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Two East O‘ahu Hula Hālau Perform In Prince Lot Hula Fest
Hālau Hula ‘O Nāmakahūlali of Hawai‘i Kai performs in this year’s virtual Prince Lot Hula Festival.
PHOTOS COURTESY MOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATIONS
The program will also be livestreamed on KHON’s
For more information, visit moanaluagardensfoun- dation.org.
“We wanted to bring our program of aloha through hula to the families and kūpuna here in Hawai‘i and
beyond our shores they can watch it in the security of their homes,” states Alika Jamile, executive director and president of Moanalua Gardens Foundation.
YouTube channel and re- broadcast 8-10 p.m. Oct. 31 on KHII, 7-9 p.m. Nov. 4 on KHON2 and 5-7 p.m. Nov. 7 on CW.
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Two East O‘ahu hula ha- lau will perform in Moanalua Garden Foundation’s virtual 44th annual Prince Lot Hula Festival. It will air 7-9 p.m. Oct.28 on KHON2.
Queen Emma Summer Palace and features nine hula hālau in an inspiring program of hula with special messages of alo- ha from each kumu.
and Ka Hale I o Kāhala Hālau Hula, led by kumu hula Lei- momi I Maldonado of Kāhala.
eling on the royal train that circuited the island pulled by the engine named Lanakila, she passes landmarks still re- membered today.
Instead of a live in-person event, this year’s virtual fes- tival was filmed at historic
The two East O‘ahu hālau are Hālau Hula ‘O Nā- makahūlali, led by kumu hula Shirley Recca of Hawai‘i Kai;
Hālau Hula ‘O Nā- makahūlali honors Princess Lili‘uokalani with Maka- lapua, a hula nono (sitting hula) with ipuheke. Maka- lapua was her sobriquet. Trav-
Kā Hale I o Kāhala Hālau Hula’s keiki perform a de- lightful medley of E Ala Ē, O Kalalau, Ke Ano Nani and Haleakalā Hula.
Founded in 1978, the fes- tival honors Prince Lot Ka- puāiwa, who helped reprise hula in Moanalua and reigned as Kamehameha V from 1863 to 1872. This year’s fes- tival theme is E Huli Alo I Ka Ulu La Ua Ao (with the rising of the sun, a new day dawns).
The keiki of Ka Hale I o Kāhala Hālau Hula peform a medley of songs that include E Ala Ē, O Kalalau, Ke Ano Nani and Haleakala Hula.
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