My "Ipu Nani"If you have kept up with our newlynomads blog, you know that I recently attended a one-day workshop on Ipu making. Ipu is the Hawai'ian word for guord. Hollowed out guords are the traditional musical instrument used in Hula. My co-worker takes Hula classes and she invited me along for a day while they had a weekend-long Hula workshop. It was great fun, and nown I have one more addition to our family of drums and rattles.
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I used to make bowls out of gourds. I see you've been gone almost as long as I have...
We went to the Big Island in 1982, I think, on a business trip. Some of mr. kenju's colleagues called him IPU for the rest of the trip, to honor his gourd-like belly.
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