Maui Celebrates 150th Year Jubilee of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I
Royal Order. File photo by Wendy Osher.
The Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Kahekili Chapter IV on Maui will host a 150th Year Jubilee in April. The event will include a week of festivities beginning on Sunday, April 3, 2016 and will conclude on April 9.
The signature event is being held in celebration of Hawaii’s oldest royal organization established by royal decree in 1865 by Kamehameha V. It is among several royal societies still in existence today, that continue to uphold distinctive cultural protocol and perpetuate the cultural traditions and practices of Native Hawaiians.
Festivities will be held at the Hale Nanea Culture Center in Kahului, Kamehameha Iki Park in Lahaina, and at the Grand Wailea Resort in South Maui.
Royal Order observing Kamehameha Day. File photo: June 11, 2014, by Wendy Osher.
Hoʻolauleʻa Week Schedule
- Highlight of the day includes, a showcase of THE ROYAL ORDER of KAMEHAMEHA
- Historical time periods
- Documentary films
- Imu presentation of traditional and modern day
- Local crafts & food vendors, Hawaiian music
- Highlight of the day includes, “Kalo” (Taro) farming
- Farm to table
- Demonstration “Paʻi ʻai” (traditional poi pounding)
- Local crafts & food vendors, food and Hawaiian music
- Highlight of the day includes, “Stone and Wood” carving
- Learn and create your own “Kukui Hele Po” (stone lamp)
- Meet the practitioners of the art
- Local crafts and food vendors, and Hawaiian music
- Highlight of the day includes, “Hawaiian Health”
- Free blood screening
- High blood pressure /diabetes
- Lomi lomi (Hawaiian massage)
- Laʻau lapaʻau (Hawaiian medicine)
- Local crafts and food vendors, and Hawaiian music
- Highlight of the day includes, “Hui o Waʻa Kaulua”
- Star navigation (guided by the Heavens)
- Documentary film
- Presentation “Mo’o Kiha o Piʻilani”/Maui’s canoe
- Local crafts and food vendors, and Hawaiian music
- Highlight of the day includes, “Hawaiian Music”
- Kī hōʻalu (slack key)
- Hula
- Learn three classic Hula and Music
- ʻUlupalakua/Puamana/Waikōloa
- Local crafts and food vendors, and Hawaiian Music
Royal Order observing Kamehameha Day. File photo: June 11, 2014, By Wendy Osher.
150th Year Jubilee Royal Ball Celebration
- Closing ceremony
- Offerings
- Procession of Hawaiʻi’s Royal societies
- Ballroom ceremony
- Plated Dinner
- Acknowledgements/ Awards
- Show
- Entertainment by: Willie K. and Amy Hanaialiʻi
- Ballroom Dancing
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