MAUI, Hawaii – Clipped into hair and strung into leis, fresh plumerias fill the banquet hall with a sweet scent. Soon, the dim stage lights brighten and the audience quiets. A group of 10 or so ...
Maui Kumu Hula Uluwehi Guerrero recently released his first CD single, the beautiful song “Miyazaki i ka Hikina o ka Lā,” which he composed as a gift for Japanese hula students. “In the path of the ...
Jayda Lum Lung will dance a traditional hula in honor of Lahaina wildfire victims at Hawaii’s biggest hula competition of the year. Her hand movements will flow gracefully to symbolize the winds, ...
Thirteen-year-old Kekoa Arucan performs a playful opening hula of the George Na’ope Hula Festival, set to a song originally composed for the opening of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, on Friday.
Christy Leina’ala Lassiter announces the release of a new album of traditional Hawaiian hula songs. The album is titled “Kou Lima Nani E,” which means “your beautiful hands.” She is accompanied by Big ...
The hula dancers gathered behind the stage, their blouses white, skirts purple and feet bare. For months, they had prepared for this performance. On the other side of the closed curtain at John R.
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced Thursday the debut of the new Kilohana Hula Show, which is scheduled to begin Feb. 15 at the Tom Moffatt ...
Nālani Kanakaʻole’s life’s work was dedicated to continuing the ancient traditions of hula kahiko, oli (Hawaiian chant) and ...
Hula O Na Keiki is Maui's only hula competition for children that seeks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture The competition pushes students to reflect on what it means to be Hawaiian and practice hula, an ...