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By Jenna Beresheim\r\nStaff Writer<\/pre>\n
Western students will have a chance to break away from the drab Oregon weather, entering a cultural snapshot of Polynesia and beyond at the Hawai\u2019i Club\u2019s ninth annual Lu\u2019au, Saturday, May 16.<\/p>\n
The event spans over five hours, with doors opening at 4:30 p.m., dinner beginning by 5:30 p.m., and rounding out the evening with a reggae concert by Steadyriots at 9 p.m. The main attraction, the dance show, will take place between these two events, starting at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be Tahitian dancing, Samoan dancing, Maori dancing, and Hula dancing,\u201d said Hawai\u2019i club president, Kamaluhiaakauanani Kauahi-Daniels, a second year communications major. \u201cIt will be filled with lots of fun, and you can experience a whole lot of different cultures of the Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n
If none of these dances are familiar to you, or you have never experienced the culinary culture of Polynesia, this event may be for you. Do not be fooled that this event will only focus around Hawaiian culture — the variety of dances show that many cultures will be exhibited in this fun-filled night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe put on the Lu\u2019au so we can show and teach the world of the many Polynesian cultures that run through our islands,\u201d said Alyssa Carvalho, a senior business major and vice president of the Hawai\u2019i club. \u201cThe dances we dance have meaning and history behind it. It\u2019s the stories of our ancestors and islands. It\u2019s not all about grass skirts, palm trees and bright colors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students should also expect to engage in games, a photo booth, and even a bake sale outside of the main show. These events will be going on during the breaks before dinner and in between the dance presentation.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor this year, we hope to reach out to others and teach them of our cultures and get them wanting to come back to our future Lu\u2019aus,\u201d Carvalho said.<\/p>\n
Tickets are still available for pre-sale through Friday, and start at $5 for students and $15 for non-students. At the door on Saturday, they will raise by $2 each. Kauahi-Daniels heavily encourages students to attend \u201cto learn more about the Polynesian culture. There will be lots to do there!\u201d<\/p>\n
If you are interested and wish to purchase your tickets, contact the Hawaii Club at hawaiiclub@wou.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than just the Hula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}