{"id":195121,"date":"2024-04-08T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=195121"},"modified":"2024-04-08T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:50:53","slug":"kumu-tops-merrie-monarch-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/08\/kumu-tops-merrie-monarch-again\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<abbr> M\u0101noa kumu tops Merrie Monarch again"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_195156\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195156\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-wahine.jpg\" alt=\"Wahine hula dancers dancing at the Merrie Monarch.\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-195156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-wahine.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-wahine-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-wahine-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers honor King Kal&#257;kaua who is glorified as \u201cKa Hiku Kapu\u201d or \u201cThe Sacred Seventh One\u201d of all the ruling monarchs. (Photo Credit: Merrie Monarch Festival\/Tracey Niimi)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the second consecutive year,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.haehaehula.com\/\"> Ka L&#257; <span aria-label=\"Onohi\">&#699;&#332;nohi<\/span> Mai O <span aria-label=\"Haehae,\">Ha&#699;eha&#699;e<\/span><\/a>, an <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> h&#257;lau (school) led by n&#257; kumu hula (hula teachers) Keawe and Tracie Lopes took top honors in both the group and solo divisions at the 61st Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii.\">Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/span> Keawe is a Hawaiian language professor at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa and the director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawaihuelani.org\/\">Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nu&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a>, and Tracie is a <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa alumna.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\u201chttps:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/24\/uh-kumu-hula-merrie-monarch-victory\/\u201c><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa kumu hula leads h&#257;lau to Merrie Monarch victory<\/a>, April 24, 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The w&#257;hine (women) of the h&#257;lau captured the competition\u2019s overall award with 1,201 points, a combination of scores acquired in both hula kahiko (ancient) and <span aria-label=\"auana\">&#699;auana<\/span> (modern) performances. Their score surpassed their closest competitors, H&#257;lau Ka Lei Mokihana o Lein&#257;&#699;ala, which finished second with 1,199 points, and Hula H&#257;lau &#699;O Kamuela came in third with 1,195 points.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195155\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-kane-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"K&#257;ne hula dancers\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-195155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-kane-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-kane-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-merrie-monarch-kane.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composed by Lolok&#363;, their mele honors <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> and also recalls <span aria-label=\"moolelo\">mo&#699;olelo<\/span> (stories) of k&#363;puna (elders).  (Photo Credit: Merrie Monarch Festival\/Bruce Omori)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Their mele kahiko (song), Auhea Wale <span aria-label=\"Oe\">&#699;Oe<\/span> E Ka Liko, honored King Kal&#257;kaua and compared the Hawaiian monarch to the rising Sun, one who is destined for greatness.<\/p>\n<p>In the k&#257;ne category, the h&#257;lau took fourth place in both kahiko and <span aria-label=\"auana\">&#699;auana<\/span> categories. Their mele kahiko, <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> K&#363; Kilakila, praised the moku (district) of <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> on <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and Mauna <span aria-label=\"Kaala\">Ka&#699;ala<\/span> (<abbr title=\"Mount\">Mt.<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"Kaala,\">Ka&#699;ala),<\/span> standing tall with its broad shoulders. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriemonarch.com\/2024-hulakahiko-gallery\/\">More photos: 2024 Merrie Monarch gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>4th consecutive Miss Hula<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_195157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195157\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-judges-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Aloha Hula in front of judges.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-195157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-judges-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-judges-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-manoa-people-judges.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miss Aloha Hula 2024 <span aria-label=\"Kaonohi\">Ka&#699;&#333;nohi<\/span> Lopes (Photo Credit: Merrie Monarch Festival\/Tracey Niimi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Awards for the h&#257;lau follows their soloist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/05\/miss-aloha-hula-2024-uh-manoa-grad-student\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kaonohikaumakaakeawe\">Ka&#699;&#333;nohikaumakaakeawe<\/span> Kananiokeakua Holokai Lopes, winning the Miss Aloha Hula title on April 4<\/a>. <span aria-label=\"Kaonohi,\">Ka&#699;&#333;nohi,<\/span> a graduate student at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, follows the footsteps of her mother (Miss Aloha Hula 1994) and sister <span aria-label=\"Piikea\">Pi&#699;ikea<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Kekihenelehuawewehiikekauonohi\">Kek&#299;henelehuawewehiikekau&#699;&#333;nohi<\/span> Lopes (Miss Aloha Hula 2022). This <span aria-label=\"years\">year&#699;s<\/span> win marks the fourth consecutive solo title secured by Keawe and Tracie\u2019s h&#257;lau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ka L&#257; <span aria-label=\"Onohi\">&#699;&#332;nohi<\/span> Mai O <span aria-label=\"Haehae\">Ha&#699;eha&#699;e<\/span> captured the competition\u2019s overall award, a combination of scores acquired in both hula kahiko and <span aria-label=\"auana.\">&#699;auana.<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[90,679,598,1057,551,1041,411,9],"class_list":["post-195121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-hawaiian-language","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-hula","tag-kawaihuelani-center-for-hawaiian-language","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195121"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195176,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195121\/revisions\/195176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}