Prince Lot hula

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Keiki from hula halau Na Pualei O Likolehua, under the direction of kumu hula Leina'ala Kalama Heine, performed during Saturday's Prince Lot Hula Festival at Moanalua Gardens.

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Rimmed in the morning sunlight, members of Halau Hula O Maiki, under the leadership of kumu hula Coline Aiu, performed. This is the 28th year of the festival, put on annually by the Moanalua Gardens Foundation to share and enlighten the public about native Hawaiian culture and arts. Halaus from around the state participate.

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Dulcie Abrams, 10, of Kapolei and her mother, Gloria, smiled after finishing a fish crafted from lau hala with the help of Evva Lim of Ulana Me Ka Lokomaikai, a lau hala weaving club.

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Gail Rodrigues, Maluihi Tawata, Kekauonohi Kali and Wendell Silva, one of the co-founders of the Prince Lot Hula Festival, placed a maile lei on the portrait of Prince Lot Kapu'aiwa. Tawata and Kali came from Hanapepe, Kauai, to pay their respects.