The Perpetuation of Hula
and the Hawaiian Culture
![Kahili](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/kahili.png)
Wahine Kahiko 2018
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
1st Place Wahine Kahiko
Nā Kumu Hula:
Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla
2018 Kahiko Awards
1ST PLACE WAHINE KAHIKO
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Nā Kumu Hula: Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla
![Hālau Hi‘iakaināmakalehua Hālau Hi‘iakaināmakalehua](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DA2_2540.jpg)
2ND PLACE
1st Place Wahine Overall
2018 Festival Winner
Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka
Kumu Hula: Nāpua Greig
![Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DA2_2303-1.jpg)
3RD PLACE
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leināʻala
Kumu Hula: Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
![Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinā‘ala Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinā‘ala](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TK2_5276.jpg)
4TH PLACE
Hālau Mōhala ʻIlima
Kumu Hula: Māpuana de Silva
![Hālau Mōhala ‘Ilima Hālau Mōhala ‘Ilima](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DA2_2290-1.jpg)
5TH PLACE
Hula Hālau ‘O Kamuela
Nā Kumu Hula: Kunewa Mook & Kau‘ionālani Kamana‘o
![Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TK2_5395.jpg)
Kāne Kahiko 2018
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
1st Place Kāne Kahiko & 1st Place Kāne Overall
Kumu Hula:
Kaleo Trinidad
![Kawaili‘ulā Kawaili‘ulā](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TK1_1310.jpg)
1ST PLACE KĀNE KAHIKO
1st Place Kāne Overall
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kumu Hula: Kaleo Trinidad
![Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DA1_0281-1.jpg)
2ND PLACE
Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi
Nā Kumu Hula: Haunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes
![Ke Kai O Kahiki Ke Kai O Kahiki](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BO1_2089.jpg)
3RD PLACE
Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunu‘u “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Kawaiʻulaokalā Kawaiʻulaokalā](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DA1_0639.jpg)
4TH PLACE
Hālau I Ka Wēkiu
Nā Kumu Hula: Karl Veto Baker & Michael Casupang