To learn more about the negative impact of people dressing up as hula dancers, BuzzFeed recently spoke to Chelei. "Hula dancers are greatly sexualized in the entertainment industry and Hollywood ...

SEVEN NEWS. FROM HULA DANCING TO THE WORD ALOHA, NATIVE HAWAIIANS SHARE THEIR CULTURE WITH THE WORLD DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. COREY HOWARD SHOWS US HOW THEY HOPE TO DO JUST THAT. FOR LOCKED HIM UP. IT ...

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 ...

Hula instructor Akiko Colton spends her day living and breathing the ancient Hawaiian dance known as hula in her Eugene studio. “It’s part of my life, so I cannot just take it out. My blood needs hula ...

Modern luaus are celebrations with food and entertainment, but they originated from the 1819 abolishment of the kapu system. Many commercial luaus feature Pan-Pacific performances, while authentic ...

Maui Iokepa-Purdy won Mr. Hulu Maui in the 2024 Kū Mai Ka Hula contest. The 18th annual Kū Mai Ka Hula will be Friday and Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Maui’s adult hula ...

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 ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people," says Desiree Elder, a Hula instructor with the Polynesian dance revue, Island Spice. "Many ...

After the world’s most popular hula event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Maui’s Cierra Mei Ling Hau’olimaikalani Pagaduan Chow was honored to step onstage again for the 58th ...

The 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival shifted into high gear Wednesday night with the Ho‘ike, an exhibition of hula and folk dance from around the Pacific Rim at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose ...

Alema Ebana dances with his hula group, Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi, at the 2021 Merrie Monarch Festival. This hula told the story of the orator and athlete Naihe, whose skillfulness in surfing ...