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Sharing old photos

I’m slowly going through some of my old back-up files (in preparation for donating copies to the BYU-Hawai Archives), and picked a few shots taken primarily for the Kaleo community newspaper or the Polynesian Cultural Center that I thought you might enjoy seeing. Some of these have previously been published, while others have only been […]

Indonesia days: bargaining for rice

When I lived in Bandung, Indonesia, in the mid-1970s, it was the custom to bargain over the price of practically everything in the pasar [bazaar] and many other shops. This was something that most Europeans (which generically included all Americans; indeed, some Indonesians labeled all Europeans as orang Belanda — Dutchmen, based on 300-plus years […]

Kupuna tales: Old Laie and the Hukilau

[By Mike Foley: Originally published in KALEO, September 25, 1997] Ahi Logan’s [pictured on left] family roots run deep in Hawaii. Names like Kuakaha, Kawaiopua, Kaleohano, Nainoa and Lokona Kalili have great meaning to him, his family and the community. These are names of just a few of his ancestors. Logan can trace his family […]

PCC Promo dancer reigns as ‘Miss South Pacific’

[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in the PCC Imua Polenesia newsletter, January 2008] PCC Promo Team dancer and Laie resident Tessie Toluta’u [pictured at right during the 2007 PCC Moanikeala Hula Festival] recently swept all categories to win the title of Miss South Pacific in Apia, Samoa. For her talent she performed Tongan […]

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Sharing old photos

Indonesia days: bargaining for rice

Kupuna tales: Old Laie and the Hukilau

PCC Promo dancer reigns as ‘Miss South Pacific’

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