The “Olympics of hula” – CBS News

Seventy-five hundred miles away from Paris, on the Big Island of Hawaii, another competition recently took place with the best hula dancers in the world, competing in traditional and modern hula categories. Correspondent Lee Cowan spoke with teachers and students of the art of hula – an ancient form of storytelling that preserves the culture and grace of the Hawaiian people, which was celebrated at the Merrie Monarch Festival.