Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 5, 1 May 1996 — Molokaʻi Ka Hula Piko [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Molokaʻi Ka Hula Piko

The sixth Annual Moloka'i Ka Hula Piko will be held Saturday, May 18, 1996 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Papohaku Beach Park at Kaluakoi. There will be no admission charge. Presented by the Moloka'i Visitors Association, the hula festival will feature performances by hālau, hula musicians, and singers from Moloka'i and other islands. Hawaiian crafts, including quilting, woodworking, featherwork, and deer-hom scrimshaw, will be demonstrated and available for purchase. Hawaiian foods and Moloka'i specialties will be sold throughout the day. A series of lectures on Moloka'i history and mo'olelo accompanied by dance demonstrations will be presented by kumu hula John Ka'imikāua at the Colony Kaluakoi Hotel and Golf Club. The theme of the festival is Moloka'i Nui A Hina (Great Moloka'i, Child of the Goddess Hina) will be the focus of the leetures and walking tours. Lectures will be offered at Kaluakoi Hotel and Golf Club Hoaloha Room Tuesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. The on-site lectures will be held on the grounds of Father Damien's Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Church and at Kapuwahine Fish Pond, Tuesday, May 14, at 3 p.m. and Wed., May 15, at 10 a.m. Walking tours are at no charge. The cave of Hina, one of Moloka'i's most sacred sites, is located in an inaccessible area of

the hills of Kalua'aha. Interested persons ean join the walking tours at no charge at the designated east Moloka'i lecture site. Ka Hula Piko expresses Moloka'i's commitment to preserving the unique Hawaiian eulture. Moloka'i Visitors Association emphasizes cultural tourism in its promotional programs for Moloka'i, whieh has the highest percentage of residents of Hawaiian ancestry of any of the major Hawaiian islands. For more information eall (808) 553-3876, (800) 553-0404 toll free inter-island, (800)-800-6367 toll free U.S. and Canada.

Kumu Hula John Ka imikaua Photo by Phii Spalding III