| CELEBRATING THE OKINAWAN HERITAGE GROUP “Relive The Plantation Days - 2006” Saturday, June 3, 2006 from 10 AM – 2 PM HAWAII’S PLANTATION VILLAGE, 94-095 Waipahu Street
Highlighting the Okinawan Heritage Group |
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| Gentry Room (FREE) |
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10:00 am |
Tom Shimabuku will share information on how to do Okinawan genealogy and describe resources for more information/history. |
11:00 am |
Noted Kumu Janice Keonaona Kalua will do a presentation of Hawaiian herbal plants and their medicinal uses: la ‘ ae, noni, popolo, lemon grass, etc. |
12 pm |
Kumu Janice Keonaona Kalua and her graduate practitioners will again be available to share the hands-on art of Hawaiian healing through Lomilomi . Keonaona Kalua is a native Hawaiian woman (former resident of Waimanalo now residing in Nanakuli), who studied under her cousin, Kalua Kaiahua . Kumu Keonaona Kalua embraced and taught the Lomilomi program for many years including the Waimanalo Health Center from August 2000 through March 2001. Together with her students, Kumu Kalua does outreach to the Kupuna and other members of the community in effort to educate and make people aware of cultural alternatives in healing practices through the art of Lomilomi . |
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| Okada Museum (FREE) |
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The Okada Museum is open for self-touring. The Museum features a Filipino Centennial Exhibit, (the Philippines – to the Plantation and Beyond).
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| Village |
Admission: $4 kamaaina and military with ID, $7 general admission, Children 12 years or younger and HPV members - FREE |
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Relive the Plantation Days activities within the Village complex. HPV docents and volunteers will be stationed throughout the Village to provide information about each ethnic group and answer questions.
Visitors are also invited to ‘catch and release fish from the fishpond, wash laundry ‘plantation style’, play andagi toss, play buzz saw games, and make origami lanterns to celebrate the bon season.
A delicious variety of ethnic food samplings will be available: andagi ( Adele Takamoto ), fried udon ( Gary Tokuda ), nantu mochi and shoyu pork ( Moira Maeda-Nakamine ), Okara tasting ( Mildred Makii ) and pinakbet ( Nena Empleo ).
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| All Day Enter the “Win a ResortQuest Hawaii family prize” drawing |
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“Relive the Plantation Days – 2006” is supported in part by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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| About HPV
Hawaii’s Plantation Village is a non-profit, living history museum and ethno-botanical garden located on a 50-acre site in the heart of sugar plantation country in Waipahu. Established by the Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park, its mission is to ensure that the struggles, sacrifices, innovations and contributions of Hawaii’s sugar plantation forebears are preserved and acknowledged as the cornerstone of Hawaii’s successful multi-ethnic society. Hawaii's Plantation Village opened its doors in 1992 and offers docent-led tours through the Village as well as special events and activities. It is located near the old sugar mill in historic Waipahu town, at 94-695 Waipahu Street, Waipahu, HI 96797. For more information please contact the Village at 677-0110 or visit our Website at www.hawaiiplantationvillage.org . |
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Contact:
Sandi Yara, SANDI YARA COMMUNICATIONS. Phone: 221-2759
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