Kumu Hula and Cultural Practicioner Mapuana de Silva has a passion for passing down traditional Hawaiian hula.. She has dedicated her life to teaching hula in the footsteps of kupuna to new ...

For many of us, hula conjures up visions of slender Hawaiian women in leafy skirts, coconut bras and plastic leis. Think Blue Hawaii, a 1961 Elvis movie, or the Brady Bunch's ill-fated trip to the ...

In Hawai‘i, traditional hula dancers made pau (skirts) out of leaves of the ti plant (Cordyline fruticosa). In the late 1800s, Hawaiians began touring on the vaudeville circuit throughout the ...

SANTA CRUZ >> To Mehana Thomas, hula is more than grass skirts, leis and hip movements.The Santa Cruz-based hula teacher sees the medium as a powerful form of storytelling, a means to celebra… ...

Burn your grass skirt. Hula has graduated to velvet dresses, corporate sponsorship. Yet even as its worldwide following grows, it hasn't lost its roots. On a balmy November evening last year at ...

Traditional Hawaiian culture meets contemporary community at the George Na’ope Hula Festival in Sacramento July 14-16.

More than a dozen women stand barefoot, waiting for the kumu hula to chant, as their ancestors did when the gods ruled Hawaii. “Just lock into yourself. Chant to yourself. The chant that you … ...

An all-Hawaiian luau. Since every dance, story and song is about Lili‘uokalani at Ali‘i Luau ‘Onipa‘a, it is "the only luau with all Hawaiian entertainment in Hawaii," according to Moe.