Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 5, 1 May 2018 — 'ŌLELO HAWAI'I MASTERY AT MERRIE MONARCH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
'ŌLELO HAWAI'I MASTERY AT MERRIE MONARCH
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs congrotulates Ecstasy Jetta Laverne Kamakalikolehua Ligon of Ka Lē 'Onohi Mai 0 Ha'eha'e who won OHA's Hawaiian Language Award during the 201 8 Merrie Monarch Miss Aloha Hula competition. Ligon, who was first runner up for Miss Aloha Hula, performed a hula kahiko titled "Ka Li'a," a six-partchantwritten aboutthe Lanakila train in honorof Oueen Lili'uokalani. In an interview during the Memie Monarch broadcast, Ligon explained, "What's special to me about this hula kahiko is that it runs through the moku of Wai'anae and that's where l'm from so I ean connect to this mele." - Photo: Courtesy ofKumu Hula Tracie iopes