Sunday, July 18, 2010

Hawaiian Cultural Festival

A little bit ago we went up to the volcano to check out a Hawaiian Cultural Festival. It was a lot of fun. They had music and hula, crafts to buy and crafts to do and games. We weren't able to do much of the crafts because they were mostly sit and focus types of things and Anna would have none of it. We found some kids booths where Anna could paint and play with music instruments.


Anna with the one craft I was able to do. The feathers are tied onto the stick with string.

Anna working on the paper. She was supposed to put the paint onto a stick and press it on the paper like a stamp but decided the sponge got more paint on the paper.

One of the booths with painted gourds for sale.

The weaving palm fronds booth. Jason wanted to do this one but the sign-up sheet was full for the whole day by the time we checked.


Anna playing with the musical instruments. These are both used along with a hula and she had a lot of fun. There was a baby there with us and they had fun together.

Here is a little video of the dancers. We didn't record the whole thing, just a little bit to give you an idea of what it was like. I came in in the middle so I'm not sure what it is specifically but it was fun to watch for a while.


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