Merrie Monarch Festival commences with hoolaulea

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Sammye Kuualoha Young’s Halau Na Lei Hiwahiwa O Kuualoha performs Sunday afternoon during the Hoolaulea of the 2016 Merrie Monarch Festival at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo. HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald

Sammye Kuualoha Young’s Halau Na Lei Hiwahiwa O Kuualoha performs Sunday afternoon during the Hoolaulea of the 2016 Merrie Monarch Festival at Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium in Hilo. HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald