One More Blessed Annual Bird Blessing Undertaken
by Dawn Fraser Kawahara, Board President Our Ka `Imi Institute’s (KII’s) annual forest Bird Blessing was definitely blessed by not only the famed mist of Koke`e on the cool, damp morning of Fri., Mar. 4th, 2022, but by some steady ua. Showers descended upon the...
“Recalling Hawai`i” available for free viewing
I had the privilege of working on the program Recalling Hawai`i in 2010 when it was first performed in Heidelberg, Germany with Roselle Keliihonipua Bailey, Creative Director Founder & President Emeritus Ka`Imi Na`auao O Hawai`i Nei Institute. Researching the...
Annual Blessing for Conservation agencies and Pōhaku Hula workday
By Keahi Manea Since early 2012, Ka `Imi Institute members have collaborated with Kaua`i Forest Bird Recovery Project to provide a blessing for the Project’s spring research season. Dr. Cali Crampton, Project Director, requested the first blessing as they planned the...‘PROJECT LOKAHI’ REVISITED
In Hawai`i, winter solstice occurs in 2020 just after midnight on Dec. 21: 12:02 a.m. Since the longest daylight of the year occurred, measured during the summer solstice in June, daylight has been shortening–sunset by sunset–until winter solstice arrives now, giving the shortest period of daylight of the year.
Mahalo to the Representatives and Volunteers of Hui O Laka for the Virtual Emalani Festival 2020
from Board Directors of Ka `Imi Na`auao o Hawai`i Nei Institute: “Thank you for not allowing an absence to occur at our favorite ‘Emalani-time’ this challenging year of the pandemic, 2020. It was wonderful to be able to “attend” and enjoy the Festival through the...
Video Interview with Roselle Bailey
Aloha Legacy Films presents an interview with Roselle Bailey at her home on Maui. Wilmont Kamaunu Kahaialii conducts the interview and they relive their stories growing up in Hawaii and the ancient tradition of Hula. Television Production by Patrick Dougherty.
News from Austria-Performances 2019
March 2019 Japanese Cultural Exchange in Vienna Dancers from our German and Swiss Halau performed during the evening event of a Japanese cultural music exchange in Vienna. 2019 was the year of the 150 anniversary of the Japan-Austrian friendship and this evening event...
Hulu Mamo in Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Hulu Mamo performance Einsiedler Anzeiger report from July 9, 2019, Switzerland Far away Hawaii – very near Performance of Hawaiian dances in the Theatersaal of the Stiftsschule, Einsiedeln “Hulu Mamo” – at the shores of time. Under this title The “Native...