The Volcano Art Center’s Hula Kahiko program continues on Saturday at 10:30am with a performance under the direction of Kumu Kini Ka‘awa. Selected students of Pahoa Middle and High School will present hula and oli at Ka‘auea Kahua Hula at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. These student are learning hula, ‘Olelo Hawaii and other kanaka maoli practices and traditions. This year they will honor Mo‘i Lunalilo with selections honoring his life, his perspective and the places and people whom he adored. Additionally, the students will present hula that highlights the beauty of the Puna District.
The Volcano Art Center’s Hula Kahiko program continues on Saturday at 10:30am with a performance under the direction of Kumu Kini Ka‘awa. Selected students of Pahoa Middle and High School will present hula and oli at Ka‘auea Kahua Hula at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. These student are learning hula, ‘Olelo Hawaii and other kanaka maoli practices and traditions. This year they will honor Mo‘i Lunalilo with selections honoring his life, his perspective and the places and people whom he adored. Additionally, the students will present hula that highlights the beauty of the Puna District.
This performance is part of a year-round series sponsored by the Volcano Art Center at the kahua hula (hula platform) near the Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
The performance takes place, rain or shine, in a one-of-a-kind outdoor setting in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. National Park entrance fees apply. These free events are supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i or grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. The presentation is presented authentically in an outdoor setting, rain or shine without electronic amplification. Audience members are encouraged to bring sun/rain gear and sitting mats, and to arrive early as parking at the Visitor’s Center is limited, additional parking is available at the Steam Vents parking lot.
The Volcano Art Center is a non-profit art and educational organization created in 1974 to promote, develop, and perpetuate the artistic and cultural heritage of Hawai‘i’s people and environment through activities in the visual, literary, and performing arts. To donate to the Hula Arts at Kilauea programs or to find out more information please contact Emily C. Weiss at info@volcanoartcenter.org, visit www.volcanoartcenter.org or call 967-8222.
