Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane, revered kumu hula of Halau o Kekuhi, cultural matriarch and veteran judge of Merrie Monarch Festival hula competitions, died Saturday in Hilo. She was 79. A fifth-generation ...
LAIE, Hawaii — You can't talk much about Hawaii without referencing the hula. Locals know the greatest collection of hula is at the Merrie Monarch Festival, held every April in Hilo, on the island of ...
HILO >> Saturday’s memorial service for the late kumu hula Nalani Kanaka‘ole-Zane was a celebration of life that ran the gamut of human emotion with remembrances eliciting both tears and laughter.