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Minami Shinjuku on the 3rd night of the Reiwa Era

Posted on 05.04.19 under minami shinjuku, reiwa

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Who is that masked man?

Posted on 05.04.19 under Uncategorized

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New pounders

Posted on 04.28.19 under aniani ku'i 'ai, glass, glass poi pounders, glassblowing, ku'ai aniani

Still a technique in progress…

3.7,3.8lb greenorangetrailing

2.3,3.75lbsYelonOrtrails

2.8,3.3lbBlkOranTrails

2.5,3.2lbredY&BLKtrails

The freedom dividend!

Posted on 04.25.19 under $1000 freedom dividend, andrew yang

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Pick up yours every month in 2021! (of course you’re going to have to vote Andrew Yang for POTUS to get it… Unless this policy is adopted by Bernie, et al)

Napualikolokelani @ Kinshicho

Posted on 04.24.19 under george holokai, Halau Napualikolokelani, hula, Junko Wong, Uncategorized

The George Holokai Lei Aloha Festival is a celebration of the legacy of George Kananiokeakua Holokai & May Day. He was very active with the May Day celebrations in Hawai`i for many years.

May 1st is celebrated throughout the northern hemisphere as a spring festival and is
usually a public holiday however, in Hawai`i it is called Lei day. A celebration by wearing a fresh flower lei and music, dance a pageantry. Festivities include a lei queen and her court, lei contests and music, dances of many the ethnicities that make up Hawai`i’s melting pot.

There are classes conducted in the making of pahu drums, ipu heke `ole & ipu heke, pounding tapa, pa`i ai, cooking Hawaiian food and lei making. Artisans from Hawai`i who carve wood, making luahala bracelets, coconut hats. A guest can learn to hula, dance a Tahitian ori, learn to twirl Maori poi, or tititorea, a Samoan sasa. There is even a holoku parade.

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Napualikolokelani, under the direction of Junko Wong, danced for 30 minutes.

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Lei and flower master, Umahana sensei, whips a hair ornament together.

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Kunewa Mook, kumu of Hula Halau O Kamuela dances.

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