The Perpetuation of Hula
and the Hawaiian Culture
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Wahine ʻAuana 2023
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Kumu Hula:
Nā Kumu Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla
2023 Hula ‘Auana Awards
1ST PLACE WAHINE ʻAUANA
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Nā Kumu Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla
![Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua - Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla - Photo by Tracey Niimi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TN2_2318-1.jpg)
2nd PLACE WAHINE ʻAUANA
3rd Place Wahine Overall
3rd Place Overall
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
![Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala - Leināʻala Pavao Jardin - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_5622-1.jpg)
3rd PLACE WAHINE ‘AUANA
2nd Place Wahine Overall
2nd Place Overall
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu - William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO3_2075.jpg)
4TH PLACE WAHINE ‘AUANA
1st Place Wahine Overall
1st Place Overall
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Tracie & Keawe Lopes
![Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe - Tracie & Keawe Lopes - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_5328-3.jpg)
5TH PLACE WAHINE ‘AUANA
Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
Kumu Hula Ka‘ilihiwa Vaughan-Darval
![Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine - Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval - Photo by Tracey Niimi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TN1_9463.jpg)
Kāne ʻAuana 2023
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Kumu Hula:
Nā Kumu Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla
![Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua (Kāne) - Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_4957.jpg)
1ST PLACE KĀNE ʻAUANA
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua
Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla
![Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā (Kāne) - Kaleo Trinidad - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY2_4029-1.jpg)
2ND PLACE KĀNE ʻAUANA
3rd Place Kāne Overall
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kumu Kaleo Trinidad
![Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu (Kāne) - William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_4630-1.jpg)
3RD PLACE KĀNE ʻAUANA
2nd Place Kāne Overall
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi (Kāne) - ʻIliahi & Haunani Paredes - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO2_8723.jpg)
4TH PLACE KĀNE ʻAUANA
1st Place Kāne Overall
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu ʻIliahi & Haunani Paredes