44th Merrie Monarch Hula Festival Hilo Hawaii -- Gallery Two-- Halau Hula `o Mehanaokala from Tokyo Japan April 11, 2007 http://leighs-gallery.smugmug.com/gallery/2724011_gz3vu/ This large hula troupe of 60 dancers, with their thrilling mix of Hawaiian and Tahitian dances put on quite a variety of costumes and were a lot of fun to watch. This halau is lead by kumu hula Kuuleinani Hashimoto. Hula is enormously popular in Japan. **10- pages of images. ***These photos will print nicely but keep in mind they were taken without a flash, as required, therefore most images contain a grainy or slightly pixelated look to them if blown up to large prints—but even then they look good. Licence: I make no representations as to whether your specific use of the image requires a release. You must assume that responsibility. I can only tell you that I don't have a release that is transferable to you. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Hawaiian Cultural Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:11:34 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://leighs-gallery.smugmug.com/Hawaiian-Cultural/44th-Merrie-Monarch-Hula-1/IMG0346/144763625_ADABu-Ti.jpg 44th Merrie Monarch Hula Festival Hilo Hawaii -- Gallery Two-- Halau Hula `o Mehanaokala from Tokyo Japan April 11, 2007 http://leighs-gallery.smugmug.com/gallery/2724011_gz3vu/