Hula Kahiko featuring Kumu Leilehua Yuen & Manu Josiah with Hālau Hula LeiManu

When:
April 15, 2017 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
2017-04-15T10:30:00-10:00
2017-04-15T11:30:00-10:00
Where:
Volcano Art Center Gallery
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI 96718
USA
Cost:
Free, although park entrance fees may apply
Contact:
808.967.8222
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Leilehua & ManuHula Kahiko featuring Kumu Hula Leilehua Yuen & Manu Josiah with Hālau Hula LeiManu

The Volcano Art Center’s 2017 Hula Kahiko series continues on Saturday, April 15 at 10:30am with a presentation by Na Kumu Leilehua Yuen and Manu Josiah Hālau Hula LeiManu.

Manu Josiah and Leilehua Yuen are known for their informances, in which they blend storytelling, science, chant, and hula to create a journey through Hawaiian history and culture. Please join them and some of their students for an evening of traditional chant and hula at Kilauea.

Leilehua and Manu admire each other’s love of and respect for their island home. They live in her family home in Hilo, restoring the medicinal garden that her grandfather tended. Leilehua’s hula lineage is rooted in her grandmother’s teachings and her studies with legendary expert on all things Hawaiiana, Auntie Nona Beamer. The powerful natural forces of the island are where Leilehua draws much of her artistic inspiration. Manu also draws strength from the island as he works to preserve his cultural heritage through music and community education.

The performance will take place in a one-of-a-kind outdoor setting at the kahua hula (hula platform) in the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.  Audience members are encouraged to bring sun/rain gear and sitting mats.  National Park entrance fees may apply.

Held in conjunction with the Hula Kahiko performances, the public is invited to join Native Hawaiian culture specialist Loke Kamanu and her ʻohana as they set up shop on the lanai of the Volcano Art Gallery from 11am – 1pm.  Presenting a lovely display of  “Na Mea Hula” (all things hula), Loke will share a variety of instruments, implements and lei styles that play an integral role in the life of the hula practitioner. This memorable demonstration is hands-on and family friendly.

These free events are supported in part by a grant from the County of Hawaiʻi Department of Research and Development and the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority and individual funding from members of the Volcano Art Center’s ʻohana.

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