
The Hukilau Song
Jack Owens © 1948
Oh we're going to a hukilau
A huki huki huki huki hukilau
Everybody loves the hukilau
Where the laulau is the kaukau at the big lû`au
We throw our nets out into the sea
And all the `ama`ama come a-swimming to me
Oh, we're going to a hukilau
A huki huki huki hukilau
What a beautiful day for fishing
The old Hawaiian way
Where the hukilau nets are swishing
Down in old Lâ`ie bay
Oh we're going to a hukilau
A huki huki huki huki hukilau
Hukilau, derived from the Hawaiian words 'huki' (pull) and 'lau' (leaf), is an ancient style of fishing where a long net lined with ti leaves is pulled into a wide arc, and groups of people on the beach pull each end back to shore simultaneously. The leaves scare the fish toward the beach as the net is pulled closer and closer to shore.

A Hawaï, tout le monde pêcher avec au filet.
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Fish On Fridays. Old School.
Casting a ulua pole.
Old school Hawaiian hang bait method.
The Ito family from Pa`ia, Maui in 1954, with a 100-lb ulua caught from shore by Gene Ito.
Photo from NWHIT.
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