Mourning the catastrophic loss of Hawaiian culture and history in Lahaina

As it so often is, Lahaina's Front Street was set on Saturday to be a scene celebrating the Hawaiian culture that is so deeply rooted on the storied strip of shoreline.

Hundreds were expected to flood the historic street on Maui for the town's annual hula festival, a commemoration of a renowned hula performer, the late Emma Farden Sharpe, whose ancestral home was where the corner of Front and Shaw streets now sit.

Now it is the site of one of the worst disasters in Hawaiian history. this week leveled much of the National Historical Landmark District, razing the