Lā‛ie: The Little Haven
Lā‛ie is a small town. It always has been. Statistics for the 1960s don’t exist, so it’s hard to chart its growth from that time. But even after more than 60 years of establishing the organization that provides jobs and education for its citizens, the town’s...
Kalo (Taro): The Root of Hawaiian Culture
The air smells of earthiness: the scent of green growing things mingles with the mustiness of a loʻi, the wetland ecosystem in which many varieties of kalo grow. A mahiʻai kalo (kalo farmer) and his haumāna (student) patiently tend the plants, treading the bog-like...
The Polynesian Cultural Center Is: One ‘Ohana, Sharing Aloha
“One ʻohana, sharing aloha.” When you come to the Polynesian Cultural Center, you will hear this phrase many times. Some might consider it a slogan designed to be catchy and fun, but it goes far deeper than that. It is the principle upon which the Polynesian Cultural...
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