{"id":7712,"date":"2012-06-26T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T05:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=7712"},"modified":"2023-03-15T14:09:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T00:09:12","slug":"hawaii-cc-halau-performs-at-library-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/26\/hawaii-cc-halau-performs-at-library-of-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> halau performs at Library of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Unukupukupu, a hula hālau from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College, performed at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on June 26, 2012. <\/p>\n

The hālau received a prestigious invitation from the American Folklife Center<\/a>, part of a series aimed at promoting traditional, ethnic and regional music and dance that is homegrown in communities across the United States. <\/p>\n

Unukupukupu consists of 25 faculty members, staff and students from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College<\/a> and UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a>. The hālau performed a free, one-hour show and will also be performing at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival<\/a> on the National Mall starting Wednesday, June 27. <\/p>\n

The group is part of an 80-member UH<\/abbr> delegation that will be showcasing the university and community in exhibits that will be seen by more than a million people. <\/p>\n

Watch Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> CC<\/abbr> hālau headed to DC<\/em><\/a> to see the hālau prepare for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. <\/p>\n

Smithsonian Folklife Festival<\/h2>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will be among 20 public land-grant universities to be featured in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C. from June 27 to July 8, 2012. <\/p>\n

The festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Morrill Act, which paved the way for higher education for rural and working class Americans. <\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> exhibits will feature traditional Hawaiian health and healing practices, a mini taro patch, non-instrument navigation, medicinal herb and organic farming and much more. Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College’s halau Unukupukupu and the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa’s Tuahine Troup will also perform. <\/p>\n

See more on the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s Smithsonian experience.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unukupukupu, a hula hālau from Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> CC<\/abbr> performed at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,309,12],"tags":[61,312,14],"class_list":["post-7712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-uhsmithsonian2012","category-video","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-smithsonian-folklife-festival","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t