Aloha Festivals
aloha festival annual series free cultural celebration observed state hawaii united state based makahiki beginning native hawaiian year marked sighting pleiades makalii statewide cultural festival nation highlight include presentation royal court hoolaulea waikiki floral parade approximately people volunteer plan organize provide labor aloha festival year effort entertain people throughout state visitor world spirit preserving hawaiian culture heritage aloha festival established aloha week former member local junior chamber commerce former manager festival goriann akau said war hawaiian needed identity lost needed regroup started celebrate culture began feel proud wonderful culture buried number year brought selfesteem important making lot money festival celebrated six hawaii island festival organizer decided hold event oahu due lack funding also chance floral parade would cancelled altogether saved private donor fund city county honolulu aloha festival held court selected pool applicant must hawaiian ancestry certain age festival begin presentation royal court opening ceremony ceremony take place helumoa section waikiki near royal hawaiian center floral parade start intersection ala moana boulevard kamakee st go waikiki finishing kapiolani park parade feature pau rider marching band hula halaus year aloha festival royal court hoʻolauleʻa block party held waikiki hawaiian music hula food attendance typically thousand year specific theme piliʻaina kinship land aloha ʻaina love land ke ala ka mua ka wa mahope road future lead pastroyal court investiture held virtually parade cancelled due nā moolelo ʻukulele ukulele story ke kai kakou e sea lei aloha ke keiki child garland love hāli‘a aloha treasured memory hula aloha beloved feather treasure maluhia honua world peace aloha moana nui akea celebrating ocean voyaging hoʻonui ʻike increase knowledge mele ailana celebrate island music info needed year hula let story told hula art hawaiian dance ke kahua lani hawaii na paniolo nui hawaii great cowboy hawaii nā honu hawaiʻi spirit within nā kamaliʻi child e mau ana ka hula ke kanaka hula life people ka ʻuhane ka loea spirit master hoʻohanohano nā holokai honor voyager makana nā lei nani gift beautiful lei hui pū ka hula together song dance ola ka ʻōiwi native endure hoʻala hou reawaken lokomaikai gracious beautiful spirit e pilimain come together one ʻohana kakou family e pupukahi na kamalei mai kupuna mai pulama cherish enriched land aloha kulia ka nuʻu strive reach summit makana makamae ʻo ke aloha hawaii isle smile rainbow aloha pule hoʻohakahala httpwwwalohafestivalscom