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The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii during the week after Easter. It honors King David Kalākaua , who was called the "Merrie Monarch" for his patronage of the arts and is credited with restoring many Hawaiian cultural traditions during his reign, including hula . [ 1 ]
Nov. 30—For Merrie Monarch Festival fans hoping to score tickets to the 2024 hula competition in Hilo, Friday is the all-important "postmark day." For Merrie Monarch Festival fans hoping to ...
The Merrie Monarch Festival, which kicks off in Hilo today and runs through Saturday night, includes Hawaiian arts, crafts, entertainment, a renowned hula competition and a parade through downtown ...
The Merrie Monarch Festival, a weeklong cultural event in Hilo, Hawaii features the best hālau hula, or hula schools, from across the country. Hawaii’s biggest hula festival is honoring Lahaina ...
Dorothy Mae Elizabeth Soares Thompson (May 16, 1921 – March 19, 2010), widely known as Auntie Dottie, was an American festival organizer, who is credited with co-founding and developing the Merrie Monarch Festival. [1] The Merrie Monarch Festival, which is held in Hilo, is Hawaii's premier hula event. [1]
She won the first Miss Aloha Hula as Aloha Wong, in 1971, the same year that the Merrie Monarch Festival was established. [1] The Miss Aloha Hula title is hula's top solo wahine (women's) honor. [2] Dalire Wong was born on June 22, 1950, in Honolulu and raised in Kaneohe, Hawaii.
The Merrie Monarch Festival is named in his honor. [3] [4] Liliʻuokalani: 1838–1917 Last reigning monarch of Hawaiian Kingdom. Composed "Aloha 'Oe" and hundreds of other songs and chants List of compositions and works by Liliʻuokalani [5] [6] Likelike: 1851–1887 Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom, mother of Princess Ka'iulani. Composer and ...
Merry or Merrie Monarch may refer to: Charles II of England (1630–1685), king of Great Britain and Ireland; Kalākaua (1836–1891), king of Hawaii; Merrie Monarch Festival; The Merry Monarch, racehorse; The Merry Monarch, an 1890 comic opera