Download or read book The Kumulipo written by Martha Warren Beckwith and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kumulipo is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs. Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its 2000 lines provide an extended genealogy proving the family's divine origin and tracing the family history from the beginning of the world.