NOTES: The Ring Size/Weight Described in This Listing is Immediately Available and Will Ship Upon Completion of Your Payment. This is a Custom-Made Order For Size, Design Only Creation, No Personalized Name or Inside Engraving is Available. Please Request a Quote For Other Custom-Made Sizes Available From...
NOTES: The Ring Size/Weight Described in This Listing is Immediately Available and Will Ship Upon Completion of Your Payment. This is a Custom-Made Order For Size, Design Only Creation, No Personalized Name or Inside Engraving is Available. Please Request a Quote For Other Custom-Made Sizes Available From Sizes 5.0 to 12.0 (1/2 Size Increments), and Two Optional Weight Thickness From Barrel Medium or Barrel Heavy, Which Will Take Approx. Up to 3 Weeks to Create Before Shipping. Brand New, Never Used Hawaiian Custom-Made for Size 14k Yellow Gold Ring. 100% Solid 14k Gold (Not Plated, Not Bonded, Not Filled) With Hand-Engraved Accents. Design: Hawaiian Hula `Auana (Modern Hula) With Instruments, Hibiscus Flowers, Maile and Palm Tree; Raised Design, Hand-Cut Textured Details, Solid Straight Ring Band, Smooth Border Edges, Barrel-Shaped 14k Gold Wire Thickness, Sand-matte and High Polish Finish; Measures: Approx. 9.3mm-9.4mm Wide (Just Under 3/8" Wide); Size: 9.0; Weight: Approx. 6.6grams, 1.5mm Barrel Heavy Thickness. Features: In Hawaiian, the Words "Mai na kupuna mai" Means "Traditional", "Miki`oi" Means "Skilled Detailed Craftsmanship", "Ho`ohiluhilu" Means "Elegant", "Nani e makahehi 'ia ai" Means "Alluring", and "Punono" Means "Gorgeous", All of Which Describe This Custom-Made Ring Design Exactly! This Beautiful Hand-Made Solid 14k Yellow Gold Ring is Crafted With a Mixed Sand-matte and High Polish Finish Background. The Design Features the Kanaka Hawai`i `O Wahine Mea Hula `Auana a me Mea Pa`ahana (Hawaiian Female Modern-Style Hula Dancers With Instruments) Pattern Adorning the Entire Band. The Pattern Includes Two, Wahine Mea Hula (Female Hula Dancers) Separated With Mea Pa`ahana (Hula Instruments) Including: Pahu (Large Drum), `Uli`Uli (Feathered Rattle Gourd), Ipu Heke (Gourd Drum), and Pu`ili (Bamboo Sticks) to Enhance the Detailing. Filling the Portions in Between Include: Two, Pua Aloalo (Hawaiian Hibiscus - Hawai`i State Flowers), Maile (Hawaiian Fragrant Leaves), and a Pama (Hawaiian Palm Tree) to Further Beautify the Details. The Ring is Crafted With a Sand-matte Finish Background. The Sand-matte Process is Created By Cutting Down the Surface and Scoring the Surface With Tiny Scratches and Cuts to Produce a Nice Matted Appearance. The High Polish Design Portions Remain Raised Off the Sand-matte Surface to Produce a Dimensional Surface. Each Hula Dancer's Pose, Hula Instrument, Flower, Maile and Palm Tree is Additionally Enhanced With Hand-Cut Textured Accents to Produce a Highly Detailed Design and to Accentuate the Overall Appearance. The Solid Ring's Band is Straight Throughout and is Crafted With Smooth Top and Bottom Border Edges. The History of Hula: "Hula is the great art of Hawai`i - alive and loved in the Islands and celebrated and studied around the world. It is a dance that is innately Hawaiian and devoted to expressing the essence of the Islands, capturing in movement everything from the delicate beauty of an `ohi`a blossom to the unstoppable power of Pele." – Julia Steele, editor of Aloha Festivals. The hula has an interesting myth on how it was started. Long ago Pele, the goddess of fire, told her little sister, Laka, to amuse her because she was very bored. Right away, Laka got up and moved gracefully, acting out silently events they both knew. Pele was delighted when Laka began relating victories of King Kamehameha. She showed winds circling, directed by the goddess Laama'oma'o. She described trees, flowers, waterfalls, and stars. She honored Kuula, the god of the sea, by swaying side to side to the rhythm of the ocean waves. Pele clapped in delight. She was fascinated. The hula was born. Laka became the hula goddess. Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song. It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The chant or song is called a mele. The hula dramatizes or comments on the mele with facial expressions, hand motions, foot and hip movements. There are many styles of hula. They are commonly divided into two broad categories of Kahiko and `Auana. Ancient hula, as performed before Western encounters with Hawai`i, is called Kahiko (Old, ancient, antique, long ago). It is accompanied by chant and traditional instruments. Kahiko is the name used today for traditional forms of the Hula, accompanied by oli (chant) and usually the Ipu Heke (double gourd) or Pahu (drum). Hula Kahiko choreography often has been passed down for generations. It is rooted in the land and honors the higher realms, the Chiefs, special people, places and events. Female Hula Kahiko dancers usually wear a costume consisting of a pa`u (skirt) wrapped at the waist, with a plain top, in the colors and patterns representing the era of the dance. Male Hula Kahiko dancers usually wear a malo (loin cloth). Greenery is being gathered in the native forests and made into lei for the head, neck, wrists and ankles. Chants are offered asking permission to enter and obtain the greenery. Hula Kahiko dances sometimes incorporate instruments like the `uli`uli (feathered rattle gourd), pu`ili (split bamboo sticks), kala`au (wooden rhythm sticks), `ili`ili (lava stones) or the puniu (knee drum). Hula as it evolved under Western influence, in the 19th and 20th centuries, is called `Auana (To wander, drift, go from place to place). It is accompanied by song and Western-influenced musical instruments. Hula `Auana displays graceful hands and swaying hips; smiling faces convey aloha and the beauty of the nature of Hawai`i to the audience. Hula `Auana is telling stories of the land, the ocean and the people in more contemporary forms, accompanied by sung lyrics and music, often using the `ukulele, guitar, and the double bass. Female Hula `Auana dancers usually wear dresses, men wear pants and shirts. Floral headpieces and flower leis are the typical adornment for the Hula `Auana. Hula `Auana dances sometimes incorporate instruments of the Kahiko type, like the `uli`uli (feathered gourd rattle). While it looks effortless, many hours of study and practice go into the learning of the Hula before a performance. Hula is taught in schools called a halau (Long house, as for canoes or hula instruction). The teacher of hula is the Kumu hula, where Kumu means “source of knowledge”. Hula dancing is a complex art form, and there are many hand motions used to signify aspects of nature, such as the basic Hula and Coconut Tree motions, or the basic leg steps such as the Kaholo, Ka`o, and Ami. “A`a i ka hula, waiho ka hilahila i ka hale” (“When one wants to dance the hula, bashfulness should be left at home”). The hula is danced at luaus and other parties and at festivals. Hula has always been a focal point in Hawaiian culture and is precious in the way it is presented. Hula dancers have to dress in bright and colorful clothes. Costumes and lei also illustrate the color or flower of an island or era of the particular dance. One outfit a hula dancer might wear is a flowered shirt and a grass skirt which is also called a hula skirt; often a hula dancer's head is adorned with a haku lei (Traditional Head Flower Lei) or a haku lei maile (Maile Head Lei). Although many people think the hula is swaying to a song with a grass skirt on and a steel guitar playing in the background, that is just a small portion of it. The hula is the literature of the Hawaiians. Ancient hula tells the story of the creation of the world and its creatures. Watching a hula is like reading a book about Hawai`i, ranging from expressing your love for someone to depicting the misty rain along the Ko`olau Mountains. “Kuhi no ka lima, hele no ka maka” (“Where the hands move, there let the eyes follow”). There are other dances that come from other Polynesian islands such as Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga and New Zealand; however, the hula is unique to the Hawaiian Islands. From the time Hula has been danced by the gods, to the times of temple ceremonies and honoring of Chiefs and Kings, to today's enjoyment at social events, Hula has been telling stories and is the oral history of the Hawaiian people. King David Kaluka once said, "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people." Purchase Assurance of Quality: As Each of These Rings are Hand-Made With Hand-Cut Detailed Accents, Each One is Slightly Unique to the Next; There are Subtle Variations in the Overall Detailed Design Pattern Cuts Appearances, Which Are Approximately Represented in the Item's Picture. The Item's Picture Provides All the Main Appearance Characteristics That is Provided in Each Ring Purchased. Makes a Great Gift or Treat Yourself to Start or Add to Your Collection of Fine 14k Gold Hawaiian Jewelry. Stamped 14k For the Assurance Mark of .585 Solid Yellow Gold Purity. Hand-Made With "aloha". Item's Picture/s Enlarged to Show the Fine Details.Certain High-Value Items Will Have Required Shipping Insurance to Protect Your Order’s Cost Value Against Shipping That is Lost, Stolen or Damaged by Others and Will Already Be Included in the FLAT Rate Shipping Cost. Please Understand We Should Not Be Held Responsible For Delivery Time Once Your Order Has Shipped as We Are Not the Individuals Delivering Your Package. USPS Express Delivery (2-Days Guaranteed) From Hawai`i for All U.S. Addresses. Please Feel Free to Contact Us With Any Questions. Live Aloha!
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