Merrie Monarch Parade: UH Hilo joins the celebration
Published April 11, 2024 by admin
Larry Kimura, UH Hilo Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies, was Grand Marshall of the 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade. Seated to his right is Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, and to his left is Director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language Kaʻiu Kimura. April 6, 2024, Hilo. (Photo courtesy of Lei Kapono/UH Hilo)
Photos are courtesy of Lei Kapono, associate director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani. Click images to enlarge.
A large group from UH Hilo and affiliated Hawaiian immersion school Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu walked in the Merrie Monarch Parade on April 6.
At the front of group, a banner: E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (The Hawaiian Language Shall Live).
Among the UH Hilo group were students and faculty from ʻAha Pūnana Leo, a child care center that offers Hawaiian language and cultural programs for keiki (children) and their families, co-founded by UH Hilo faculty in 1983 and now with centers throughout the state. (Chancellor Irwin walks at far right.)
From left, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies Larry Kimura (Grand Marshall of the Merrie Monarch Parade), Chancellor Bonnie Irwin, and Director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language Kaʻiu Kimura.
From left, Chancellor Bonnie Irwin, retired Director of UH Hilo’s Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center Gail Makuakāne-Lundin, and Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs Kalei Rapoza.
Group of faculty from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani stand for photo with banner.
Chancellor Irwin at left stands with group from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani.
Group of faculty and staff from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani.
Group of students with banner from their school Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, UH Hilo’s Laboratory Public Charter School located in Keaʻau.
Second from left is Director of Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Kauanoe Kamanā, and at far right is Professor of Hawaiian Studies William “Pila” Wilson. Both were instrumental in establishment of the school.
UH Hilo group walks in 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade holding banner E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (The Hawaiian Language Shall Live), April 6, 2024, Hilo.
