{"id":500,"date":"2013-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/2013\/04\/02\/the-history-of-the-merrie-monarch\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T16:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T02:27:45","slug":"merrie-monarch-festival-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.com\/merrie-monarch-festival-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of the Merrie Monarch Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_59414\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59414\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59414\" src=\"http:\/\/hawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Merrie-Monarch-Keolalaulani-Halau-Olapa-O-Laka-Dennis-Oda.jpg\" alt=\"history of merrie monarch\" width=\"720\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Merrie-Monarch-Keolalaulani-Halau-Olapa-O-Laka-Dennis-Oda.jpg 720w, https:\/\/hawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Merrie-Monarch-Keolalaulani-Halau-Olapa-O-Laka-Dennis-Oda-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wahine of Keolalaulani Halau &#8216;Olapa O Laka dance during the auana portion of the Merrie Monarch Festival competition. (Kumu Aloha Dalire; He&#8217;eia, O&#8217;ahu). Photo: Dennis Oda.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Merrie Monarch Festival honors King David La\u02bbamea Kalakaua, Hawaii\u2019s last king, who reigned from 1874 to 1891.  Kalakaua, nicknamed the \u201cMerrie Monarch,\u201d is credited with reviving Hawaiian cultural practices and arts that had been suppressed for many years by missionary teachings.<\/p>\n<p>During his reign, more than 300 ancient hulas were recovered, and Kalakaua supported the public performance of hula and advocated for a renewed sense of pride in everything Hawaiian \u2014 from medicine to chant and dance.<\/p>\n<p>Because ancient Hawaiians had no written language, Hawaiian genealogy, religion, culture and history were passed down through the generations through hula and chant. It was also a way to acknowledge every feature of the natural world, from birds, trees and flowers to mountains, rivers, wind and rain.<\/p>\n<h2>King David Kalakaua, for Whom the Annual Merrie Monarch Festival is Named<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130331_hula_merriemonarch01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kalakaua himself was a talented musician, composer and creator of hula.<\/p>\n<p>An avid traveler, he made history as the first Hawaiian monarch to visit the United States and the first monarch of any nation to circumnavigate the globe.<\/p>\n<p>He loved luxury, grandeur and having a great time, earning him the nickname of the Merrie Monarch.<\/p>\n<p>On his 50th birthday, Kalakaua celebrated with a Silver Jubilee, a two-week celebration of Hawaiian culture on the grounds of Iolani Palace, which he had built. Besides hula and chant, there was a parade through downtown Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p>One of the gifts he received for his birthday was \u201cNa Mele Aimoku,\u201d a collection of 48 chants in his honor. Today, those mele remain a great source of knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The Merrie Monarch Festival aims to continue what Kalakaua started with its weeklong festival of music, crafts, art and hula, bringing back the spirit of the king\u2019s Silver Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the festival continues to honor the king by selecting a \u201cmo\u2019i kane\u201d (king) and \u201cmo\u2019i wahine\u201d (queen) every year to portray the royal court, which presides over the competition. A large portrait of Kalakaua hangs in the hula venue during the event, and this year, the festival committee brought back the King Kalakaua beard look-alike contest, part of the fun in the celebration\u2019s early years.<\/p>\n<p>The king\u2019s words are emblazoned on every Merrie Monarch Festival program and this year\u2019s commemorative T-shirt: \u201cHula is the language of the heart and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.com\/tag\/merrie-monarch-festival\">Read more about the Merrie Monarch Festival<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Merrie Monarch Festival Through the Years<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1963<\/strong><br \/>\nFestival was founded by Helene Hale, pictured at right, as a way to boost the economy in Hilo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1964<\/strong><br \/>\nInaugural festival lasted four days and featured the King Kalakaua beard contest, barbershop quartet contest, and entertainment at the \u201cGrogge Shoppe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1968<\/strong><br \/>\nDottie Thompson volunteered to be chairwoman of the Merrie Monarch Festival, bringing George Na\u2019ope in to handle the court and pageantry and Albert Nahale\u2019a to handle music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1971<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst hula competition took place at the Hilo Civic Auditorium, a one-night event. Jack Lord of the original \u201cHawaii Five-O\u201d served as parade marshall, Hilo Hattie was honored.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1976<\/strong><br \/>\nThe kane (men\u2019s) division was added. Robert Cazimero\u2019s Halau Na Kamalei was the first kane to place at Merrie Monarch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1979<\/strong><br \/>\nDue to the popularity of the hula competition, the event was moved to the Tennis Stadium (then known as Ho\u2019olulu Tennis Stadium)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1980<\/strong><br \/>\nWaimapuna and Na Wai Eha \u2018O Puna tied for overall kane division title; Hau\u2019oli Hula Studio &amp; Johnny Lum Ho Hula Studio tied for wahine division trophy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1981<\/strong><br \/>\nLive television coverage of Merrie Monarch began on KITV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1988<\/strong><br \/>\nThe 25th annual Merrie Monarch Festival paid tribute to kumu hula Darrell Lupenui, founder of Waimapuna, who died in 1987.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 1995<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Wednesday Night Extravaganza was renamed the Wednesday Night Hoike at Edith Kanaka\u2019ole Tennis Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 2005<\/strong><br \/>\nRobert Cazimero\u2019s all-male Halau Na Kamalei swept kane and overall title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 2009<\/strong><br \/>\nThompson and Na\u2019ope, co-founders of the Merrie Monarch as it is known today, get a standing ovation at what would be their last appearance at the festival. Na\u2019ope died in Hilo in October 2009. He was 81.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 2010<\/strong><br \/>\nThompson died March 19, 2010. She was 88. Kumu hula Rae Fonseca died less than 24 hours after Thompson. He was 56. TV coverage moved to KFVE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb 2013<\/strong><br \/>\nThe 50th Merrie Monarch Festival pays tribute to many of the original winners from the early 1970s, who will appear at the Hoike Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Merrie Monarch Festival honors King David La\u02bbamea Kalakaua, Hawaii\u2019s last king, who reigned from 1874 to 1891. Kalakaua, nicknamed the \u201cMerrie Monarch,\u201d is credited with reviving Hawaiian cultural practices and arts that had been suppressed for many years by missionary teachings. 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