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Welcome To Merrie Monarch Festival Hotels. For 50 years, the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, Hawaii, has featured the vivid dress, the pageantry and the dance of the Hawaiian culture. The week-long event features an internationally-acclaimed hula competition, an arts and crafts fair, Miss Aloha Hula competition, the Merrie Monarch Royal Parade and a variety of entertainment, live music and hula performances. The Merrie Monarch Festival was created to honor King David Kalakaua's legacy, part of which was to return hula to the Hawaiian people after it had been banned by non-native rulers. Book your festival hotel today!