Dancers listen to Kumu Hula Kamaile Hamada, not pictured, during practice on Friday, March 16, 2018, at the halau in Federal Way. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer So did many mainlanders of Hawaiian descent.

Two Maui halau return to hula’s biggest stage, Merrie Monarch, ... They will wear layered hula skirts made of cotton fabric that has been dyed and massaged to replicate kapa.

Standing in a tight circle, their arms around each other and pa‘u skirts forming a rainbow of colors, the ladies of the Honolulu-based halau Na Pualei o Likolehua offered a pule, or prayer, on a ...

You know all of those cool hula dancing sequences you see in TV shows and movies? Enjoy them. They're fun to watch. But as you watch, keep in mind that such pop culture depictions of hula may not b ...

One of the first mainland halau to win a prize in an island competition, fifteen years ago, is run by Mahealani Uchiyama, a forty-four-year-old African-American woman who started taking hula ...

A member of Halau Hi‘iakainamakalehua prepared a red pa‘u (skirt) for the ancient hula competition. Women in her halau would wear the pa‘u under their handmade ti-leaf skirts. Image ...

Kumu Hula Denise Ramento of Halau Hula O Kauhionamauna of Waipahu has died 2 days ago. Skip to content. ... She claims David Mueller lifted her skirt and groped her buttock while posing for a photo.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s time for hula. Hula halau showcased their hula at the 81st Nā Hula Festival at Kapiolani Park. The free festival was from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. “I’m 92 ...

Hula Halau ‘O Kamuela, na kumu hula Kunewa Mook and Kau‘ionalani Kamana‘o — 1,216 points. 2. Halau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina‘ala, kumu hula Leina‘ala Pavao Jardin — 1,213 points. 3.

Apr. 14—HILO — Last night made it a three-peat for the hula halau Ka La 'Onohi Mai O Ha'eha'e, as Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionamakua Thronas Brown won the Miss Aloha Hula title at the 60th ...

Needing no introduction, Guerrero is a renowned musician and kumu hula. While Guerrero has helped other halau compete, including singing for some performances, he never entered as a kumu himself.