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’s Elizabeth Kamaile Kahailihauwelo Kekahuna, representing Hālau Keʻalaokamaile under the guidance of Nā Kumu Hula ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The stage at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center is set for the 2024 Queen Liliuokalani Keiki Hula Competition and Festival running this Thursday through Saturday. More than 500 of ...

A new hula competition is taking center stage in Hawaiʻi — one that’s all about the students. The ʻAʻa I Ka Hula Competition was created to give haumāna (students) from DOE, private, and charter ...

The 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition wrapped up Saturday evening at Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo with group hula ‘auana (modern hula) performances. The halau ...

Ms. Hula Maui Cierra Mei-Ling Hauʻolimaikalani Kawaʻa was selected at 18th Annual Kū Mai Ka Hula Competition. Photo courtesy Jose Badillo Maui residents Dave Kawika Punio and Cierra Mei-Ling ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Thousands of hula lovers will flock to Hilo this week for the 60th annual Merrie Monarch Festival. Millions more will watch online. It’s the hula world’s biggest stage — but ...

The 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival shifted into high gear Wednesday night with the Ho‘ike, an exhibition of hula and folk dance from around the Pacific Rim at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose ...

Dancers with Halau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina‘ala under the direction of kumu Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin rehearsed Wednesday at Edith Kanaka‘ole Stadium in Hilo. Competition for the 60th Merrie Monarch ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people," says Desiree Elder, a Hula instructor with the Polynesian dance revue, Island Spice. "Many ...

"It blew me away," groom Austin Rodrigues-Ganigan tells PEOPLE Content creator Sofia Bella married Austin Rodrigues-Ganigan in Las Vegas on Sept. 27 The bride honored her Hawaiian husband by ...