In ancient Hawaiian culture, the Kahiko dance and chant served as more than performance – it passed along history and family lineage. The organizers of the E Hula Mau said they see their own event as ...

Bursting with the ferocity of a volcano, Hawaiian fire goddess Pele will be gracing UCLA’s campus with her presence Saturday, channeling the power of her story through kahiko dancers. The kahiko dance ...

Kalua pig for the taste buds, ukulele for the ears, and Tahitian, auana and kahiko dances for the eyes. Tomorrow in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom, Hui O ‘Imiloa Hawai’i Club at UCLA will put on its 28th ...

KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / [email protected] The women of Ka La ‘Onohi Mai o Ha‘eha‘e practice their hula kahiko under the direction of kumu hula Tracie and Keawe Lopes, seated, during a two-day ...

Maui County will be sending an unprecedented five halau to hula’s showcase competition, the 53rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival this week on the Big Island. “Maui is going to be represented well,” ...

When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to tell was his former hula partner, Sweetie ...

Jayna Shaffer of Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinaala performed a kahiko dance during the Miss Aloha Hula phase of the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival Thursday at the Edith Kanakaole Stadium in Hilo. Events ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - During this Merrie Monarch Festival journey, Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima is gearing up for its 50th anniversary next January under kumu hula Māpuana de Silva. “We train year-round.

For many of us, hula conjures up visions of slender Hawaiian women in leafy skirts, coconut bras and plastic leis. Think Blue Hawaii, a 1961 Elvis movie, or the Brady Bunch's ill-fated trip to the ...

The Association of Native Americans at Yale this weekend condemned Shaka, an all-female Polynesian dance group, for appropriating Hawaiian and Tahitian culture and demanded that the group disband. In ...