As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their ipu heke and began to chant the oli, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua  and ‘Ote’a ...

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 ...

Luau are synonymous with going on a trip to Hawaii, but not all of them are authentic. Here's the history behind an authentic ...

Hawaiian hula performance at Queen's Shops, Waikoloa, Big Island Weekly Sunday hula show, 4-5 p.m., at Waikola Village, Kohala Coast of the Big Island, by Beamer-Solomon Halau O Po'ohala hula school I ...

A paddle-out was held Friday evening by the Surfrider Foundation in honor of Samuel H.B. Kanekoa, better known as Chief Kamu or Chief Sam, a native Hawaiian who lived in Surfside Beach. Kanekoa passed ...

For many aficionados, spending three consecutive nights on a Hilo bleacher seat or parked on the couch in front of the television watching the Merrie Monarch Festival is considered hula heaven. But if ...

Edith Kanaka’ole, the late Native Hawaiian hula dancer, will appear on U.S. quarters next year, as part of a program by the United States Mint that honors notable women. Kanaka’ole was a composer, ...

Reporting from Honolulu — “We bend our knees to humble oneself,” my kumu, or hula teacher, said as the eight women swayed their hips. I had been taking hula classes in Northern California for months, ...

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 ...