A large number of people, usually family and friends, would work together in casting the net from shore and then pulling it back.
[1] Consistent with the Hawaiian subsistence economy, anybody who helped could share in the catch.
Men wear a malo or a bikini, similar to a loincloth, or a 'ie lavalava, which is a piece of Kapa cloth wrapped around the waist.
The hukilau, a scattered line dance created in 1948 by Jack Owens.
It consists of basic hula steps and arm movements to represent the fishing aspect of the dance.