Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Paige Pa’aluhi, right, and Anela Madarang-Brandes, Taetum Lynn Kalani and Kami Echiverri perform the dance “Ipo Lei Manu,” written by Queen Kapi’olani, for her husband King David Kalakaua as a song of how much she missed him during his travels. This mele (song) was later changed to one of mourning after the death of Kalakaua.

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Men of Linfield perform “Tupulaga A’ana Tulai Mai” a Fa’ataupati dance indigenous to Samoa. Written and sung by Vaniah Toloa, its song describes the rise of a great chief. The Hawaii and Pacific Island cultural club Hui o Lokahi’s 51st annual event was titled “Na Lani ‘Eha” with the theme of “celebrating the stories of our ali’i (royalty) and their love for the people of the Pacific.”