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By Brooks Baehr - bio | email
HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friday night in Hilo, it's a celebration of life for a man considered by some as the last of the hula masters.
George Naope died of cancer on October 26, but lives on in the hearts and hula of his friends and students.
He was a performer, a teacher, and a practioner and keeper of Hawaiian culture.
George Naope was many things.
And in 81 years of life he touched many people.
That's why the turn-out Friday night was so impressive.
Friends, family, top entertainers and countless students came to honor the man everyone called "Uncle George."
"He's been a wonderful person to so many people in hula, and to me especially,
said Rick San Nicolas of Modesto, California. "He took me under his wing. I just enjoyed all of his sharing of aloha in hula and all of about Hawaii. He's just a man that people need to pay tribute to.
"He always said, 'I don't want you to dance like me, but I want you to dance like you, but keep the traditions as I teach you,'" said kumu hula and a former Naope student, Etua Lopes.
"I knew Uncle George when he used to sing," said Waipa of Kona Puna Bikers. "He was famous. He wrote some of the most beautiful music, you know what I mean. And he was the greatest guy to go out with and hav
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By Brooks Baehr - bio | email
HILO, Hawaii (HAWAIINEWSNOW) - George Naope, considered living legend because of his contribution to hula, has died at the age of 81.
Naope traveled the world performing, sharing Hawaiian culture, and organizing hula festivals.
In 1963 Naope co-founded of Merrie Monarch Festival as a way to honor King David Kalakaua, promote Hawaiian culture, and drum up business for Hilo.
"Hula was his life and as a younger person one of the things that he felt was necessary was to make sure that people recognize the value of it, the fact that it is the identity of our Hawaiian culture," said Paulie Jennings, a life long friend.
"He was the instigator. He started the whole world in coming to know a little bit about hula," Jennings added.
Iwalani Walsh-Tseu, who runs the Iwalani School of Dance in Mililani, considers Naope the king of hula.
"Without Uncle George," Walsh-Tseu said, "hula would not be as popular as it is around the world. I'm not talking only Hawaii, I'm talking around the world. If you are going to talk hula and you are going to say one name (is should be) George Naope."
Naope passed away peacefully at his home in Hilo early Monday morning. His family and friends say it is too early to announce plans for a memorial.