First photo: Kumu Kapono Kamaunu gives Barbara O’Connor some extra help to attach the goatskin head to her puniu, a Hawaiian knee drum made from coconut shell and other natural materials, during a ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaiian Word of the Day is pahu. Pahu is the Hawaiian word for drum, more specifically, the drums used for religious ceremonies and for hula. These pahu were often made ...

Brad Cooper, center, presented the pahu drum, Kaniala‘a, to Kaleo Paik, right, during a ceremony at the Hawea Heiau Complex site Sunday. Kaniala‘a was crafted by Cooper using a piece of Coco, a ...

Hawaiian music flowed from the speakers as bubbles filled the room. Guests were hula dancing with homemade leis adorning their necks as the Drums of the Pacific brought the Hawaiian experience to the ...

For this Saint Patrick’s Day, we explore this musical tradition with a local community right here on Oahu — the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your ...

Prepared in conjuction with a publication on traditional Hawaiian drum dances and drumming: Hula Pahu : an exploration of movement and sound of a Hawaiian performing genre / by Adrienne L. Kaeppler ...