Hawaii Aloha

{{Short description|Almost the official state song of Hawaiʻi}}

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"Hawai{{okina}}i Aloha," also called "Ku{{okina}}u One Hanau," is a revered anthem of the native Hawaiian people and Hawai{{okina}}i residents alike. Written by the Reverend Lorenzo Lyons, (1807–1886), also known as Makua Laiana, a Christian minister who died in 1886, to an old hymn, "I Left It All With Jesus," composed by James McGranahan (1840–1907), "Hawai‘i Aloha" was considered by the Hawai{{okina}}i State Legislature in 1967 and by the Hawai{{okina}}i State Constitutional Convention in 1978 to become the official state song, but "Hawai{{okina}}i Pono‘ī," written by King David Kalākaua and composed by Royal Hawaiian Band Master Henri Berger, was chosen instead.

"Hawai{{okina}}i Aloha" is typically sung in both small and large, formal and informal gatherings, both in Hawai{{okina}}i and abroad, while participants stand in a circle with joined hands. It is a feature of the inauguration of the Governor of Hawai{{okina}}i (called Ke Kia{{okina}}aina), and the opening sessions of the Hawai‘i State House of Representatives and Hawai{{okina}}i State Senate. Traditionally, the last chorus is sung with hands raised above heads; the act of raising hands is especially important to advocates of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.

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