Relaxing day yesterday enjoying the Prince Lot Hula Festival at Moanalua Gardens (yes, I got the T-shirt :). It's a stunningly lovely setting with ancient trees arching over a wide lawn in front of the hula mound, providing natural dappled shade perfect for a lazy picnic watching graceful hula (as always, click photos for a larger view).
This is an annual event, and this year the theme was honoring some of the great women of hula. The kumu hula are more than teachers; they are spiritual leaders, and it was a celebratory and fitting tribute.
Of course, as with any festival, the setting would not be complete without the Hawaiian crafts and plate lunch booths, and activities such as pounding taro into poi.
And so far I've never seen a hula performance without a dance by the little ones, the keiki, who are inevitably adorable.
The day was capped off by an evening out on the town at Aloha Tower listening to music with friends and having...*gasp*...fun with adults. Yes, I was actually out well past midnight laughing, and chair dancing with cowbells was involved...don't ask. It's been WAY too long since I had any fun like that.
Sorry no photos of the evening revelry...you should thank me for that, though, trust me. :)
Aloha pumehana...
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