Faith Kealohapau‘ole Paredes was crowned Miss Aloha Hula Thursday night, topping a field of 13 competitors in the festival’s ...

Friday was group hula kahiko night at the Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition. There were 29 ancient hula performances ...

Ka Pa Hula Hawaii, under the direction of Ke Kumu John Renken K. Topolinski, compete Saturday night during the ‘auana portion of the 63rd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival at Edith ...

After a 28-year absence, Ka Pā Hula Hawaiʻi is returning to the Merrie Monarch stage for the festival’s 50th anniversary of ...

Kahiko night at the Merrie Monarch Festival featured hula in the ancient style with 29 groups performing Friday night in the ...

Fellow Maui dancer, Leimana Kaleinamanu Purdy of Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka under the direction of Kumu Hula Nāpua Silva of ...

On kahiko (ancient) night of the 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition, Friday, Hālau Kalaʻakeakauikawēkiu, ...

Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua under nā kumu Robert Keano Kaʻupu IV and Lono Padilla, dance hula kahiko during the 62nd Merrie ...

While the setting may be unconventional, the heart of it is familiar: hula shared, community gathered, and a season building toward the Merrie Monarch stage.

As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their drums and began to chant while others danced, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua and ‘Ote’a ‘Api School of Polynesian Dance seemed to teleport from the interior ...