More than 44 events are set to take place at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa during the Hawaiiana Festival from Oct. 18 to 21. The week of mostly free events will also include a health and wellness festival,
More than 44 events are set to take place at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa during the Hawaiiana Festival from Oct. 18 to 21.
The week of mostly free events will also include a health and wellness festival, Malama Ola on Oct. 19 and 20, and a day-long series of panel discussions titled “Is the Hawaiian Culture Alive and Well” on Oct. 19 conducted by experts in fields such as cultural site protection, voyaging, sovereignty, language, cultural celebration, and care for the land and sea.
The 14th annual Hawaiiana Festival is a series of events intended to teach and celebrate the native Hawaiian culture. The four-day series, sponsored by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and Kaua‘i County, will include entertainment, demonstrations, lectures, ceremonies and a lu‘au.
Workshops and demonstrations cover Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and Indian health and self-awareness topics such as meditation, self-defense, yoga, martial arts, massage, breathing, acupuncture and spiritual healing. Attendees will hear experts discuss related research in fields such as lomi lomi massage, Hawaiian martial arts and Alzheimer’s.
For more information and a complete list of events, visit www.poipubeach.org/visitor_info/festivals or contact Stella Burgess, director of Hawaiian culture at the Grand Hyatt, at 240-6369.
