Last Sunday I took my girls and niece to the Aloha Festival in San Francisco. It's the largest one outside of Hawaii. It was really crowded! It's 2 days of bands and dancers, yummy food & drinks, and booths selling everything Polynesian. I went a little crazy buying stuff, which I never do at festivals. Maya found a school backpack she liked and a "pretty pa'u" (skirt) for hula class. Zoe got some purple poi balls and a rainbow-colored bracelet/hair band. I love that she found something cheap that she really wanted. We bought lilikoi cookies, rice snacks, passion fruit jam, sour gummy apples, Hawaiian drinks and mixed plate lunches of teriyaki beef, sausage, macaroni salad, rice, and clear noodles w/chicken (forgot the name of that). Yum! Yum!
We ran into our hula Kumu (instructor) there with her daughter and a friend. Then we sat down and watched the bands and dancers. Some were better than others, but it was great entertainment. I love watching the little keiki (kids), perhaps because I have my own! Some groups had A LOT of dancers, 30-40 on the stage at once! And that was only one of the many groups at that halau (group)!
Unfortunately, I couldn't find what I was looking for: a pretty pa'u for myself and Hawaiian music CD's! We heard a lot of great music, but I couldn't buy any of it! I think I'll ask around the halau for Hawaiian music suggestions.
Aloha!
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