It'a ʻauwana night in Hilo at the Merrie Monarch hula festival and live online at the link below.

[mahina]

Oh, so much fun! It’s 7:15 here now…will be going till maybe 11-12. Go catch em, go!
(I can tell you it’s way more comfortable to watch from home than to sit on those hard chairs for 6+ hours, though there really is nothing like being in Hilo during Merrie Monarch. If I can find a YouTube video, I will share the cutest one from Mark Keli’ihoʻomalu; it was a kāne hula (menʻs hula) of 1890’s Honolulu newspaper boys. So so fun! Plus I leaned something new about King Kalākaua.

Merrie Monarch hula competition ends tonight, Sat. Watch online at

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/04/03/heres-how-watch-merrie-monarch-festival-air-online/ ❤️😊🌸✨

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - It’s the biggest hula competition on Earth!

The 2024 Merrie Monarch Festival performances kick off Wednesday at Hilo’s Edith Kanakaole Stadium and continues through Saturday — when overall competition winners will be announced.

Catch the livestream of the competition in English and Olelo Hawaii by clicking or searching for the link above.

‘Uwehe, ʻami and slide!

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. Mahalo for this! I hope people get the chance to watch it!

It has been many a year since I have been to a hula competition. (My fave is the Tahitian!)

(MY absolute favorite song for hula... please enjoy.)

[mahina]

2. I love Hui Ohana! That's the version my halau learned

to dance Hanalei Moon.

Ledward ❤️

All of them !

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One of my faves fron ʻauwana night, about late 1890’s-early 1900s newsboys for the newspaper Hōku Pakipika, which King David Kalākaua ran!

This hālau is usually a little…unusual, making up new steps in kahiko, liʻdat. But it served them here!

The Merrie Monarch youtube channel will have many more amazing and lovely hula. So very special. Mahalo for appreciating too!

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