With her flower crown and grass skirt, the hula girl has been synonymous with Hawaiian hospitality since cruise ships first docked in Honolulu in the 1920s. Even today, exoticized images of these ...

"It blew me away," groom Austin Rodrigues-Ganigan tells PEOPLE DH Cinephoto Content creator Sofia Bella married Austin Rodrigues-Ganigan in Las Vegas on Sept. 27 The bride honored her Hawaiian husband ...

KALAHEO, Hawaii (Island News) -- Even through her battle with cancer, kumu hula Leina'ala Jardin of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina'ala, was grateful. "Blessings upon blessings upon blessings," she said ...

Abbey Berger-Knorr of Cultivate at Hula in Burlington, Vt. Credit: Daria Bishop When Abbey Berger-Knorr graduated from Champlain College in 2024 she got her dream job — working as a PR associate at a ...

Beloved kumu hula Leina‘ala Pavao-Jardin of award-winning Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina‘ala, of Kauai, died over the weekend. She was 51 years old. Pavao-Jardin had been battling cancer after being ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Leināʻala Pavao-Jardin, a beloved Kauaiʻi kumu hula, has died at 51 after her battle with cancer. Pavao-Jardin, from Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leināʻala, passed away on Friday ...

Mason, Michigan — In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing ...

Maui Iokepa-Purdy won Mr. Hulu Maui in the 2024 Kū Mai Ka Hula contest. The 18th annual Kū Mai Ka Hula will be Friday and Saturday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Courtesy photo Maui’s adult hula ...

Nearly 300 dancers over the age of 55 will be competing in Kona this week at the 39th annual Hawaii Kupuna Hula Festival, which also will feature a craft fair of locally made products. The free craft ...

SACRAMENTO WILL BE FLOWING WITH TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN CULTURE. THE HULA FESTIVAL WILL HOST SOME OF THE TOP HULA HALAU FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND WE GOT A FULL STUDIO THIS MORNING. JOINING US IS KUMU ...

Joan Anderson, the woman who introduced the hula hoop to the United States and gave it its iconic name, died last month at age 101. Anderson’s daughter, Loralyn Willis, confirmed her death to NBC News ...