In honor of Molokai’s historic kulaia, on Friday, Sept. 19, Molokai hosted its first annual Kulaia event in a downtown block festival welcoming more than 2,000 attendees to an atmosphere of excitement and aloha. Molokai has never seen the street entering Kaunakakai town closed down and lined with an array of food vendors, merchandise and craft artisans and cultural practitioners in the middle of the street. An ocean and paddler-themed stage with lighted torches was complimented by Molokai’s very own koa canoe, Kuaha`amakealapono.