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Community service and aloha reflects the spirit of inductee Junior Ah You

by Mikaele | Feb 3, 2017 | News at the Center

While the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame inducted Junior Ah You into its class of 2017 during an enshrinement ceremony on January 21, 2017, at the Polynesian Cultural Center, it’s the large Samoan’s decades of serving the people of his home with “aloha”...

The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame enshrines class of 2017

by Mikaele | Feb 3, 2017 | News at the Center

 Annual Celebrations welcomes new inductees In 2013 the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame partnered with the Polynesian Cultural Center in establishing their permanent home in the PCC’s Welcome Center near the main Hukilau Marketplace entrance . . . and enshrined the...

Every guest is special: Providing VIP treatment at the Polynesian Cultural Center

by Mikaele | Jan 2, 2017 | News at the Center

Special visits are a common occurrence here at the PCC The more than 40 million people who have visited the Polynesian Cultural Center since it opened in 1963 includes a long list of stars and dignitaries: kings, queens, national leaders, presidents, famous actors,...
How to Easily Remove Coconut “Meat” From the Shell

How to Easily Remove Coconut “Meat” From the Shell

by Mikaele | Jan 2, 2017 | Cultures of Polynesia

Millions of people have enjoyed the coconut demonstrations in the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Samoan Village. The young men — who do all the cooking, you may remember — make it look so easy; but once you’re back home and you’re tempted to buy a coconut from the...

Tongan Taovala: Meaning, Origins & Cultural Significance

by Mikaele | Dec 19, 2016 | News at the Center

  When one of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s most senior managers recently retired after 45 years of service, Alamoti “Moti” Taumoepeau — “chief” of the PCC’s Tongan Village — gave him a traditional laufala mat hand-woven from strips of dried pandanus leaves,...
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