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Entrance to the PCC
SAMOA
The first village we went to was Samoa.
Rubbing to sticks together to make fire
Showing the audience the fire on the stick
We have fire which he later puts out with his bare foot. This guy was totally awesome. This is one of my favorite shows.
He shows us how to open a coconut using a rock.
After he got the coconut opened he asks someone from the audience to come drink the water and he asked Rowan but Rowan chicken out. If you know my son he doesn't like to try anything new.
He then showed us to how shave the coconut flesh in order to make milk with his bare hands. It was pretty awesome.
He shows us how they climb a coconut tree with their bare feet.
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Maori
The Whare Runanga (Meeting house)
The house itself represents the body of a man, his head directly underneath the tekoteko. The first rafter represents his extended arms with his fingers spread out at the ends. The rafters inside the building are his rib cage.
They performed several dances using the poi balls and also the stick dance.
Here they are performing the Haka
carvings inside the meetinghouse
Fiji
Fijian using the lali (log drum) which is used as a form of communication to announce births, deaths and wars but today it is used to call the people of an area together. The Lali drum is made out of wood and played with hands or sticks.
Rowan and Isabel are getting a tribal tatoo and getting a stamp in their passports
She is trying to show us how to use the derua which are tubes made of bamboo which are stamped on mats or on the ground to make a sound.
Blondie Grandma and Isabel trying to use their derua.
Below are pics of the Fijian performing the Meke dance.
Rainbows of Paradise Canoe Parade
The parade begins with a young Polynesian woman in an outrigger canoe tossing flowers into the lagoon but unfortunately we missed the start of it because we were too busy getting something to eat. The canoes include dancers and musicians from the six island nations – Hawai‘i, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga and Samoa – share songs, dances and stories of their respective island homelands.
Hawaiian King and Royal Court
Fiji dancers
New Zealand dancers
Samoan dancers
Fiji dancers again
Tahitian dancers
Hawaiian dancers
Tongan dancers
Tonga
I would have to say that this was also one of favorite villages to visit.
The blowing into the conch shell was first used to announce the arrival of a friendly ship and is also used to call people to the village depending on the sound that used.
Getting ready to demonstate the lali. Hitting the large drum was used to call the villagers to Sunday service.
Both the small and large drum is used to call the children to go to school.
The ta nafa which was used to call the people to festivities, to join in song and dance.
Tongan playing the nose flute.
trying to learn a mauluulu sitting dance
This guy was hillarious. He was trying to the audience excited. He then brought up the three audience members to participate in hitting the drums. The Japanese guy was the funniest. I loved how they messed with the three audience members.
Tahiti
Tahitian villiage
Tahitian dancing
Fishing off the small pier in the Tahitian village
Hawaiian Village
Hale Noho - Family Dwelling
Inside this dwelling a pandanus bed is shown, two poho kukui (stone lamps), a coconut midrib broom, wooden massage sticks and a Hawaiian quilt.
the stage for the Hawaiian show. Also in the background is
Ipu - Hawaiian Percussion Instrument which is crafted from a dried, hollow gourd and is used in hula.
Rowan showing off his tribal tattoo
Iosepa, the only all-wood, double-hulled voyaging canoe
The pics below are of the Hale Papa'a which is the chief's storage house for his valuables. It's contents include fine kapa or bark cloth, gourds, nets, spears, carvings and other possessions.
Poi tasting - I say this is acquired taste.
Easter Island
Luau
Carolyn at the luau
Hawaiian hula
Our meal
Ha: The Breath of Life
This show is about the symbolic story of Mana and his beloved Lani, told through Polynesian dances, music and blazing fireknives. It is a Pacific isle saga of birth and death, love and family, triumph and tragedy. The following pictures were not taken by us because you are not allowed to take pictures during the show but I wanted to give you an idea of what we experienced. I have to say this was the best show and the perfect ending to our day at the PCC. This show is a must see if you come to Hawaii.
The fire knive dancing was so amazing.
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