hula girls
Swaying island dancers
Hula girls are dancers who perform hula, the traditional Hawaiian dance characterized by flowing arm movements and swaying hips.
The term often evokes the stereotyped image from mid-20th-century tourism and pop culture—grass skirts, leis, and coconut bras—rather than the authentic sacred dance form.
Bobbing hula girl figurines became iconic dashboard decorations: The plastic hula girl wobbled as we drove.
- HawaiiPacific island state
- leiFlower necklace
- flower crownHead ornament of blossoms
- grass skirtWoven fiber costume
- grass skirtsFringed plant-fiber garments
luau · ukulele · tiki · tiki bar · aloha · aloha spirit · dancers · fire dancer · coconut · tropical · tropical paradise · swaying · hip swaying · hips · orchid · palm trees · beach · Polynesian
- Kitschkitsch, kitschy, tacky, gaudy, garish
- knickknackstchotchkes, trinkets, curios, bric-a-brac, gewgaws
hula girlsflamenco dancers
Spanish folk performance artists
ballet dancers · geisha · Bollywood dancers · debutantes · tap dancers
hula, girl, girls, hulas, girlish, girlhood, girlishly, girlishness