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 ...

Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane, revered kumu hula of Halau o Kekuhi, cultural matriarch and veteran judge of Merrie Monarch Festival hula competitions, died Saturday in Hilo. She was 79. Federal prosecutions ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The annual Queen Liliuokalani Keiki Hula Competition will once again showcase Hawaiian culture through music and dance. But this year, one group will travel nearly 4,000 ...

Maui Iokepa-Purdy won Mr. Hulu Maui in the 2024 Kū Mai Ka Hula contest. The 18th annual Kū Mai Ka Hula will be Friday and Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Maui’s adult hula ...

The 23rd Hula O Na Keiki, Maui’s only children’s hula competition, is set for Nov. 8-10 at Ka’anapali Beach Hotel. Tickets are available at Ka’anapali Beach Hotel’s Ohana Fun Center, 667-0129. Prices ...

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 ...

Thirteen-year-old Kekoa Arucan performs a playful opening hula of the George Na’ope Hula Festival, set to a song originally composed for the opening of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, on Friday.

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 ...

Youngsters skipped, jumped and whirled with ease in their hoops of many colors at Clapp Park this morning, but their watching parents must have felt a little old when the children failed time and ...

Hula O Na Keiki is Maui's only hula competition for children that seeks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture The competition pushes students to reflect on what it means to be Hawaiian and practice hula, an ...