2015 Merrie Monarch Winners- Hula Kahiko (Wahine Division)

Highlights of the 5 top finishers in the 2015 Hula Kahiko (ancient), Wahine (female) Division. 1st Place: Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela Nā Kumu Hula: Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo & Kunewa Mook “Ki‘eki‘e Kīlauea Me Mauna Loa” This story was told by Mokemanu and printed in Ka Loea Kalaiaina, in the year 1899. The Pele family arrived at Hiʻiakanoholae in Kona, Hawaiʻi. Moving forth from Mauna Loa, Pele declares Halemaʻumaʻu her home and names it Kīlauea. Pele then establishes the divisions of Kīlauea and renames the low-lying plain of Kīlauea as Kapikoʻowākea, a term used in traditional astronomy and geography to mean the terrestrial and celestial equator. 2nd Place: Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka O Uka Kumu Hula: Nāpua Greig “E Manono” “E Manono” was written to commemorate Manono, wife of Kekuaokalani. She was known to fight alongside her husband. Manono and her husband led our people, who st