Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will host its 32nd annual Cultural Festival on Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Park entrance fees will be waived all day. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will host its 32nd annual Cultural Festival on Saturday,
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will host its 32nd annual Cultural Festival on Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Park entrance fees will be waived all day.
The event will promote the importance and understanding of hula kahiko, traditional arts and crafts and contemporary Hawaiian music. The festival, with anticipated attendance of 5,000, will be presented at the park’s Kahua Hula (traditional hula platform) at Ka‘auea, near the Volcano Art Center Gallery.
“We invite everyone to celebrate what truly makes Hawaii Volcanoes National Park so special: the ever-present spirit of aloha of the Hawaiian people and culture so deeply connected to this sacred land of powerful geology and diverse and unique ecology,” said Park Ranger Joni Mae Makuakane-Jarrell.
The festival’s theme is ‘A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka halau ho‘okahi — “Not all knowledge is learned in one school.” Kumu hula and members of several hula halau will share their knowledge of hula kahiko, including chants, costumes, implements and adornments.
This event honors, preserves and perpetuates Hawaiian culture and supports Hawaiian programs, practitioners, halau and musicians. For more information, visit www.nps.gov/havo or call 985-6011.
