The eighth annual Moku O Keawe International Festival wrapped up Saturday evening with hula auwana — a more modern form of the dance.
The eighth annual Moku O Keawe International Festival wrapped up Saturday evening with hula auwana — a more modern form of the dance.
The three-day festival, which started Thursday, drew halau from around the world for top-level competition in hula kahiko, or ancient hula, and hula auwana, or modern hula, as well as kupuna hula at the Hilton Waikoloa Village. The festival also featured an expansive Made-in-Hawaii Marketplace and various Hawaiian cultural workshops, which offered participants the chance to learn hula, create works of art through lau hala weaving and shell lei making as well as an excursion to Kalaemano.
For more information on the festival, visit mokif.com. West Hawaii Today will publish results when they are received.