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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,...
Li Hing Mui Vinaigrette Recipe
Aloha, family! We present the first in the personal collection of recipes shared by Chef Felix Tai, Head Chef of Pounders Restaurant. These bi-monthly posts, which will be a part of our popular Eat Polynesia recipe series takes us into the world of Chef Tai, where...
Cook Islands return to the Polynesian Cultural Center – June 18 – July 19, 2018!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBa_jgVsiLI&feature=youtu.be The Polynesian Cultural Center is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our friends from the Cook Islands again this summer from June 18 - July 19, 2018. "We were greatly honored last summer...
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PBN Bestows Inaugural Attraction Pineapple Award on PCC
Honolulu-based Pacific Business News, which has recognized various categories of achievement throughout Hawaii since it was founded in 1963, presented its inaugural Pineapple Award in the visitor attraction leadership category to the Polynesian Cultural Center during...
Tongan Funerals & Weddings: Traditions, Meaning & Family Unity
As explained on the official website of the Kingdom of Tonga...."family is the central unit of Tongan life." "Tongan society is guided by four core values, all of which combine to ensure a generous and genuine welcome to visitors to the Kingdom; Fefaka’apa’apa’aki...
PCC and Other Laie News
Other PCC and related news PFHOF sets inaugural prep all-star game in Hawaii: The Polynesian Football Hall of Fame — whose museum display is located near the Hukilau Market Place main entrance of the Polynesian Cultural Center and features FREE-ADMISSION — has set...
Aunty Ellen Gay’s “Graduation”
Dela Rosa ‘graduates’ after 43 years Ellen Gay Kekuaokalani Dela Rosa (shown at left), PCC’s long-time Theater Director, retired on her 65th birthday, August 5, 2016, after working for the Polynesian Cultural Center for 43 years. Several hundred co-workers, friends...
Fijians Share Several Unique Cultural Aspects with Hawaiians
During a recent retirement farewell event for former Hawaiian cultural specialist Keith Awai (CLICK HERE to view video from this great celebration), PCC Fijian Village “chief” Ratu Seru Inoke Suguturaga noted the while Polynesians share many similar cultural aspects...
Fiji wins gold!
PCC Fijians celebrate Olympic gold “Rugby is Fiji’s national sport. It’s very popular,” said PCC Fijian Village “Chief” Ratu Seru Inoke Suguturaga . . . so it’s no surprise that Fijians at the Polynesian Cultural Center, back home in the islands and around the world,...
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