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PCC Samoan Culture Ambassador joins media blitz
The Polynesian Cultural Center recently participated in a media blitz on the U.S. East coast that included our Samoan Culture Ambassador Creasepaul Tofa. He is a traditionally raised Samoan who enjoys sharing his heritage with both visitors and urban Samoan students: ...
Best-ever Samoan World Fireknife Championship
The Polynesian Cultural Center’s 25th annual Samoan World Fireknife Championship special event from May 11-13, 2017, surpassed all expectations. Following two days of men’s preliminary and semifinal competition, junior and intermediate division finals, and a high school Samoan traditional cultural arts festival, it all came down to three thrilling finalists separated by the narrowest margins.
PCC World Fireknife photo essay
This article is a photo essay of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s 25th annual Samoan World Fireknife Championship, including the “We Are Samoa” high school traditional Samoan arts festival, from May 11-13, 2017.
Toa O Samoa: Samoans in the Armed Forces
Toa o Samoa means “Warriors/Heroes of Samoa.” The Samoans serving in the US Armed Forces welcome all their fellow soldiers into their circle. As long as there are Samoans (and other Polynesians) serving, others serving will have a brother/sister for life. Your loved ones did not die alone, and those serving are not alone.
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“We Are Samoa” High School Cultural Arts Festival Sells Out
The PCC has also been staging a traditional Samoan cultural arts and practices festival — featuring Samoan and interested high school students from across Oahu — as an important part of the World Fire Knife Championships . . . and to show just how popular this year’s...
2015 World Fire Knife Championship Heats Up PCC
For the past 23 years the Polynesian Cultural Center has brought together many of the finest, most exciting Samoan knife dancers in the world — and please note, not all of them are ethnic Samoans — to compete for the title of World Fire Knife Champion. Over...
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...
Laie Community Update
Laie Community Updates New Laie hotel: Work continues on the new Laie Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, with an official opening date still listed as “mid-summer” this year. Meanwhile, Lodging Dynamics, the new hotel’s managing partner, recently announced its executive...
Sesquicentennial
Laie sesquicentennial celebration: In early 1865 — 150 years ago — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased the two ahupuaa [traditional Hawaiian land divisions] of Laie, and established the small community as a Mormon plantation, headquarters and...
Polynesian Cultural Center Affiliate Program
PCC Launches E-Commerce Affiliate Program Within days, if it’s not already up on the Internet, the Polynesian Cultural Center will launch it’s new, first-ever e-commerce affiliate program that will enable participating website publishers to earn PCC commissions. As...
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