Hawaiian music, cultural health practices highlighted in upcoming health fair

The Kulia I Ka Nuʻu Hawaiian Health Fair Kauaʻi will celebrate women’s health and Hawaiian music at Kauaʻi Museum next Saturday.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Hawaiian Music Perpetuation Society, Kauaʻi Museum, and KekuaAloha Foundation are hosting the free event for the community from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kauaʻi Museum on Saturday, May 24.

Guest speakers will dive into cultural health practices centered on wāhine. They include:

• Chucky Boy Chock – Executive Director at Kauaʻi Museum
  • Queen Kapiʻolani and Aliʻi Wāhine at 10 a.m.
• Dr. Lysa Kalani Kama-Carr – PsyD Therapist with the Department of Education
  • Healthy Hawaiian Cultural Practice at 11 a.m.
• Steph Edwards – Registered Nurse in Neurology
  • Brain Trauma at 12 p.m.
• Rae Nam – Executive Director at Kūkulu Kumuhana o Anahola
  • Safe Pathways for Healthy ʻOhana at 1 p.m.
• Emmalani Makepa-Foley – Hawaiian Cultural Practitioner
  • Laʻau Lapaʻau at 2 p.m.

While guest speakers host talks in the courtyard, there will be resources and booths available with information of ʻohana as well as a free plant giveaway and free basic haircuts, which will only be available from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Kauaʻi Museum will also welcome special guest, Aunty Kuʻuipo Kumukahi, who will perform for attendees during the event. There will also be other live performances from:

• Troy and Puni Waialeale
• Kapaʻa Middle School ukulele band
• Hiʻipoi Vakamelau
• Lady Ipo Kahaunaele and Friends

For more information or questions, email education@kauaimuseum.org.