Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 5, 1 May 2002 — OHA award [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA award

Mālia Petersen received the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Hawaiian language award at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo April 4. The $1,000 cash prize is presented to the Miss Aloha Hula

contestant wno scores highest in the oli (chant) category, as determined by the contest judges, Petersen also won the overall title of Miss

Aloha Hula 2002, and is a member of Hula Hālau o Kamuela under the direction of Kumu Hula Paleka Mattos,

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Mālia Petersen

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