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 ...
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 ...
Miss Aloha Hula 2022, a University of Hawai’i graduate student, has been selected to represent Nike’s N7 collection. Piʻikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekauʻōnohi Lopes, 22, is the first kānaka ʻōiwi ...
Halau o Keikiali’i will perform “The Sacred Hula: Ka Wa Hula — Hula Through Time” on Feb. 22 in Bothell. Before first contact with Westerners in 1778, Hawaiians didn’t need written language. They had ...
Edith Kanaka‘ole, who died in 1979, will appear on the coin next year along with four other notable women. By Christine Chung George Washington will be sharing some space with a native Hawaiian hula ...
HONOLULU — Hula is not just a dance, say those who teach the islands' indigenous dance form. It is a way of life, even life itself, identifying Hawaii's native people. "Hula is life. It is social, ...
Native Hawaiian Edith Kanaka’ole, who died in 1979, was an award-winning composer and instructor at Hawai’i Community College and University of Hawai’i at Hilo. The U.S. Mint has announced that Kanaka ...
When you think of hula, you might picture dances you’ve seen in Disney movies, or on a summer trip to Hawai'i. But that’s just scratching the surface of what hula is. There’s so much more. And ...