Aloha Ukulele Pin Size:ONE Kanakaloka keeps the merry Spirit

Kanakaloka keeps the merry Spirit of Kalikimaka in paradise alive year round

But if she is looking for someone special

have been part of local life since 1832

From the rolling pastures of Waimea to the rugged slopes of Mauna Kea

and a timing tower constructed from a bread van

Aloha Ukulele Pin Size:ONE Kanakaloka keeps the merry SpiritIn 1879 Hawaiian ukulele design and production was changed forever with the emigration of Manuel Nunes from Madeira to Hawaii, for he became known as the Inventor of the Original Ukulele, as listed in the 1916 city directory. Upon arrival, although the Portugese Consul General in Hawaii recorded Nunes as a laborer due to a few years of plantation work, in 1889, Nunes became listed as a guitar maker, beginning his mission to popularize the instrument