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What a difference a day makes

Posted on 07.25.19 under Uncategorized

What a difference a day makes
Twenty-four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there used to be rain

First a bud

And then the bloom

And then the stub…
As always, nature tells the truest stories. Part One was the partially opened bud signalling the end of Rainy Season. Part Deux was the full bloom of summer. And Part Trois is the aftermath with the brush of the outer edge of a typhoon, stripping it bare.

Life is short, try to make the most of it!

Napualikolokelani Wins!

Posted on 07.17.19 under Junko Wong, Napualikolokelani, Uncategorized

Huge congratulations to Halau Napualikolokelai and Junko Wong as they win two 1st places, Wahine Solo Kahiko Kaori Kuwata and Wahine Group ‘Auana at Hula ‘oni E Japan. This qualifies them to compete in Honolulu August 31 – Sept 2, 2019!

It’s amazing what a win will do for a halau.

Who is that masked man?

Posted on 05.04.19 under Uncategorized

Napualikolokelani @ Kinshicho

Posted on 04.24.19 under george holokai, Halau Napualikolokelani, hula, Junko Wong, Uncategorized

The George Holokai Lei Aloha Festival is a celebration of the legacy of George Kananiokeakua Holokai & May Day. He was very active with the May Day celebrations in Hawai`i for many years.

May 1st is celebrated throughout the northern hemisphere as a spring festival and is
usually a public holiday however, in Hawai`i it is called Lei day. A celebration by wearing a fresh flower lei and music, dance a pageantry. Festivities include a lei queen and her court, lei contests and music, dances of many the ethnicities that make up Hawai`i’s melting pot.

There are classes conducted in the making of pahu drums, ipu heke `ole & ipu heke, pounding tapa, pa`i ai, cooking Hawaiian food and lei making. Artisans from Hawai`i who carve wood, making luahala bracelets, coconut hats. A guest can learn to hula, dance a Tahitian ori, learn to twirl Maori poi, or tititorea, a Samoan sasa. There is even a holoku parade.