“Kōkua Nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani” a day of hula and mele

Over the last 30 years, when our homeland faced immense challenges to our well-being and the well-being of our ʻāina, the hula people stepped forward and shared the mele and hula that allowed our people to have a cultural foundation to face those challenges. It gave us a common language from which we could express ourselves and speak directly to the elements, the ancestors, and connect with the humanity of the aggressive actors against us.  The wildfires on Maui in Kula and Lahaina have called us forward as our homeland is being challenged once more.