WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A powerhouse halau from Maui says preparing for the Merrie Monarch Festival provides valuable life lessons. These kumu teach their haumana, or students, it’s important to be ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - For the first time in a decade, the Royal Coronation Ball was held Sunday to crown the king and queen of the Merrie Monarch Festival. Guests were invited to wear their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COURTESY HDOA The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is reminding travelers going to the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo that the ...

All kumu hula brought their A-game to this year’s Merrie Monarch. So maikai no with kahiko, awana and olelo Hawaii. Powerful wahine kahiko were so innovative with feet pedal and kalaau. Precise, ...

HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — The Merrie Monarch Festival is an iconic event in Hawai’i. A large scale gathering that brings out the best of the best hula hālau who compete for the top honor. This year’s ...

The Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, which began Sunday, has been voted USA Today’s top cultural festival in the nation. The festival is held in memory of King David Kalakaua, the “Merrie Monarch” and ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Katie Natori from Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut and Teal Salvador of Cocokealohi were on Good Morning Hawaii talking about perpetuating the Hawaiian culture through papale this year at ...

Police estimated the value of items stolen in a weekend burglary of the Merrie Monarch Festival office in Hilo as more than $2,700. “My first reaction was one of shock. I just couldn’t believe that ...

That is only going to make this year’s Merrie Monarch Festival even more significant, especially for hālau hula (hula school) who are from Maui. There are four different hālau that are participating ...

One of two men identified by police as suspects in the weekend burglary of the Merrie Monarch Festival office in Hilo was wearing a red and orange Merrie Monarch pareo when arrested, according to ...

UPDATE: Big Island police have charged suspects Dayson Eblacas and Makua Amituanai with multiple offenses after the two allegedly stole several Merrie Monarch medals from the Festival office in Hilo.