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WXOX @ Folklife 2025 Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo  Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Youth & the Future of Culture Interviewed by Max Selby & Jordan Gray WXOX Next Wave Academy July 6, 2025 Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo (School of the Living Voice of the Descendants) is a hula school from the island of Hawaiʻi. The students grew up in Pūnana Leo nests and are either current students or alumni of immersion schools. Kumu hula (teachers) Pelehonuamea (Pele) and Kekoa Harman have dedicated their lives to the Hawaiian revitalization movement. Uniquely, Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo teaches hula exclusively through ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. The hālau embraces Kumu Honua Mauli Ola, a core philosophy to cultivate mauli Hawaiʻi, the unique life force of each Hawaiian person, through ʻōlelo (language), pili ʻuhane (spirituality), lawena (behavior, mannerisms), and ʻike kuʻuna (traditional knowledge). At the Festival, Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo offered a variety of hula demonstrations on the main stage celebrating some of Pukui’s original compositions. Full-length hula performances took place in the Potomac Atrium at the National Museum of the American Indian. Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo will also hold introductory workshops on various traditional instruments and ukulele playing. To top it off, some of the youth cooked easy Hawaiian delicacies in the Foodways kitchen. 
Visit the Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo website Follow Hālau I Ka Leo Ola O Nā Mamo on Instagram Find Smithsonian Folkife on Facebook Check out Smithsonian Folklife Festival on YouTube Return to Folklife 2025 Episode List 
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