Makuakane employs multiple hidden meanings in ‘KupuKupu’

One of the most complicated things in Hawaiian songwriting is the cherished tradition of kaona — the use of lyrics with secondary meanings that are known only by people who are close to the writer. A song that describes the beauty of a specific geographic place may do so with lyrics that tell that story perfectly, but which people who know the kaona will recognize as describing the beauty of a person who lives there, or perhaps referencing something romantic that occurred there.

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