Aunty Pat offered herself to the rigorous work of preservation, bringing joy and insight to those who shared with her in this endeavor. To her compatriots in and outside the Museum, she was also a confidante, an unwavering source of support, comfort, and wisdom. BISHOP MUSEUM
When I teach someone it's important that they adhere to what they have been taught. My elders always stressed that ancient hula, the chants, and dances passed down from generation to generation, should be taught as it was learned.
Pat Nāmaka Bacon is featured in Book One of the Nānā I Nā Loea. Her interviews for the Resource Book was recorded on Jan 27, 1982 and Kalihi-Pālama Culture & Arts Society is still in possession of those original cassette tapes used to record her leo / voice.
Those tapes were converted and digitally processed into 5 MP3 files. Along with these recordings the Archive section of Pat Nāmaka Bacon contains the original typewritten transcript of her Nānā I Nā Loea moʻolelo, numerous photos, news articles and other items that were collected in her Archive folder.
Excerpt from Pat Nāmaka Bacon Nānā I Nā Loea Moʻolelo
I was thirteen when I studied with Keahi Luahine. Kawena’s grandmother had been a court dancer for Queen Emma so informally there were always aunties teaching us. My mother trained us in the dances handed down through the family but it was under Keahi that I began my formal training in the hula. Keahi taught us the pig dance, the hula ki‘i, the hula pahu, the kālaʻau with the papa hehi, and dances that were strictly from Kaua‘i.
After a year I went on to Keahi’s cousin Kapua, who I trained under for another year. Kapua spoke very little and only showed us the dance once so we would have to absorb as much as we could. This was just before the war....
Pat Nāmaka Wiggins Bacon
Recordings of interviews in 1982 that Pat Nāmaka Wiggins Bacon did with Kahu Wendell Silva for use in Nānā I Nā Loea Hula Resources Books Volume One.
OIWI TV / Through Namaka's Eyes
Her storied life unfolds in this documentary produced by Ka‘iwakīloumoku, the Hawaiian cultural center at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama.
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Patience ‘Pat’ Namaka Wiggin Bacon shared knowledge of Hawaiian culture, traditions
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Shuzo Uemoto
Akira Kumagai
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ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS
Documents, newspaper articles, photos, all part of the Kalihi-Pālama Culture & Arts Pat Nāmaka Bacon Collection
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