The sounds of ipu, pahu and chanting permeated the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium on Friday evening during the 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s group hula kahiko (ancient hula) ...

Whether or not she placed in the top 5, Ka’imilani Marie Corpuz was already fulfilling one of her lifelong dreams by dancing on the Merrie Monarch stage as a Miss Aloha Hula contestant. So it was ...

This mele inoa honors Princess Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn. In 1889, King Kalākaua sent the Princess, his beloved niece, to England to further her education and ...

University of Oregon cheer and dance athlete Brooke Tucker has spent nearly her entire life in motion. A lifelong dancer who began lessons at... A year before he sealed No. 5 Oregon’s 26-14 win over ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The 2021 Merrie Monarch Festival returned Friday night with the Hula kahiko competition. Multiple halau performed traditional dances and oli to celebrate Hawaiian language ...

The Volcano Art Center’s Hula Kahiko program continues at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday with a performance by Halau Mauanlei under the direction of Kumu Hula Lelehua Maunahina Bray. Lelehua Maunahina Bray ...

The men of Maui’s Halau Kekuaokala’au’ala’iliahi came within a point of capturing the kahiko, or traditional hula, title at this weekend’s Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. “We knew that the boys did ...

HILO >> The start of the group kahiko competition at the 55th Merrie Monarch Festival on Friday evening coincided with a return of tradewinds as halau brought their best to the stage at Edith ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hula kahiko, we may be aware of that as is our traditional style of dance. Hula ʻauana, that also may be something we are familiar with as more a contemporary and modern dance. So, ...

Halau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina‘ala, under the direction of kumu Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin, from Kalaheo, Kauai, performed “Ho‘oheno no ka Poli Laua‘e” in the hula kahiko competition Friday. Halau ...

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