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Posted on 04.28.19 under aniani ku'i 'ai, glass, glass poi pounders, glassblowing, ku'ai aniani
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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.
Napualikolokelani, under the direction of Junko Wong, danced for 30 minutes.
Lei and flower master, Umahana sensei, whips a hair ornament together.
Kunewa Mook, kumu of Hula Halau O Kamuela dances.