having an ad for Na'i Aupuni before Kaulana Na Pua is the most HEWA! This song was written OPPOSING the Annexation of Hawaii to the United States. The great wrong that was done to our people and our Queen! My father Kihei Soli Niheu helped to revive this song in the 1970's during the protest of the mass evictions occuring all across the islands of Kanaka... one of the most notable in KALAMA VALLEY where Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate were party to the destruction and eviction of a farming community to create a middle class suburb. Although it became known as the birthplace of the Hawaiian Renaissance, it also has deep, deep roots in incredible injustice, where a few choose profit over community.

I love this, I too am not Hawaiian, but my heart was opened to the Aloha spirit and i am uplifted still by the beautiful language and music of the people. At this time of great suffering in the world I look to Hawaii and photos posted every day from a friend and it gives me peace.

What a few moments of joy hearing this beautiful music and seeing beautiful Hawaii

Hawai’i and it's beautiful people and music are one of God's gifts to mankind. And females are the treasures of the universe. God and all the Guardian Angels love to listen to your musics. It brings always big joy and happiness ❤😊 Awesome thanks, a friend from Germany, South...P. S.: Hawai’i belongs to the Hawai’ian people, not to the U. S.

THIS VIDEO WAS SENT TO MY EMAIL, AND JUST WATCHED IT...YES HAWAIIAN PRIDE COME FLOWING IN MOURNFUL AND JOYFUL TEARS ONLY BECAUSE WITH THIS MUCH BLESSINGS THAT "WE" HAVE AND CAN DO... THE KANAKA MAOLI KO PAE AINA IS STILL AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE LAST DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA OF THE FEDERAL "COMPANY" JUST ASK THE 44 WHO DISLIKE THIS VIDEO!!!!

To all us kanakas living in the states and listening to this in 2021 and missing home. I feel your pain my kanakas.

The people with the 178 thumbs down shame on you. Must not be Hawaiian or know of the Hawaiians struggle and pain as a people who were duped and cheated by the Haole businessmen. "Kaulana Na Pua" is our protest against the injustice. I love this rendition and talent of all the artists who participated. Mahalo! Nui Loa very much........

Love the comments below wondering how folks could actually dislike this obviously joyful collaboration of voices. I don’t speak Hawaiian but know they sing of honoring the special place that is Hawaii and how preserving the music, cultures and traditions is imperative to maintaining this place where spirit oozes from the earth and the sea. The word AINA speaks not just of the land, but more to the spiritual connectivity, or symbiosis, of the land and it’s’ peoples. Personally, all I need to is to hear a little slack key guitar riff, the rhythm of the ipus, or the prayer-like chant announcing the hula story that will unfold and I am all thumbs up

Just amazing…

I am from the Philippines and some of my relatives live and work in Hawai'i. I know the struggles and the pains for the islands were occupied, the natives are being driven out from their sacred lands, and their livelihood in peril because of unfair trade and corporate greed. Here in the Philippines, we suffer the same. We're being ruled by bureaucrats protecting only corporate interests and very much willing to sell every piece of property and natural resources to big conglomerates. My heart goes with you. Aloha!

I had the honor and privilege to meet and play ukulele with Leina'ala Kalama Heine. She was so gracious and full of Aloha! 🌺

Aloha 🌺 from northern Germany. Mahalo nui nui nui loa for this amazing song and video. Aloha nui 😍🙏🌈

Hermoso , precioso, fabuloso... amo Hawaii estoy enamorada de Honolulu es el paraíso en la tierra ❤...he ido 6 veces y espero el 2024 sea la séptima vez si dios así lo quiere.🌺

WHEN WE WERE YNG WE WERE FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE ,,,, WHAT WE SPOKE WE SPOKE AT HOME . A BIG MAHALO TO THOSE THAT HAVE KEPT IT ALIVE KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL HAS DONE SO MUCH TO PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII ALWAYS REMAINS IN THE HEART

374 thumbs down and Hawaii is still teaching you to find hope in yourself esteem

Wow! Absolutely love it. Just Priceless.

Even before looking up the lyrics to this song, I found it moving and beautiful. After looking up the meaning of the words, I find myself overtaken with emotion esp. in light of the recent compounded tragedies of the fires in Maui. The words to this song are as resonant today as they were when they were first penned. It is my fervent hope that the people of Hawaii can one day soon have control over their homeland and that all the avaricious colonialists would be driven away.

I love Hawaiian music I am from Peru and I love the language to congratulation ❤❤😊

Proud to be HAWAIIAN!

Thanks! After this year i need the Aloha!

What Beautiful Voice, s you all have ❤❤❤

The haters can’t accept the truth of the song.

The spirit of Aloha in this song and in these musicians is very strong and touches the hearts of people all over the world. Mahalo

As a born & raise Hawaiian, my heart & soul is full❤listening to this beautiful mele, that speaks of us! Mahalo Nui Loa for all involved in bringing our souls together ❤ & never to forget who we are as a sovereign people of this Aina! May our culture live on forever! Kupuna Pua Alapa-Bourgeois 😘❣

Sometimes, a lot of times, the music brings me back home; which brings tears to my eyes. Maika’i.

Whoever is producing Hawaiian music like this - you are making the music of my SOUL Mahalo nui loa

I am Taiwanese .Those who are deeply moved by this song.

Blessings from Argentina ❤

Amazing concept, filming, sound, direction, editing. SO well done. Thank you.

Oh, my God !...This singing drives me crazy !,....Melodies of Heaven !....You gave me the blessing of your land, my incredible Vanessa !...Hawaii, my dream !!!!!!....What....what have you done, to me, Vanessa with your islands and their magic ?....

Love this mele. Listen to it and cant forget it. Spent 3 years in Pearl Harbor with the military. came to love it all. came to respect the culture and people. I too would support them if I still lived there. Still got family there bc I married an islander. I still miss it so.

I am proud to say that have been a Hawaiian citizen of the World born and raised in Papaikou, Hawaii; and now fly fishing the mighty hundred mile long Kenai River on the Kenai Peninsula in the heart of Alaska where I have lived for the last twenty plus years . Kaulana Na Pua (or "the foreigners stole our Hawaiian land") is a reminder of that fact and is a favorite song of mine.

Beautifully done. I was born and raised in Honolulu. I now live in San Francisco and this rendition makes me sad and homesick. Thank you to all the performers (some I grew up listening to). You are all Great.

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Mahalo to all of you who had a part in producing in this beloved song "Kaulana Na Pua." Do listen to your kupunas and heed their advice in keeping the native Hawaiian traditions and culture alive for future generations !!!! Am of Chinese ancestry and humbly appreciate the the kindness extended to me by the native Hawaiians here !!!!! Me ke aloha pumehana, Robert S.J. Hu September 24, 2020.

Maholo nui for this beautiful music we need project kuleana the world over the aina is in so much trouble

How beautiful, cannot wait until we visit this beautiful paradise again.

Why can’t we all have a purpose as great as this? God help us all strive for peace and happiness always. Be good to each other.. in Jesus name.. Amen.

I loved Hawaiian songs makes me relaxed

So beautiful that this was a collaboration of all native Hawaiians from over the entire State of Hawaii. Remain true to your heritage. Me ke aloha pumehana, Robert S.J. Hu October 21, 2019

Thank you for this…it really uplifted my day. Wishing you all the best from the mainland. Warmest aloha🤙

4:07 I've never been to Hawaii. Still, I get goosebumps after goosebumps and tears in my eyes. So beautiful. Unfortunately I don't understand the Hawaiian language.

I love this beyond words! Mahalo nui! ❤

Caiyon Siwabessy - That is exactly how I feel. I used to belong to a halau. Dancing soothes my soul. I miss it very much. Have to get back to it.

LOVE IT! Mahalo nui to all the artists, the production team, and most of all the queen for the this lovely mele. 2 years of work, well done!

As of today 647 people disliked this, like Amy, I can't comprehend that. Maybe those people have never been to Hawaii, so they don't know any better.

What a wonderful combination of vocal talent in one video compiled for all to enjoy. Mahalo.

This is a protest song in Hawai'i . It's lyrics have a kaona or hidden meaning. KAULANA NA PUA O HAWAI'I (Famous are the flowers of Hawai'i). The flowers are the people of Hawai'i. Beautiful video with the famous of Hawai'is singers & musicians . Show respect for the native peoples (including myself !) Nothing like TRUE ALOHA !! Kaleolani F.

amazing video: great at-home talent done Hawaiian-style, beautiful shots. Perfect to have Palani Vaughan do lead vocal, this has been his song, so to speak, for a long time. Rare Sonny Lim vocal solo. Kani ka pila implies coming together in and in this case you have both the old ways ipu heke and other instruments and the new technology being used to bring people together. lokahi, kuleana, aloha a'ina

Im not Hawaiian by being born there but i am Hawaiian deep in my heart - I know all the words of this song by heart. I got so chocked when i heard about Mr Vaughan and now Mr. Cruz....Gods are watchingfor them im sure! RIP

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Mahalo nui loa, for sharing!!!!

Beautiful... With such melodious tune, the American colonisers probably just flicked this protest off as a lovely hula song and marvelled at it, instead of paying heed to the message. Poor Hawaiian indigenous people.

Beautiful music so much we take for granted. The people with the thumbs down have no hearts and not educated in the Hawaiian way. God bless.

People who dislike videos such as these are poor souls,fallen angels May God have mercy on them.

So good. Almost perfect. Missing Bruddah Iz!

🌺🙆🏻Oh here I stay again! I just going loop dis buggah til my tv no work already🌺 Lol 😄, Mahalo again🙋🏻 🌺

Beautiful Indeed and Inspiring. Thank You❤🎉❤

Good reminder where we come from. Let those who "dislike" shop ABC Store. Hawaiian music is to be listened with our heart & soul... ah that explains the dislikes! Mahalo from the 9th island.

I grew up in Hawaii,and after a few years came to love it and the people more than words can say. I feel that if the Hawaiian people put the passion that they put into their music and families, they could get back most of their rights that they lost. The future is now and its not too late to get a better future that the people of Hawaii need and have every right too. Go ask your Tutu she will tell you. Aloha Lopaka

Remember Lili'u on November 17th - the centennial of her passing. I for one will fly her onipa'a flag and play this song along with Hawai'i Pono'i

Mahalo nui from Aotearoa

Mahalo nui loa to all our National Ohana for preserving the life the love and the longevity of our Aloha aina through the gift of the mele. Malama the Kuleana to keep it pono with all our Kapunas our na Akua and na Aumakuas gifting the breath of our beautiful Hawai’i. Aloha wua ia oe to all my Ohana.

All Kanaka Maoli are sooooo beautiful! Love them, love the song, too. ;)

Proud student of Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama Campus on O'ahu.

My grandfather Elson "Bobo" Brown is in this video....everytime I think of him, I watch this video..I miss and love you papa....mahalo for the memories and love you gave us

I miss the old Hawaii, the locations I know! Born and raised but left in 1985, been back to work a few times but no can afford!