Lei Hoʻohui Lāhui

Lei Hoʻohui Lāhui is a Hawaiian-led kaiāulu gathering grounded in ʻike Hawaiʻi, intergenerational continuity, and experiential cultural learning. This free public event will take place on May 7, 2026, at the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum Courtyard.

The gathering centers on Native Hawaiian leadership while welcoming cross-Indigenous cultural practitioners through structured, reciprocal exchange.

A guided hoʻokupu and cultural protocol at Māuna ʻAla (The Royal Mausoleum) will precede the public gathering. Under Native Hawaiian cultural direction, invited participants will engage in facilitated reflection on aliʻi lineage, including the enduring educational vision of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and her commitment to lāhui uplift through knowledge transmission and community empowerment.

Indigenous solidarity within Lei Hoʻohui Lāhui frames relational sovereignty sustained across time—past, present, and future. Each participating community maintains a distinct lineage and responsibility to place while engaging in reciprocal learning under Hawaiian leadership.

Cultural resilience is understood as adaptive governance—enabling communities to transmit values, regulate relationships to land and kin, and preserve collective memory across generations. Performance arts, chant, storytelling, and ceremony function as embodied knowledge systems through which continuity is enacted.

Interactive lei-making, chant participation, and facilitated dialogue circles are intentionally structured as participatory learning environments. Through guided comparative reflection, participants will explore how Indigenous communities maintain continuity while adapting responsively to contemporary realities. In this way, Lei Hoʻohui Lāhui advances community capacity to sustain ʻike Hawaiʻi across generations while strengthening the social and cultural foundations upon which lāhui well-being depends.