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Kalbi-Glazed Short Rib Recipe
Pounders Restaurant is fast becoming one of the local favorites here on the north shore of Oahu. It doesn't take much to realize that this is due to local chef, Felix Tai who has been given room to practice his special style of ono Asian-Western-Polynesian fusion....
Choosing a ukulele? Here’s what you need to know
Ukuleles are one of the most popular and easy to play stringed instruments. The Polynesian Cultural Center offers an awesome array of ukuleles. In this blog, Rebecca Sabalones provides our readers with important information to help them select the perfect instrument for them.
Cook Island performers return to Polynesian Cultural Center
For the second consecutive year, the government of the Cook Islands has sent a performing group from its National Arts Theater and leaders to appear at the Polynesian Cultural Center through July 17, 2018. “We’re so excited to have them back again this year,” said...
New Kauhola Art Gallery features Polynesian Cultural Center employee creations
With the opening of the new Kauhola Art Gallery at the Polynesian Cultural Center, (if they didn’t know before they arrived) our visitors quickly learn how artistically inclined some PCC employees are in fine and traditional Polynesian arts. The Kauhola Art Gallery,...
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How to Rain-Proof a Samoan Fale
Rain Proofed Living Q: What did the Samoans who traditionally lived in open-sided fale or houses do when it rained heavily? A: Centuries ago the old Samoans figured out a way to weave a series of pola or “blinds” made from coconut-leaf fronds that were...
Do Hula Dancers Still Use “Grass Skirts”?
Grass Skirts, or Not? So-called “grass skirts” have always been a misnomer; however, Hawaiians and other Polynesians have traditionally used strips of natural fibers, barks and other materials to create various skirts and adornment. The purpose of such skirts, beyond...
PART III – Pearl Harbor and WWII Histories from La’ie: Mixing It Up in La’ie
SEGMENT III: Mixing It Up In Laie In Part 3 of our series of Laie during World War II, we learn from the recollections of Laverne Pukahi, Joe Ah Quin and Gladys Pualoa Ahuna about how the locals entertained themselves, what it was like to be surrounded by numerous...
Roasting Turkey, Polynesian Style!
* Cooking by underground oven, or "Imu" is a distinctly Polynesian practice, and boy is it delicious! (Picture courtesy of Mark Weims) Last week I introduced how much turkey is loved here on the islands. This week I would like to showcase how that plays out during...
PART II – Pearl Harbor and WWII Histories from La’ie: The Military Takes Charge
In Part 2 of our series of La’ie during World War II, we learn from the recollections of Laverne Pukahi Joe Ah Quin and Gladys Pualoa Ahuna how martial law, declared immediately following the Japanese attack that brought the US into World War II, affected the local...
Kolipoki shares Tonga memories, insights at PCC
About 60 years ago it took a young Mormon missionary from Idaho more than three months to travel from the Intermountain West to the remote northern Tongan island of Niuatoputapu. There, Elder John H. Groberg — known as Kolipoki, the Tongan transliteration of his last...
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