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Dancer with ʻulīʻulī, in the men's hula kahiko competition at the 2003 Merrie Monarch Festival Hula Hālau O Kamuela under the direction of kumu hula Kauʻi Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook, overall winners of the 2019 Merrie Monarch Festival. The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii ...
The Merrie Monarch Festival, a weeklong cultural event in Hilo, Hawaii features the best hālau hula, or hula schools, from across the country. Hawaii’s biggest hula festival is honoring Lahaina ...
For Merrie Monarch Festival fans hoping to score tickets to the 2024 hula competition in Hilo, Friday is the all-important "postmark day." Every year, Dec. 1 is the earliest date that requests can ...
In 1964, Naʻope founded the Merrie Monarch Festival, [5] an annual week-long festival of traditional Hawaiian arts, crafts, and performances featuring a three-day hula competition. The festival became both a popular success and an important part of the Hawaiian Renaissance. In an interview Naʻope said of founding the festival, "I felt the ...
Blossom Puanani Alama-Tom (born July 31, 1930) is a Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi and the last surviving judge of the first Merrie Monarch Festival. Alama-Tom is also an entertainer, a kumu hula, a hula judge, and a musician. Since 1940, Alama-Tom has performed at the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation’s Nā Hula ...
The Merrie Monarch Festival, which kicks off in Hilo today and runs through Saturday night, includes Hawaiian arts, crafts, entertainment, a renowned hula competition and a parade through downtown ...
Jul. 7—With a total score of 1, 180 points, hula halau Kawaili 'ula was named overall winner of the 58th Merrie Monarch Festival. The competition was held before judges and scored at the Edith ...
Currently, the hālau serves over 200 hula students on the island of Maui ages 5 and up. Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka has won awards including at the Merrie Monarch Festival, [4] the Hula ʻOni E, Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Festival, the Hula O Nā Keiki, Moku o Keawe International Hula Festival, and the Kū Mai Ka Hula.