As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their drums and began to chant while others danced, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua and ‘Ote’a ‘Api School of Polynesian Dance seemed to teleport from the interior ...

When Rissa Delaquil was growing up in a small town on the Hawaiian island of Maui, children played outside until the wee hours, ate at neighbors' houses and called all the women on their street ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Friday marked the start of group competition at the 50th anniversary Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition. The young dancers will be joined by their hula brothers and ...

I SWUNG MY HIPS gently side to side, doing my best to glide smoothly while doing the kaholo in my hula class. Fourteen-month-old Owen wailed. Not that I blame him. I had borrowed him from his mom for ...

Daily Bruin columnist Christi Carras’ limited dance background consists of bingeing episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance,” grapevining her way through high school show choir and stumbling through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MAUI, Hawaii – Clipped into hair and strung into leis, fresh plumerias fill the banquet hall with a sweet scent. Soon, the dim ...

VOLCANO, Hawaii -- On the wind-swept rim of one of the world's most active volcanoes, dancers in raffia skirts swayed to music and chants as they prepared for the Merrie Monarch, the Olympics of hula ...

Hula instructor Akiko Colton spends her day living and breathing the ancient Hawaiian dance known as hula in her Eugene studio. “It’s part of my life, so I cannot just take it out. My blood needs hula ...

High blood pressure or hypertension is tied to a multitude of complications, many of which are potentially fatal, including stroke, aneurysm, heart attack, heart failure, and kidney disease, among ...

An 18-month-old from Hawaiʻi is going viral after a video shows him stomping along during hula practice with his parents’ hālau Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...