• Halema`uma`u Just Before Dawn

    Hawai'i Volcanoes

    National Park Hawai'i

'Ike Hana No'eau & Nā Leo Manu Programs

ʻIke Hana Noʻeau - "Experience the Skillful Work"
E komo mai
...come join the island's practitioners as they share the arts and culture of Hawaiʻi.

Nā Leo Manu - "Heavenly Voices"
Nā Leo Manu is an evening concert series of free Hawaiian music featuring the finest musicians and halāu.

 
 
Date Event
Saturday, May 26, 2012
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Kīlauea Visitor Center Lānai
ʻIke Hana Noʻeau
"Experience the Skillful Work"
Join park ranger Joni Mae Makuakane-Jarrell and create your own one foot piece of kapa, barkcloth.
The class is free - Material cost is $20.00
link to pdf flier - (207KB)
First and Third Saturday of each month beginning June 2, 2012 and ending Dec 15, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Education Center
Come spend time with Kumu 'Olelo Hawai'i Ka'eo Izon as he teaches seven months of Kealaleo, Hawaiian Language Immersion classes.
Cost is $35.00 per month
Link to pdf flier - (167KB)
Saturday, June 16, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Maku'u Farmers Market
Puna 'Ohana Culture Day
Join local practitioners sharing traditional methods of food preparation
Link to pdf flier - (147KB)
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Kīlauea Visitor Center Lānai 
ʻIke Hana Noʻeau
"Experience the Skillful Work"
Come and enjoy FREE island music with Kenneth Makuakāne
link to pdf flier - (129KB)
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Kīlauea Visitor Center Lānai 
ʻIke Hana Noʻeau
"Experience join park rangers Keoki and Jaeneise as they share the arts and crafts of Hawaiian Culture
link to pdf flier - (117KB)
 
 

Did You Know?

`iliahi is the Hawaiian name for sandalwood.

During the 1800's, vast quantities of fragrant sandalwood were the first major export of the Hawaiian Islands.  The trade nearly caused the extinction of `iliahi or sandalwood (Santalum paniculatum).