The Perpetuation of Hula
and the Hawaiian Culture
![Kahili](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/kahili.png)
2023 Miss Aloha Hula Awards
Miss Aloha Hula 2023
Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionāmakua Thronas Brown
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu: Tracie & Keawe Lopes
![Breeze Ann Kalehuaonālani Vidinha Pavao - Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala - Leināʻala Pavao Jardin - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO3_5811.jpg)
![Breeze Ann Kalehuaonālani Vidinha Pavao - Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala - Leināʻala Pavao Jardin - Photo by Tracey Niimi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TN1_2474.jpg)
2ND PLACE
Breeze Ann Kalehuaonālani Vidinha Pavao
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu: Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
3RD PLACE
Hawaiian Language Award
Meleāna Kamalani Mirafuentes
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu: William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
![Meleāna Kamalani Mirafuentes - Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu - William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_6023-1.jpg)
![Meleāna Kamalani Mirafuentes - 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_5253.jpg)
![Karlee Pōhaikealoha Rita Chong-Kee - Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi - Haunani & ʻIliahi Paredes - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_3148-2.jpg)
![Karlee Pōhaikealoha Rita Chong-Kee - Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi - Haunani & ʻIliahi Paredes - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO3_7624.jpg)
4th PLACE
Karlee Pōhaikealoha Rita Chong-Kee
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu: Haunani & ʻIliahi Paredes
5th PLACE
Nohealeimamo Vaughan-Darval
Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
Kumu: Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval
![Nohealeimamo Vaughan-Darval - Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine - Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval - Photo by Cody Yamaguchi](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CY3_2478-1.jpg)
![Nohealeimamo Vaughan-Darval - Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine - Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval - Photo by Bruce Omori](https://www.merriemonarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/BO3_6545-1.jpg)