HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Coping in the freezing cold, a woman in Canada posted a video that’s getting the attention of the Tahitian dancing community. Her inspiration? The Hawaiian islands.

Sure, she dreamed about it. But never in a “million years did I ever think it would happen.” Even now that Monique Castaneda has opened her Mau Loa Ohana, it seems surreal. The Hawaiian-themed studio ...

KAPA‘A — The 11th annual Heiva I Kaua‘i Iaorana Tahiti will run Saturday and Sunday at Kapa‘a Beach Park this year. The international Tahitian dance and drumming competition includes solo and group ...

Tahitian music, dance, culture and ono grinds are slated for this weekend, when the award-winning group Te Ea O Te Turama and Fun to Jump Kona present the second annual Heiva I Hawaii in Kona.

The Association of Native Americans at Yale this weekend condemned Shaka, an all-female Polynesian dance group, for appropriating Hawaiian and Tahitian culture and demanded that the group disband. In ...

JACKSON TWP. ‒ "Dance with your heart." That was instructor Audrey Godoy's message as she gracefully moved her hips and arms to the beat of the song. "Let your emotions out." Godoy, artistic director ...

1 roll motion picture film, approx. 800 feet, of Pat Wiggin Bacon, Pele Pukui and Mary Kawena Pukui dancing hula, made by George Bacon in 1943. 6 rolls motion picture film on Tahitian dance by Dr.

The pivotal moment in Lorraine Kinnamon”s life happened when she was 10 years old. Her family made a move, and it was a big one. She moved from her home in Toronto to the Hawaiian island of Oahu. At ...

An average of 65 to 75 children ages 4 through 18 enter Heiva i Kauai’s solo competition. Their teachers choose the color and style of adornments. The competitor below wears adornments of fresh ...