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2019 Fireknife: Women, junior, and intermediate winners

by Mikaele | May 31, 2019 | News at the Center

Along with the men’s championship, the Polynesian Cultural Center’s annual World Fireknife Championships includes three other divisions of competition — the women’s open, juniors (ages 6-11), and intermediates (ages 12-17), were held in conjunction with the We...

Penesa wins 2019 World Fireknife Championship title

by Mikaele | May 31, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, News at the Center, Samoa

A panel of judges selected Falaniko Penesa of Puipa’a, Upolu, Samoa, as the 2019 World Fireknife champion. The finalists competed on May 11 during a sold-out performance of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s famous HA: Breath of Life evening show. Three former PCC...

A one-of-a-kind hands-on Polynesian cooking experience

by Nina Jones | May 29, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, Hawai’i Travel Tips, Samoa

See it, smell it, taste it, love it! Experience the REAL Polynesia If you venture beyond the urban buzz of Honolulu and head north, you’ll quickly find yourself in a tropical landscape that has remained relatively untouched. The small town of Lā’ie rests quietly on...

Samoan Family Traditions: The Sacred Duty of Brothers in Samoa

by Mikaele | Apr 22, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, Ha: Breath of Life, Samoa

Ha: Breath of Life completes the Polynesian Cultural Center experience every evening in the Pacific Theater. People love this circle-of-life production that follows a young couple fleeing from a natural disaster, the birth of their son Mana, his coming of age and more...

Powerful Polynesian symbolism you can see at the Polynesian Cultural Center

by Mikaele | Apr 17, 2019 | Cultures of Polynesia, Fiji, Hawai'i, Samoa, Tonga

Polynesians use symbols to represent ideas, emotions, states of mind, phrases, movements, memories, loved ones and much more. The symbols can be embodied in words, names, carvings, lei, designs, dance, music, and so on. Hawaiians say many such representations have...

2019 Fireknife: Women, junior, and intermediate winners

Penesa wins 2019 World Fireknife Championship title

A one-of-a-kind hands-on Polynesian cooking experience

Samoan Family Traditions: The Sacred Duty of Brothers in Samoa

Powerful Polynesian symbolism you can see at the Polynesian Cultural Center

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