The sweet smell of plumeria, swaying palm trees and seductive, shimmying hips--add chanting or ukulele music and you’ve got hula, right? For Patrick Makuakane, who was born and raised in Honolulu and ...

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MAUI, Hawaii – Clipped into hair and strung into leis, fresh plumerias fill the banquet hall with a sweet scent. Soon, the dim stage lights brighten and the audience quiets. A group of 10 or so ...

The MacArthur Fellowships were announced this week and they include legal scholars, scientists, composers and a hula dancer. Yeah. That Genius Grant recipient is Kumu Patrick Makuakane, a master hula ...

The rates of stroke and heart disease are about four times higher for Native Hawaiians than for non-Hispanic whites, according to EurekAlert. Can a traditional dance program help? In research ...

says that when she was growing up in Hawaii, she never knew when she would get a hula lesson. The women in the household—her mother, grandmother and aunts—were hard to read, and unpredictable. “ ...

HONOLULU (Island News) – The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) announce the return of an authentic Hawaiian Hula Show to the Waikiki Shell. CNHA, along with Mayor Rick Blangiardi, ...

Traditional hula dancing has been found to help lower blood pressure in a study involving Native Hawaiians. Researchers recruited 250 Native Hawaiians whose blood pressure was above the normal range ...

Say aloha to the dancers of Hula Halau Na Mamo O Pana’ewa as they share the rich culture and history of Hawaiian dance. Using traditions passed down from his grandmother, owner Chase Keoki Wang ...

Hula O Na Keiki is Maui's only hula competition for children that seeks to perpetuate Hawaiian culture The competition pushes students to reflect on what it means to be Hawaiian and practice hula, an ...