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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...
We Are Samoa Festival 2018
Hundreds of students from the Polynesian clubs at five public high schools on Oahu — joined by dozens of students from other high schools — and an amalgam of students from various private high schools participated in the annual We Are Samoa Festival at the Polynesian Cultural Center on May 12, 2018, in the Pacific Theater. Meanwhile, thousands of parents, friends and others in the audience sold out the theater. In short, it was memorable, fun and fantastic.
Jeralee Galea’i wins second intermediate fireknife championship
“They did awesome. I am so proud of them. It was hard to keep the tears out of my eyes watching them. They worked so hard every day. I see them every week. I could really see the growth in them spin and just enjoy the brotherhood backstage. Now they have new friends from around the world that they can come back once a year and say hi to.”
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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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