KANANI KAWAIOLAMANALOA’S MO’OKUAUAU COMES FROM THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI WHERE SHE WAS HANDED DOWN LA’AU LAPA’AU AND DANCE FROM HER KUPUNA. A BIG ISLAND HAWAII RESIDENT, KAHU, AND KUMU HULA , KANANI IS A HEALING ARTS THERAPIST, A POET, LECTURER AS WELL AS A PAINTER. SHE IS A DESIGNER OF AN EXTRAORDINARY LINE OF CORAL AND PEARL JEWELRY. SHE HAS SPENT SEVERAL YEARS WORKING IN JAPAN AND ON THE US CONTINENT .