When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to tell was his former hula partner, Sweetie ...

A grass skirt, also called a hula skirt, is a traditional part of the dress worn by hula dancers on tropical islands. A grass skirt, also called a hula skirt, is a traditional part of the dress worn ...

The air swells with an hypnotic chant as the women sway, their backs to the ocean and their arms, wrists and fingers curling and unfurling slowly with a mesmerising grace. Their voices grow louder as ...

When someone mentions “Hawaii,” several images might come to mind: white, sandy beaches, sweet-smelling tropical flowers, whole roasted pigs and, of course, hula. But even today, there are those who ...

Hula, once a romantic form of communiqué consisting of hip-swiveling dance and native island chants, has recently gone pro. With blue-chip sponsors like Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton and Hawaiian ...

Yes, Jackie Appiah recently visited Island state of Hawaii in the USA and decided to try the traditional Hawaiian hula skirt. The grass skirt is seen as an object of beauty in Hawaii and are mostly ...

On stage in their grass skirts and colorful shirts, the hula dancers look like a traditional island group. But when the music starts, it's obvious this performance is anything but traditional. With ...

I saw my father dancing in a grass skirt for the first time last week, on Facebook of all places. Patty Colletti Barth, who lived directly across the street from me growing up, posted it. Dad and his ...