KAHĀ 2026

KAHĀ 2026

12:00pm PDT

Opening Ceremonies (1.5 hrs)

2:00pm PDT

Session 1: Apolima Lauhala - Bracelet (2 hrs)Malia Nobrega-Olivera

Session 1: Lei Making - Wili Method (2 hrs)Bill Char

Session 1: Hula Kahiko "He Mele Hulu No Kapiʻolani" ("Aia i Waimānalo Ko Nuʻa Hulu") (2 hrs)Pōhaikealoha Souza

Session 1: Lāʻau Lapaʻau (Traditional Hawaiian Plant-based Healing Practice) (2 hrs)Tuti Kanahele

Session 1: Beginning ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (2 hrs)Kū Koanui-Souza

Sessions 1 & 2: Pūpū Niʻihau - Niʻihau Shell Earrings (4 hrs)ʻAwapuhi Kahale

Sessions 1 & 2: Hula Kahiko "ʻAʻohe Ka Heluna No Waiʻanae" (4 hrs)Kalani "Boboy" Kaawa Flores-Hatt, Jr.

4:15pm PDT

Session 2: Hula ʻAuana "Kuilima Hula" (2 hrs)Leimomi Ho

7:30am PDT

Wehena & Keynote Speaker (1.25 hrs)Dr. Kalani Akana

9:00am PDT

Session 3: Hei (String Figures) (2 hrs)Dr. Kalani Akana

Sessions 3 & 4: Oeoe/Ipu Hoehoe (4 hrs)Dr. Lelemia Keoho Irvine

Sessions 3 & 4: Nā Hulu Humupapa Headband (4 hrs)Kanoe Cadina

Sessions 3 & 4: Mele Research (4 hrs)Leialoha Lim Amina

11:15am PDT

Session 4: Peahi Lauhala (2 hrs)Malia Nobrega-Olivera

Session 4: Wai Hoʻoluʻu (Natural Dye Bath) (2 hrs)Sabra Kauka • Janne Larsen

Session 4: Hula Kahiko "Aia i Oʻahu Kou Lei Aliʻi" (2 hrs)Kahikilani Akana

2:00pm PDT

Session 5: Lei Making - Haku Method (2 hrs)Bill Char

Session 5: Hula ʻAuana "Kuʻu Home i Kuliʻouʻou" (2 hrs)Pōhaikealoha Souza

Session 5: Hula ʻAuana "Neneʻu" (2 hrs)Leimomi Ho

Session 5: Nā Honua Mauli Ola (2 hrs)Kuʻualoha Kauliʻa • Makana Garma • Paula De Morales

Session 5: Oli (2 hrs)Dr. Kalani Akana

Session 5: What Makes Mele Hawaiian? (2 hrs)Kainani Kahaunaele

Sessions 5 & 6: Pūpū Niʻihau - Niʻihau Shell Earrings (4 hrs)ʻAwapuhi Kahale

4:15pm PDT

Session 6: Wai Hoʻoluʻu (Natural Dye Bath) (2 hrs)Janne Larsen • Sabra Kauka

Session 6: ʻOhe Kāpala (Carved Bamboo Stamp): Carving & Design Creation Workshop (2 hrs)Nalu Andrade

Session 6: Hula ʻAuana "He Aloha No ʻO Waiʻanae" (2 hrs)Rolanda Mohala Reese

Session 6: Hula ʻAuana "He Lei Wehi" (2 hrs)Kahikilani Akana

Session 6: `Aipono – Honoring our Foods, Our Traditions, Our Culture (2 hrs)Kaiulani Odom

Session 6: Beginning ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (2 hrs)Kū Koanui-Souza

6:30pm PDT

Hōʻike (~1.5 hrs)

8:00am PDT

Wehena (0.5 hr)

9:00am PDT

Session 7: ʻOhe Kāpala (Carved Bamboo Stamp): Carving & Design Creation Workshop (2 hrs)Nalu Andrade

Session 7: Hula Kahiko "Kākuhihewa" (2 hrs)Rolanda Mohala Reese

Session 7: Lomilomi for the ʻOhana (2 hrs)Kaiulani Odom

Session 7: What Makes Mele Hawaiian? (2 hrs)Kainani Kahaunaele

KAHĀ 2026

From $375.00