WAIMANALO (KHNL) - It's an ancient Hawaiian plant used as a drum for the hula. The Ipu, or hard shelled gourd, nearly disappeared from Hawaii. One woman hopes to re-root this indigenous plant on Oahu.

PO‘IPU — One of the largest groups since the opening of the Grand Hyatt Kaua‘i Resort and Spa in 1990 rolled in Thursday. Literally. “Bus, after bus, they came as the planes landed in Lihu‘e,” said ...

PO‘IPU — Kaua‘i Film Commissioner Art Umezu said it is not every day when you can see happi coats, a traditional Japanese garb, and hula attire on the same stage. That was the case Monday when Hui O ...

This story has been corrected. In front of Bishop Museum grows a laa­mia tree, with branches that reach toward the sky. Look closer and you will see round, green fruit hanging. It is from the fruit of ...

Merrie Monarch is over, but not for this little guy! One-year-old Jeaven Maeva is seen playing his ipu accompanied by his beautiful hula dancer Piha. While most little boys his age like to bang ...

Hula, once a romantic form of communiqué consisting of hip-swiveling dance and native island chants, has recently gone pro. With blue-chip sponsors like Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton and Hawaiian ...

We hadn't dressed up just for the occasion. We wear aloha shirts often because they're cheerful. So when we were welcomed, looking all tropical, into this outwardly unassuming South San Francisco ...

As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their drums and began to chant while others danced, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua and ‘Ote’a ‘Api School of Polynesian Dance seemed to teleport from the interior ...