Seventh Ho‘olau Kanaka festival showcases hula, Hawaiian culture
The seventh Ho‘olau Kanaka hula festival on Sunday will bring together an array of Hawaiian practitioners this year, including musicians, cultural experts and eight hula halau that will perform at the annual event for the first time.
The festival convenes halau in a noncompetitive format and was created to give the public opportunities to experience Native Hawaiian culture firsthand, said the event’s creators, kumu hula Lopaka Igarta- De Vera and kumu hula Sonny Ching.
