A 21-year-old Dartmouth College junior from Maui is Miss Aloha Hula 2026. Faith Kealohapau‘ole Paredes of Halau Kekuaokala‘au ...
HILO, Hawaiʻi (Island News) -- Faith Lynn Kealohapauʻole Paredes has been crowned Miss Aloha Hula 2026 at the Merrie Monarch Festival. She hails from Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi located in Wailuku, ...
On the first night of the 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition, 21-year-old Faith Lynn Kealohapauʻole ...
Faith Kealohapau‘ole Paredes was crowned Miss Aloha Hula Thursday night, topping a field of 13 competitors in the festival’s ...
Lilianani Maya Rae Pi, of Halau Kala‘akeakauikawekiu, a Kailua-Kona halau under the direction of kumu hula Aloha Victor, ...
Hula ʻAuana closed out the Merrie Monarch Festival’s final night of competition Saturday with a program marked by grace, ...
Miss Aloha Hula, Faith Kealohapau'ole Paredes, under the direction of Na Kumu Haunani and 'Iliahi Paredes, Halau Kekuaokala'au'ala'iliahi. (Robbyn Peck/Special to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser) A ...
Fellow Maui dancer, Leimana Kaleinamanu Purdy of Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka under the direction of Kumu Hula Nāpua Silva of ...
The 63rd annual Merrie Monarch Festival — a weeklong celebration of everything Hawaiian capped off by the “Super Bowl of Hula ...
Ke Kumu Robert Keano Ka‘upu IV – Photo by Tracey Niimi / Merrie Monarch Festival. The kāne of Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua, ...
This year’s theme honors Aloha Festivals’ legacy while emphasizing the living traditions that continue to shape Hawaii.