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Visit from the King and Queen of Tonga
Day 1: A royal welcome for the king and queen of Tonga In keeping with island traditions, the Polynesian Cultural Center always planned to hold a “grand reopening” celebration for its recently renovated Tongan Village on June 11, 2016; but then the king and queen of...
News Around the PCC for June, 2016
TONGAN VILLAGE GRAND OPENING: The Polynesian Cultural Center will celebrate the grand re-opening of its newly renovated Tongan Village during special ceremonies on Saturday, June 11, 2016. It is anticipated that the King and Queen of Tonga will be in attendance....
Role as Mana Inspires PCC Performer
Tane Falevai — the handsome and multi-talented Tongan who for the past four years has been playing the main character of Mana in the Polynesian Cultural Center’s world-famous evening production, Hā: Breath of Life — said the role inspires him in real life to be a...
2016 We Are Samoa High School Cultural Arts Event
Whereas three days of fire knife championship competition provides plenty of excitement and action, the PCC’s We Are Samoa High School Cultural Arts Event earlier that morning instilled a sense of pride in heritage and appreciation for the youth as they strive to...
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The Ultimate Hawaiian Experience
Hawaiian legend states that in the ancient past, the Hawaiian god Maui once went fishing. As he was fishing, his hook caught on the ocean floor. Thinking he'd caught a fish, Maui began to pull on his line, trying to raise his catch from the water. He pulled and he...
Life as a Samoan
Am I like a Samoan? Besides professional wrestling, I had never met or seen a Samoan person until I was in sixth grade. Seeing men like the Rock and Rikishi wrestler), or various other members of the Anoa’i Family, caused me to believe that all Samoans had larger than...
Jonah Kuhio: Prince of the People
Who was Prince Kuhio? He was a fascinating, internationally educated, charming, passionate man who spent the majority of his life serving his people – who he loved deeply. Born into Hawaiian royalty, he still prioritized the needs of the land he loved even past the loss of his throne.
The People of the Sea
My oldest grandson is a mix of a lot of ethnicities--he is, on one half--Maori, Tongan, Hawaiian, Chinese, Samoan with traces of Fijian and on the other half a European mix from Norway to the Netherlands. His name reflects this mixture, influenced by his Maori,...
Wallis and Futuna…A Polynesian Discovery
Discovery in that, I find I am woefully ignorant of what makes up Polynesia. Polynesian Triangle? Check. Six largest cultures? Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa, Maori, Tahiti and Fiji. Check. And then there are the Cook Islands, Easter Island, Kiribas, Niue, Tuvalu and Pitcairn...
Afatasi
That's me - afatasi, a Samoan word describing someone who is part Samoan and part something else. It literally means half of one. My grandmother comes from the village of Nu'uuli on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. Here at the Polynesian Cultural Center there...
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