Enjoy five engaging nights with 16 Maui Film Premieres, surprise titles, several short films, and nightly festivities which may include an eclectic mix of live music, Kahiko style hula, and tributes.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/05/25/2023-maui-film-festival-stardust-cinema/

Four Maui hālau hula are competing in this year’s Merrie Monarch Festival.

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Huihui’s cocktail menu features local spirits and ingredients, and the restaurant offers live music, happy hours and hula performances daily.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/02/16/on-the-menu-with-huihui-at-the-kaanapali-beach-hotel/

In addition to the gymnastics, Davi and Grace showed considerable coordination with their hula hoops and there was plenty of cheering when skipping sensations Tommy, Tully and Quinn hit the stage.

Source: https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/8456015/central-tilba-ps-talent-show-highlights/?src=rss

“Many more hālau await their opportunity to share their hula traditions on the Merrie Monarch stage.”

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/04/09/merrie-monarch-festival-1963-big-island-economy-booster-to-world-renowned-hula-competition/

Meanwhile, Coulter said, youngsters show their hula hoop skills.

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Our kāhuli are both ecologically important (as cleaners of fungus and bacteria from our native plants) and culturally important, as they are featured in Native Hawaiian mele, hula, oli, and lei.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/07/11/call-for-entries-for-the-2023-richard-hoopii-leo-ki%ca%bbeki%ca%bbe-falsetto-contest/

Patrick Makuakane, a hula choreographer in San Francisco, was at the Burning Man festival when he received a text from someone who claimed to be from the MacArthur Foundation and had been trying to reach him.

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Since Lilo has been ostracized by her hula class for her strange tendencies, Nani takes her to adopt a dog.

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The exhibition also touches on the more stereotypical images of hula, with postcards showing dancers under palm trees and performing for tourists.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/03/15/catalina-museum-takes-a-deep-dive-into-the-history-of-hula/

The hard work paid off a few weeks ago when the Grade 4 student from Mississauga, Ont., set three Guinness World Records for hula hooping, although she kept the achievement a secret from her classmates at first.

Source: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-girl-9-sets-three-guinness-world-records-in-hula-hooping-1.6299070

The hotel, which underwent a renovation during the pandemic, holds nightly mele (music) and hula and is home to a ‘renowned’ art collection.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-11579543/The-worlds-outstanding-hotels-2023-revealed-Conde-Nast-Traveller-Vegas-UK.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The Merrie Monarch Festival also the names of the judges for this year’s Super Bowl of Hula, the participating hālau hula and contestants for the 2023 Miss Aloha Hula competition.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/02/25/reminder-tickets-for-60th-annual-merrie-monarch-ho%ca%bbike-go-on-sale-sunday/

The party could take new jobs lampooning Hawaiian archetypes, such as hula dancers, surfers, or Polynesian tribesmen.

Source: https://gamerant.com/yakuza-like-dragon-infinite-wealth-best-possible-features/

“When you do things through your culture, through our music or our hula, somehow people see past the whole mahu exterior and they see the humanity in you,” she said.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/03/26/hawaii-news/hula-performance-celebrates-mahu-life-and-experiences/

While little was ever written about the art of Hawaiian puppetry, there remain limited references and evidence in museums today, including early documented eyewitness accounts of hula kiʻi performances.

Source: https://mauinow.com/2023/02/22/maui-entertainment-arts-community-feb-23-march-1/

Who are this year’s participating hālau hula and their kumu?

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/04/07/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-60th-annual-merrie-monarch-festival/