Backstage at the Merrie Monarch Festival 2026
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Backstage at the Merrie Monarch Festival 2026
Hawaii News Now’s exclusive two-hour special featured in-depth spotlights, live interviews, and unforgettable stage performances from Hōʻike night.
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To prepare for Merrie Monarch, this halau held practices in a parking lot
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Here’s a look back at the highlights and winners of Hawaii’s beloved hula festival, Merrie Monarch 2021, which made a roaring return with added protocols in place. Dillon Ancheta recaps this year’s festival. #HNN #MerrieMonarch | Hawaii News Now
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Here’s a look back at the highlights and winners of Hawaii’s beloved hula festival, Merrie Monarch 2021, which made a roaring return with added protocols in place. Dillon Ancheta recaps this year’s festival. #HNN #MerrieMonarch | Hawaii News Now
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‘We are back’: Ka Pa Hula Hawaii returns to Merrie Monarch after 28 years
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Hula Halau O Kamuela kahiko performance from 2002 Merrie Monarch Hula Competition. The vibrant colors of red and the lush green ti skirt. Always a treat to see. First place kahiko winners. video by alina885 | Ae Luv Hula
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Hula Halau O Kamuela kahiko performance from 2002 Merrie Monarch Hula Competition. The vibrant colors of red and the lush green ti skirt. Always a treat to see. First place kahiko winners. video by alina885 | Ae Luv Hula
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To prepare for Merrie Monarch, this halau held practices in a parking lot
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Here’s a look back at the highlights and winners of Hawaii’s beloved hula festival, Merrie Monarch 2021, which made a roaring return with added protocols in place. Dillon Ancheta recaps this year’s festival. #HNN #MerrieMonarch | Hawaii News Now
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Here’s a look back at the highlights and winners of Hawaii’s beloved hula festival, Merrie Monarch 2021, which made a roaring return with added protocols in place. Dillon Ancheta recaps this year’s festival. #HNN #MerrieMonarch | Hawaii News Now
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Founded by Edith Kanaʻole, treasured Hawaiian composer, dancer, scholar, teacher and the person for whom the Merrie Monarch stadium is named, Hālau o Kekuhi is celebrated for their mastery of the hula ʻaihaʻa. A tradition that spans over two decades, Hālau o Kekuhi's opening hula at the Merrie Monarch hōʻike night is a highly anticipated performance of the annual festival. While it may be a different experience this year away from the electric atmosphere of a packed Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium, it
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Founded by Edith Kanaʻole, treasured Hawaiian composer, dancer, scholar, teacher and the person for whom the Merrie Monarch stadium is named, Hālau o Kekuhi is celebrated for their mastery of the hula ʻaihaʻa. A tradition that spans over two decades, Hālau o Kekuhi's opening hula at the Merrie Monarch hōʻike night is a highly anticipated performance of the annual festival. While it may be a different experience this year away from the electric atmosphere of a packed Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium, it
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The kahiko competition has begun! Taking the stage for the first time – the men of Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala, under the direction of Kumu Hula Leinaʻala Pavao Jardin, perform a hula kuolo and use the ipu heke to create the beautiful imagery of Mt. Haʻupu on Kauaʻi as well as Mokulēʻia and Halemano on Oʻahu. As a tribute to Queen Kapiʻolani, granddaughter of Kauaʻi's King Kaumualiʻi, this mele sews beautiful imagery of Kauaʻi and Oʻahu together as a reverant depiction of her lofty status
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The kahiko competition has begun! Taking the stage for the first time – the men of Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala, under the direction of Kumu Hula Leinaʻala Pavao Jardin, perform a hula kuolo and use the ipu heke to create the beautiful imagery of Mt. Haʻupu on Kauaʻi as well as Mokulēʻia and Halemano on Oʻahu. As a tribute to Queen Kapiʻolani, granddaughter of Kauaʻi's King Kaumualiʻi, this mele sews beautiful imagery of Kauaʻi and Oʻahu together as a reverant depiction of her lofty status
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Kumu Noenoe Zuttermeister-Lewis gives us her insight and shares her impressions on this year's unique Merrie Monarch festival. Stream the broadcast at hawaiinewsnow.com/merriemonarch | Merrie Monarch Festival
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Kumu Noenoe Zuttermeister-Lewis gives us her insight and shares her impressions on this year's unique Merrie Monarch festival. Stream the broadcast at hawaiinewsnow.com/merriemonarch | Merrie Monarch Festival
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As you might imagine this year's Merrie Monarch is incredibly different given the precautions and safety measures we had to take to ensure the health of our participants and our community. Here's a look behind the scenes of Merrie Monarch 2021. | Merrie Monarch Festival
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Mahalo nui to Robert Cazimero for joining us in studio and sharing his manaʻo (thoughts) and memories surrounding hula and Merrie Monarch. | Merrie Monarch Festival
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From Papakolea to Hilo, this halau packed perseverance for Merrie Monarch 2021
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Kūhiō Lewis of the Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement talk-story with Amy and Manu about the Pop-up Mākeke collaboration with the Merrie Monarch festival this year. Stream the broadcast at hawaiinewsnow.com/merriemonarch. | Merrie Monarch Festival
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The 56th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival . . . welina - April 21 through April 27. | Merrie Monarch Festival
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E nānā mai i kēia hula kahiko a nā wahine o Hālau Hi‘iakaināmakalehua, ma lalo o nā Kumu Hula Robert Ka‘upu IV & Lono Padilla, "Pau Ke Aho I Nā Kahawai Lau O Hilo". Ma kekahi mahele o ka moʻokaʻao ʻo Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, koho ʻo ia i ka holo i ō ka ululāʻau weliweli, kahi e noho ai ʻo Panaʻewa, he moʻo nui ʻino. I loko o kona ʻike leʻa i ka nui hakakā a paio e pono ana, kia ikaika ʻo ia ma ke kuleana e hoʻokō ʻia. Oiai kākou i loko o kēia wā ʻīnea e hoʻoluhi, no nā wāhine o Hiʻiakaināmakalehua,
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‘You put everything into it’: Hawaii fashion designers ready for Merrie Monarch week
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The Merrie Monarch Festival is back, and Miss Aloha Hula is underway! Ashley Kilioulaninuiamamaohoʻopiʻiwahinekapualokeokalaniākea Lai, from Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea, kicks things off with this performance about the beauty found on O'ahu! WATCH LIVE: https://buff.ly/3hbkPYd #HINews #HNN | Hawaii News Now
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A look behind the scenes with the family that prepares the delicious food served at the 60th Merrie Monarch Festival. | Merrie Monarch Festival
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Oahu dancer prepares to live out her dream on stage, vying for Miss Aloha Hula title
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Merrie Monarch Festival on Instagram: "Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua • Kumu Robert Keano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla Niuhelewai, Kona, Oʻahu “ʻO Koʻu Aloha Iā ʻOe” Johnny K. Almeida composed many exquisite mele, each praising the splendor of a specific flower and comparing them to particular subjects of his admiration. His endearing mele hoʻoheno “ʻO Koʻu Aloha Iā ʻOe” honors Kananionāpua, a blossom who is either very obscure or perhaps very exposed. In tonight’s performance, Hālau ladies weave J
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Merrie Monarch Festival on Instagram: "Hālau Nā Kamalei O Līlīlehua • Kumu Robert Uluwehionāpuaikawēkiuokalani Cazimero Honolulu, Oʻahu (Kāne) “Kohemālamalama” As the movement to restore Kahoʻolawe nears its 50th year, Kumu Hula and composer Robert Cazimero returns to his 1996 mele, “Kohemālamalama.” In 2025, Cazimero amends his mele with “KANALOA,” a composition rallying island siblings to continue the momentum of aloha ʻāina. The result is a collective expression of ola (life)—bridgi
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