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Exercise Your Taste Buds on Oahu’s North Shore
So, you’re coming to the North Shore! You have your bags packed, and your activities planned. But to truly immerse yourself in the flavor of this magical place, you also need to grab a fork and dig in! We are pleased to provide you with an overview of some of the best...
Polynesian Cultural Center honors Tonga’s late queen mother
Tongan Villagers at the Polynesian Cultural Center joined their compatriots in the South Pacific in mourning Her Majesty Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata’aho. She passed away at age 90 on February 19, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand, where she had gone for medical treatment....
Meet Tupua, our Senior Master of Ceremonies
Tall, dark, handsome, killer smile, mellifluous voice, perfect diction, great stage presence, and more: Chances are if you’ve been to the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Alii Luau in the past three years, you’ve already met our Senior Master of Ceremonies, Tupua Ainuu....
PCC celebrates 27th annual Moanikeala Hula Festival
As it has for the past several years, the Polynesian Cultural Center hosted its annual Moanikeala Hula Festival on February 4, 2017, in a perfect setting — under the monkeypod tree in the Hawaiian Village. PCC’s current kumu hula [or hula master teacher] Pomaika’i...
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My Stint as a Royal Prince
During my senior year in high school, I was chosen to be the first ever prince in the royal court on the Big Island of Hawaii. While sitting directly across of Uncle George Naope (former kumu hula, master Hawaiian chanter, co-founder of the annual Merry Monarch...
Hawaiian Pickled Mango Recipe
This month we are celebrating an island favorite by providing two great recipes! But we want to share the backstory of WHY it has to be two first: It is just a week or two away from mango season. Mangoes, a flavorful and easy to prepare tropical fruit, is plentiful...
May 2015 Laie Community Update
In other PCC and related news We share several additional noteworthy items with you: • New president to lead BYU-Hawaii: John S. Tanner, an English professor and former academic vice president of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, has been named as the...
Joseph Kekuku: Lāʻie’s Famous Steel Guitar Musician
Remember how we recently talked about the PCC putting up a statue of Hamana Kalili in the new Hukilau Marketplace in our March 2015 eNewsletter? You know, the Hawaiian man from Lāʻie who originated what the world now knows as the shaka. Well, the Cultural Center paid...
“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...
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