Conference Hosts

LĀLĀKEA FOUNDATION  is the host organization and fiscal sponsor for KAHOH 2018. Previous conference hosts include: Maliē Foundation (Kauaʻi), Lālakea Foundation (Oʻahu),), Kauahea Inc. (Maui Island), and Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation (Hawai‘i Island).

Founders and Honorary Hosts are:

Master Kumu Hula Dr. Pualani Kanaka‘ole Kanahele – Kumu Hula (Retired), Hālau O Kekuhi of Hilo, Hawai‘i

Hōkūlani Holt-Padilla – Kumu Hula, Pā`ū O Hi‘iaka of Kahului, Maui

In Memoriam

Leinā‘ala Kalama Heine – Kumu Hula, Nā Pualei O Likolehua of Kapālama, O‘ahu (1940-2015)

Conference Goals of Ka ‘Aha Hula ‘O Hālauaola

  • To provide an opportunity for kumu hula and practitioners to share knowledge and insight about Hawaiian culture through hula.

  • To provide a learning and enrichment platform for hula practitioners and cultural learners from Hawaiʻi and around the world.

  • To encourage the preservation of the ancient art forms of Hawaiʻi.

  • To educate practitioners about the need to protect and nurture our fragile environment in order to ensure continual access to the plants and resources that are necessary to maintain our culture.

  • To demonstrate our oral traditions, teachings and ways of transmitting knowledge through generations.

  • To promote and showcase HawaiʻI Island as a distinguished destination and repository of authentic Hawaiian culture, history and renowned traditions of primordial hula knowledge.