Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 10, 1 October 1990 — Folklife Festival Oct. 18-21 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Folklife Festival Oct. 18-21

The Folklife Hawai'i Festival seen last summer by visitors to Washington D.C., will be restaged Oct. 18-21 at Magic lsland, Ala Moana, Honolulu, with the original participants. Many of the people who will share their talents at the festival do not ordinarily make puhlie appearances. The Folklife Hawai'i recreation will offer a singular opportunity for the puhlie to enjoy their talents. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is recreating the event as part of the celebration of its 25th anniversary this October. The festival will include over 150 craftspeople, musicians, dancers, singers and specialists in occupational arts. Native Hawaiians culture forms the basis of the program. Traditions of the people who have immigrated to Hawai'i over the last 200 years will represented as well. Folk art forms include traditional fishing methods, eanoe building, woodcarving, quilting, ukulele-making, weaving, saddle-making, rock wall building, cooking, dancing, singing and "talking story." A traditional imu pit will be built to roast a pig and a Portugese oven will be used for baking.

Visitors will be able to talk with the folk artists, learning the songs and crafts, and sample the foods. There will be an area with performers and games designed especially for children. In addition, the recreated festival will include two groups that were part of the original Smithsonian program: Plains Indians from North Dakota and a Zydeco musical group from Louisiana. For further information, contact the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 335 Merchant St., Room 202, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, or eall 548-4145.

Puaonalani Ah Yo, daughter of Major Gerald and Catherine Ah Yo of Honolulu, was selected "Hawaii's Favorite Pre-Teen" recently. She will compete for the title "American's Favorite Pre-Teen in December in Orlando, Fla. She also won a scholastic achievement award and a $550 savings bond. She is a seventh grader at Kamehameha Schools.