April 10, 2023

Merrie Monarch, Hilo’s world-renowned hula festival celebrates kanaono makahiki - 60 years

Hilo town on the east side of Hawai‘i, Moku o Keawe, comes alive each year with a spectacular celebration of Hawaiian culture that now has thousands of fans around the world. The Merrie Monarch Festival honors Hawai‘i’s seventh mō‘ī, King Kalākaua, a pivotal supporter of the revival of Hawaiian traditions in the late 1800s after decades of suppression, disapproval, and even illegality.

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Aug. 8, 2022

Uplifting ‘ōiwi culture on a global stage

With deep aloha for hula, mele and ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, Pi‘ikea Lopes KSK’18 perpetuates and shares Native Hawaiian culture as Miss Aloha Hula 2022.

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July 7, 2021

KS alumni shine at 2021 Merrie Monarch Festival

June 28, 2021

He wahi ho'omana'o: Merrie Monarch memories