"Halau Hula I Ka La" is a Hula School in Clovis. On Wednesday, two of the students sat down with Action News to talk about their upcoming Ho'ike or showcase.

HILO — The top two finishers in the 62nd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival hula competition were wahine halau. During the awards ceremony following Saturday night’s Group Hula ‘Auana (modern ...

The wāhine of Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela under the direction of Kumu Kunewa Mook and Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo won the overall title at the 62nd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, in Hilo Hawaiʻi.

The Academy of Hawaiian Arts hālau under Kumu Hula Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu performs at the 2024 Merrie Monarch Festival. In flowing multi-colored green skirts, two dozen women from the California-based ...

Find out if there is a real hula halau (hula school) run by a real kumu hula (master teacher)—who also isn’t a misrepresentation (because it happens)—and offer them an honorarium to talk ...

Kahiko night at the Merrie Monarch Festival featured hula in the ancient style with 29 groups performing Friday night in the annual competition in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

Hālau only get seven minutes to perform each number on stage at the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival. To ensure precise timing, some kumu hula on Oʻahu created a replica of the Hilo stage in vacant retail ...

Getting a feel for the Merrie Monarch stage without actually being on Hawaii Island -- O'ahu halau (hula groups) are getting time to rehearse on a replica stage, made special ...

The epic saga of the rivalry between Pelehonuamea, goddess of the volcano, and Hiʻiaka.

Parents in Las Vegas eager to raise their children with Hawaiian traditions can enroll them in Hawaiian language classes or get them dance lessons at a local halau hula.

When Pauline Kauinani Souza was a child in Hawaii, she spent early mornings watering her grandfather’s watermelons and papaya trees. Her family lived frugally, eating homemade bread and heating ...

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.