Kumu hula Aloha Dalire, center, sits with (clockwise from front left), her daughters Kapua Dalire-Moe, Kaui Dalire and Keola Dalire, and her granddaughter Kili Lai, front right, at their studio Keolalaulani Halau Olapa O Laka in Kaneohe. (Krystle Marcellus / kmarcellus@staradvertiser.com)
Halau I Ka Wekiu danced during the kahiko portion of the Merrie Monarch Festival last year. They took first place for the performance and swept the awards, taking first in kane auana, kane overall and the overall winner title. (Dennis Oda / doda@staradvertiser.com)
Modern Auana illustration (Martha Hernandez / mhernandez@staradvertiser.com)
Robert Cazimero looked at dancers of his Halau Na Kamalei and cheered after they swept the kane awards and the overall title at the 42nd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival in 2005. The halau competed at the Merrie Monarch Festival in 1976, the first year men were allowed to participate, and won the overall men’s award. (Dennis Oda / doda@staradvertiser.com)
A close-up of Robert Cazimero. (Dennis Oda / doda@staradvertiser.com)
Robert Cazimero’s Halau Na Kamalei o Lililehua performed in the kahiko portion of the Merrie Monarch Festival in 2005, when they won the overall title. (Dennis Oda / doda@staradvertiser.com)
Tetsushi and Mihoko Uno from Kobe, Japan, have attended the Merrie Monarch Festival every year since 2005. The couple lived in Honolulu from 2004 to 2008 and grew to love Hawaiian culture. (Courtesy photo)
O’Brian Eselu’s halau Ke Kai O Kahiki performed “A Ka’uku,” which depicted a battle between Pele and half-man, half-pig demigod Kamapua’a at the 2010 Merrie Monarch Festival. The kane of Ke Kai O Kahiki swept the awards at the competition, winning the kahiko, auana and overall kane title, and were the group overall winner. (Dennis Oda / doda@staradvertiser.com)
Dorothy Soares Thompson. (Star-Advertiser File)
George Lanakilakeikiahialii Na’ope, better known as “Uncle George.” (Star-Advertiser File)
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