The latest news coverage of the annual Merrie Monarch Festival, a weeklong hula competition on Hawaii island celebrating the Hawaiian culture.
If there was only one word to describe the group kahiko competition at the 52nd Merrie Monarch Festival on Friday night, it would be impressive. Read more
Jasmine Kaleihiwa Dunlap was on fire the second she stepped on stage Thursday night to deliver a chant of praise for Hi‘iaka, the youngest sister of Pele. Her voice was a force to be reckoned with. Read more
Offering a lei of gratitude and aloha, kumu Mapuana de Silva and Halau Mohala ‘Ilima paid a visit to Mauna Kea early Thursday afternoon. The halau offered a chant and placed a gift of a lei on a stone altar along Daniel K. Inouye Highway, just across from Mauna Kea Access Road. Read more
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Jasmine Kaleihiwa Dunlap was crowned Miss Aloha Hula 2015 at the 52nd Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo Thursday night. Read more
After flying in to Hilo Airport on Wednesday morning, kumu hula Keola Dalire took her halau straight to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Her older sister, Kapua Dalire-Moe, also planned the same journey Thursday morning. Read more