Male members of Halau Hi‘iakainamakalehua practiced their hula kahiko (ancient hula) performance. They used dense, wooden sticks to amplify their chant. In the past, hula provided an opportunity ...

But hula is, in fact, an ancient and often sacred dance indigenous to Hawaii. For the past 60 years, some of the best hula schools in the United States have gathered in the sleepy town of Hilo on ...

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 ...

The Valley Isle is still ... Hula ‘Auana (modern hula) and the awards ceremony on Saturday night — will be telecast on K5, channels 6 and 1006 on Spectrum and Hawaiian Telcom in Hawaii ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — When we think of hula festivals, we may tend to think of the Merrie Monarch first and foremost or the Prince Lot Hula Festival which just took place a few weeks ago.

With her flower crown and grass skirt, the hula girl has been synonymous with Hawaiian hospitality since cruise ships first docked in Honolulu in the 1920s. Even today, exoticized images of these ...

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.

Thirteen-year-old Kekoa Arucan performs a playful opening hula of the George Na’ope Hula Festival, set to a song originally composed for the opening of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu, on ...