The Perpetuation of Hula
and the Hawaiian Culture
![Kahili](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/kahili.png)
Wahine ʻAuana 2016
Hālau O Ka Ua Kanilehua
1st Place Wahine ʻAuana
Kumu Hula:
Johnny Lum Ho
2016 ‘Auana Awards
1ST PLACE WAHINE ʻAUANA
Hālau O Ka Ua Kanilehua
Kumu Hula: Johnny Lum Ho
![Hālau O Ka Ua Kanilehua Kumu Hula: Johnny Lum Ho Hālau O Ka Ua Kanilehua Kumu Hula: Johnny Lum Hoa](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/13a.jpg)
2ND PLACE
Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima
Kumu Hula: Māpuana de Silva
![Hālau Mōhala ‘Ilima Kumu Hula: Māpuana de Silva Hālau Mōhala ‘Ilima Kumu Hula: Māpuana de Silva](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17.jpg)
3RD PLACE
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula: Tracie & Keawe Lopes
![Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e Nā Kumu Hula: Tracie & Keawe Lopes Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e Nā Kumu Hula: Tracie & Keawe Lopes](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/23.jpg)
4TH PLACE
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Nā Kumu Hula: Kunewa Mook & Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo
![Hula Hālau ‘O Kamuela Nā Kumu Hula: Kunewa Mook & Kau‘ionālani Kamana‘o Hula Hālau ‘O Kamuela Nā Kumu Hula: Kunewa Mook & Kau‘ionālani Kamana‘o](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/28.jpg)
5TH PLACE
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu Nā Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu Nā Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20.jpg)
Kāne ʻAuana 2016
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
1st Place Kāne ʻAuana
Nā Kumu Hula:
William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu Nā Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu Nā Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/22.jpg)
1ST PLACE KĀNE ʻAUANA
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Kumu Hula: Nāhōkūokalani Gaspang Kumu Hula: Nāhōkūokalani Gaspang](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/27.jpg)
2ND PLACE
Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani
Kumu Hula: Nāhōkūokalani Gaspang
![Kumu Hula: La‘akea Perry Kumu Hula: La‘akea Perry](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/19.jpg)
3RD PLACE
Ke Kai O Kahiki
Kumu Hula: Laʻakea Perry
![Kumu Hula: Chinky Māhoe Kumu Hula: Chinky Māhoe](https://merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/25.jpg)
4TH PLACE
Kawailiʻulā
Kumu Hula: Chinky Māhoe