The current youngest keiki class, Papa Pua Liko Lehua, practicing at a Hilo park, October 2021. photo by Nancy Kahalewai
KeOlaMagazine.com | January - February 2022
Since the days of dancing on the ships, she always scanned the audience for someone to give her lei to after the performance. “People were always so surprised and grateful!” Today it has become a Lori Lei’s Hula Studio custom for the haumana to give their lei away to someone after their performances. “It’s our way of showing that the aloha spirit
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still thrives in Hawai‘i. I am thankful and blessed to be a kumu hula and to perpetuate the legacies of my kumu. We are all connected in the divine waters of Life. E ola mau i ka hula!” ■ For more information: 808.938.2394
