Festivals et célébrations à Hawaï
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The island of Hawaii's Kona Slack Key Festival (September) pays tribute to a uniquely local way of playing the guitar – another Hawaiian music staple. Slack key is a “slacked” or loosened tuning or technique that reflects the breezy, flowing quality of both local climate and culture.
Hawaiian Cultural Events
Queen Liliuokalani Long Distance Canoe Races
The Queen Liliuokalani Long Distance Canoe Races have been held annually since 1971. Hosted by Kai Opua Canoe Club over the Labor Day holiday, this is the world's largest long distance canoe race. The women's and men's 18-mile races follow a historically and culturally significant course running [...]
- Contact Name: Doug VeraCruz
- Contact Organization: Kai Opua Canoe Club
Hawaii Island Festival - 30 Days of Aloha Poke Contest
Featuring cube sized fish (poke) and various ocean delicacies, tako, opihi, loli. We share our delicious fish with the bounty from our ocean, limu eleele, limu kohu, opihi, opae, wana, loli. Visitors as well as our host culture get to taste various preparations of poke. Our host culture is [...]
- Contact Name: Monica Lindsey
- Contact Organization: Hawaii Island Festival
Hawaii Island Festival - 30 Days of Aloha - Kindy Sproat Falsetto & Hawaiian Storytelling Competition
Our kane come out to show their skills to throw their voice in higher registers. They also share the manao of their mele, the songwriter and the hidden meaning (kaona). This is to honor the late Uncle Kindy Sproat, a true Hawaiian who lived in Pololu Valley, as his kupuna before him. This event [...]
- Contact Name: M. Akana
- Contact Organization: Hawaii Island Festival
Hawaii Island Festival - 30 Days of Aloha - Waimea 43rd Annual Paniolo Parade
We show off our paniolo, the art of pa'u, the art of hula, oli, olelo, our royal society Ahahui Kaahumanu Waimea Chapter. We have schools, church groups, hula halau, businesses, etc, as participants in our annual Paniolo Parade.
Many of our paniolo and pau riders are true paniolo; they [...]
- Contact Name: M. Akana
- Contact Organization: Hawaii Island Festival - 30 Days of Aloha
Hawaii Island Festival - 30 Days of Aloha - Waimea Hoolaulea
A relaxing day in beautiful Waimea, God's country indeed. We start off with community olelo Hawaii by our keiki, Taiko drummers "sound the alarm" and draw people in from the Parade.
Our Craft Tent is filled with clothing, purses, jewelry, lauhala products.
Delicious food and snacks [...]
- Contact Name: M. Akana
- Contact Organization: Hawaii Island Festival - 30 Days of Aloha
Kona Coffee Cultural Festival (49th Annual)
Each year in November, Kona coffee's world-renown reputation along with the unique cultural heritage of the past tells the story of coffee traditions that produced this American legacy. The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival experience is unique, enriching and ensures that the story of Kona coffee's [...]
- Contact Name: Val Cocoran, President
- Contact Organization: Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
Sew A Lei For Memorial Day
Help honor our fallen veterans by coming down to Honolulu Hale and sew a lei for the Mayor’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the National Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) and other cemeteries in Hawaii. The Royal Hawaiian Band Glee Club will provide entertainment from 11 am - 12:30 pm. The public is [...]
- Contact Name: Information
- Contact Organization: Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts
Expression of the Female Deity Featuring Mayumi Oda
Mayumi Oda in a retrospective survey spanning 40 years of creative work by the artist is scheduled to open at the East Hawaii Cultural Center with a 6:00 pm reception for Mayumi who will be present, on First Friday, May 3, 2019. The exhibition will feature a selection of silk screen, wood block, [...]
- Contact Name: Information
- Contact Organization: East Hawaii Cultural Center
Sew A Lei For Memorial Day Poster Exhibit
View the original winning artwork from the Sew a Lei for Memorial Day Poster Contest, which helps inform the public of the need and importance of sewing a lei for Memorial Day. Reproductions of the winning artwork will also be on display at Kapolei Hale, 1000 Uluohia St May 1 - 31 , M - F, 8 am - [...]
- Contact Name: Information
- Contact Organization: Mayor's Office of Culture & the Arts
Molokai's Farmer's Market
Stop by Molokai's Farmer's Market every Saturday from 7 am - 12 pm (noon). It is located in Kaunakakai town at the intersection of Hwy 460 and Hwy 450. You may find fresh fruit and veggies, Made in Hawaii hand crafted jewelry and crafts, clothing, baked goods, and more. There will be [...]
- Contact Name: Information
- Contact Organization: Molokai Visitor Association
