The Perpetuation of Hula
and the Hawaiian Culture
![Kahili](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/kahili.png)
Wahine Kahiko 2023
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
1st Place Wahine Kahiko, 1st Place Wahine Overall, 1st Place Overall
Kumu Hula:
Nā Kumu Tracie & Keawe Lopes
2023 Hula Kahiko Awards
1ST PLACE WAHINE KAHIKO
1st Place Wahine Overall
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula 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_1058-1.jpg)
2ND PLACE WAHINE KAHIKO
2nd Place Wahine 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 Tracey Niimi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TN2_6587-1.jpg)
3RD PLACE WAHINE KAHIKO
Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
Kumu Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval
![Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine - Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval - Photo by Tracey Niimi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TN2_7237.jpg)
4TH PLACE WAHINE KAHIKO
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Nā Kumu Hula:Kunewa Mook & Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo
![Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela - Kunewa Mook & Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO2_4856-1.jpg)
5TH PLACE WAHINE KAHIKO
3rd Place Wahine 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/CY2_3300-1.jpg)
Kāne Kahiko 2023
Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi
1st Place Kāne Kahiko, 1st Place Kāne Overall
Kumu Hula:
Nā Kumu Hula Haunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes
![Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi (Kāne) - ʻIliahi & Haunani Paredes - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_1248.jpg)
1ST PLACE KĀNE KAHIKO
1st Place Kāne Overall
Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Haunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes
![Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu (Kāne) - William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO3_2677-2.jpg)
2ND PLACE. KĀNE KAHIKO
2nd Place Kāne Overall
Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu‘uanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William Kahakuleilehua Haunu‘u “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe (Kāne) - Tracie & Keawe Lopes - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO3_1593.jpg)
3RD PLACE KĀNE KAHIKO
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie & Keawe Lopes
![Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā (Kāne) - Kaleo Trinidad - Photo by Tracey Niimi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TN1_4727-1.jpg)
4TH PLACE KĀNE KAHIKO
3rd Kane Overall
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad