On the first night of the 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition, 21-year-old Faith Lynn Kealohapauʻole ...

A 21-year-old Dartmouth College junior from Maui is Miss Aloha Hula 2026. Faith Kealohapau‘ole Paredes of Halau Kekuaokala‘au ...

Lilianani Maya Rae Pi, of Halau Kala‘akeakauikawekiu, a Kailua-Kona halau under the direction of kumu hula Aloha Victor, ...

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

The Merrie Monarch Festival is celebrating 50 years since the introduction of the kāne division. One hālau known for its ...

In 2015, Skyler Tiogangco became the first deaf dancer to compete at the Merrie Monarch Festival.

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The stage at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center is set for the 2024 Queen Liliuokalani Keiki Hula Competition and Festival running this Thursday through Saturday. More than 500 of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friday marked the start of group competition at the 50th anniversary Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition. The young dancers will be joined by their hula brothers and ...

A bride's surprise hula dance solo left her Hawaiian groom in awe. For years, Oʻahu-born Austin Rodrigues-Ganigan, 29, jokingly reminded his then-girlfriend, content creator Sofia Bella, 28, that it ...

VOLCANO, Hawaii -- On the wind-swept rim of one of the world's most active volcanoes, dancers in raffia skirts swayed to music and chants as they prepared for the Merrie Monarch, the Olympics of hula ...