Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 4, 1 April 1992 — Molokaʻi Ka Hula Piko celebration May 16 [ARTICLE]

Molokaʻi Ka Hula Piko celebration May 16

The Second Annual Moloka'i Ka Hula Piko — a celebration of the birth of hula on Moloka'i — will take plaee from 10 a.m. until sunset on Saturday, May 16, at Papohako Beach Park on the west end of the island. Focus of the 1992 celebration is the re-birth of the island's ancient fishponds whose rock walls fringe the Moloka'i south shore. Kumu Hula John Keūmikaua of Halau Hula 'O Kukuna Okala is cultural advisor to the sponsors, Destination Moloka'i Association, for the historic sites celebrated in ancient hula and chants. The festival will feature performances by Moloka'i hula halau with musicians and entertainers from throughout Hawai'i. Traditional arts and crafts including quilting, woodworking, lauhala weaving, deerhorn scrimshaw, fish painting, jewelry handcrafted

from woods, nuts, haku lei and many other handcrafts. Food booths serving Hawaiian foods will be open all day. For further information contact Destination Moloka'i Association, 553-3876 or toll free 1-800-367-4753. The association address is P.O. Box 960, Kaunakakai, Moloka'i Hawai'i 96748.