National Championship
Merrie Monarch Festival
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National Championship
Overview
Non-profit festival organisation in Hilo, Hawaii, founded in 1964 to honour the legacy of King David Kalakaua. Since 1971 it has staged the world's most prestigious hula competition, judged in three divisions: Miss Aloha Hula (solo), and wahine and kane group divisions each dancing hula kahiko (ancient) and hula auana (modern).
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Merrie Monarch Festival official site, "About Us" / homepage describing the non-profit, the 63rd annual festival, and the hula kahiko, hula auana and Miss Aloha Hula competition divisions
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