HULA PRESERVATION SOCIETY

HONOLULU, HI

The Hula Preservation Society is a non-profit organization located in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1989, it is dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of hula, an ancient Hawaiian dance form. The Society works to protect hula as a living cultural tradition and to promote its practice in a manner respectful of its traditional cultural values.

The Society works to promote the practice of hula through educational programs and workshops, lectures, classes, and performance events. The Society's educational programs involve teaching the traditional hula kahiko, as well as modern hula auana. The Society also offers weekly classes and workshops, open to all ages, which involve the study of hula chants, costuming, and the traditional instruments used in hula.

The Society actively promotes hula performance events throughout the year. These include the Merrie Monarch Festival, the largest hula competition in the world, and other hula performances at festivals and special events. The Society also sponsors hula classes and workshops for both adults and children, and produces CDs and DVDs of hula.

The Society is committed to preserving hula as a living cultural tradition by encouraging its practice and teaching, and by promoting its performance events. The Society works to maintain a high level of professionalism and respect for the traditions of hula, and to ensure that hula is practiced in a manner that honors its cultural integrity.

HULA PRESERVATION SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in HONOLULU HI. US MID #8401500179

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Western (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 279,012 from tax period 201212 (YYYYMM).

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HULA PRESERVATION SOCIETY
C/O 1150 SOUTH KING STREET NO 605
HONOLULU
HI
96814

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