In a tiny gymnasium at Foisia Park in Carson, California, an eclectic group of women ranging in age from 14 to 56 line up in rows, ready for instruction at their first siva Samoa (Samoan dance) lesson ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Audrey Godoy, artistic director of Pacific Paradise Entertainment, works with students at Jackson High School to teach Tahitian ...
The powerful sounds of Tahitian percussion have carried legends, and ancestry for centuries. Matahani Tahitian Dance Studio, ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB/WAVE) — Aloha Lou!, a Polynesian cultural festival, took place Saturday at Central Park in Old Louisville. The celebration showcased several performances, including traditional ...
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The Heiva Festival is the soul of Tahiti

By Athena Lucero If it's July, it's Heiva Festival month in Tahiti, a stunning celebration of ancient Polynesian culture, ...
GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Lyn-Del Pedersen has been teaching students at Aloha Hula Polynesian Dance Studio in Granada Hills for over 15 years. "What we try to do is perpetuate the culture ...
Half a century ago, in a mostly white neighborhood in Buena Park, there lived a woman who had brown skin and didn’t speak any English. One day, her daughter’s high-school talent-show committee invited ...
Josephine Lealaitafea performs Taualuga on the first night of the Luau event. The Taualuga is a traditional Samoan dance performed at celebrations and weddings. (Jaycee Lundell) BYU’s annual Lu’au ...
The Utah Valley University Cultural Envoy Dancers from the Islands of Polynesia will perform two shows at Northeastern Junior College April 4-5 in the Dorothy Corsberg Theatre inside the E.S. French ...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and a local dance studio is giving New Mexico a taste of the tropics. Ka Lā Kapu Polynesian Dance Studio is bringing the ...
Welcome to Group Project, a series on the many ways young people are building and engaging with community. From queer resistance to finding new hobbies to forging alternate paths, working together is ...