Hula continues to be danced in both the ancient and modern styles.
Traditional hula is an energetic dance performed to the accompaniment
of chants and the beating of drums. The dancers wear traditional costumes
consisting of garlands of leaves, skirts of tapa (a type of bark),
and anklets made of animal bone. Many of the movements of modem
hula are based on the ancient hula, but the modem style is slower and
more graceful. It is danced to flowing guitar and ukulele music, and the
dancers wear elaborate costumes, including the famous Hawaiian floral
garlands known as lets.