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Ma ulu ulu Dance

Ma ulu ulu dancers

The ma ulu ulu is a traditional sitting dance sung with words and hand movements. Like the laka-laka, the pieces are composed by local masters, who create new words to accompany traditional music and hand motions.

Courtesy of the Utah Arts Council
Photo by Craig Miller, December 1998
Kearns Trinity United Methodist Church Luau Festival

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