Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 4, 1 ʻApelila 1998 — Ua kaumaha mai nei ʻo Hawaiʻi a puni i ka lono, ua hala ʻo Mililani Allen, ke kumu hula o ka Halau Hula o Mililani, i ka moe o Niolopua [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ua kaumaha mai nei ʻo Hawaiʻi a puni i ka lono, ua hala ʻo Mililani Allen, ke kumu hula o ka Halau Hula o Mililani, i ka moe o Niolopua

Hawai'i is saddened by the recent passing of Mary Mililani Allen, kumu hula of Hālau Hula o Mililani. She was 52. After attaining the rank of kumu hula through 'ūniki rites from Maiki Aiu Lake in 1973, Allen began a long career of hula and chant instruction, inspiring scores of haumāna, particularly from the : Wai'anae coast. She was also affiliated with 'īlio'ulaokalani and ; Hālau Hāloa. Several weeks prior to her passing, Mililani Allen bestowed the rank j of kumu hula on her long-time student, Makālapua Bemard, in a pri- ; vate 'ūniki ceremony officiated by kumu hula Robert Cazimero, ; Leinā'ala Kalama Heine, Victoria Holt-Takamine and Māpuana deSil- ; va, all fellow graduates of Hālau Hula o Maiki. Mililani Allen was a descendant of a Maui chiefly line. She is sur- | vived by her sons Liko and Noa, mother Blanche Lee, brothers Wallis ; and Alvin Kim, nieee Aloha Benedict, the haumāna of Hālau Hula o i Mililani, many friends and extended 'ohana. Aloha nō.

Kumu Hula Mililani Allen 1945-1998

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