Colorful Canoe Pageant Honors Polynesian Legacy
From its very beginning in 1963, the Polynesian Cultural Center has featured traditional canoes and, soon after opening, launched a canoe pageant that remains an important part of our daily program. The canoes and pageant not only pay tribute to the islanders’ ancient...All Hawaii Honors King Kamehameha Each June 11
In 1871 King Kamehameha V set apart June 11th as a national holiday honoring his great-grandfather, King Kamehameha I, who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaii through a series of military victories and alliances with other island ali’i or rulers between...Men Do All the Cooking: Cultural Traditions & Stories from Polynesia
Up and until the time I entered college, I had no idea that men do all the cooking anywhere. Certainly not in my home, though my dad was a good cook himself. Unfortunately, his genes never got passed down to me. It wasn’t until I started working at the Polynesian...
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