Traditions — Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:00
Hawaii’s Fads and Mainstays: A New Series
Things that Entertained Us: Cecilio and Kapono
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 23:22
Share Things that Entertained Us by Jan Some of the people and events featured in this series offer a nostalgic look back to Hawaii’s past. However, a few long standing acts in Hawaii not only entertained us “back then”, but continue to entertain us today…Cecilio and Kapono is one of Hawaii’s mainstays. Commonly known to [...]
Things that Entertained Us: Frank De Lima
Thursday, April 15, 2010 2:00
Share With such a diverse mix of peoples living here in Hawaii, our Aloha State is known across the globe as a “melting pot” of cultures. This notion is perhaps most hilariously celebrated on Frank De Lima’s comedy stage. Born Frank Wilcox Napuakekaulike De Lima, Jr. on July 8, 1949, he is best known for [...]
Things that Entertained Us: The Ice Palace
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 2:00
Share I was 12 and my gloved fingers worked clumsily to lace up the skates that seemed cemented on my feet. For the first time in my life I could see my breath—so cold was the air—I gave my laces one last tug and slid nervously onto the ice to experience this new-to-me-phenomena called ice [...]
Local Snacks: Lychee
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 2:00
Share Pokey dragon skin. Succelent, sugary flesh. Lychee juice drips down my chin. One sneaky way to tell if you are truly “from” these islands, is the lychee test. Mainlanders often pronounce this fruit as “lee-chee”, while islanders unanimously pronounce lychee as “lie-chee”. Though, whichever way you say it, this is one fruit that people [...]
Local Snacks: Cracked Seed and Li Hing Mui
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:00
Share I remember eating the Yick Lung brand of li hing mui—a Chinese preserved sour, salty plum—back in the 1970’s when I was a child. The brown, shriveled up quarter sized “seeds” came in a small cellophane pack with a green paper label stapled on at the top and could be had for just .25 [...]
Hawaii Traditional Game: Jan Ken Po
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:00
Share “Junk Cannah Po! I cannah show! Junk Cannah Po! I cannah show!” Originally, thought to have started in China this simple children’s game made its way over to Kyushuu, Japan in 1642. In Japan, “ken” means “fist”, and thus, Jan Ken Po is a fist or hand game played most commonly by two people. [...]
For the Keiki & Ohana: Bishop Museum
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:00
Share Through the eyes of my children, as well as my work here at Hawaii Traditions, I am rediscovering Hawaii in unexpected ways. Having been born and raised here, with only a few short jaunts to other locales, it is humbling to realize how little I actually know of this truly special place and culture. [...]
Local Snacks: Ice Cake
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:00
Share I grew up across the street from Sheridan Park in Makiki , where they just happened to make the quintessential local, small kid time snack treat. It could be had, back then for just .10 cents. I’d pay my dime, peel back the paper wrapping along the top edge and bite down, my entire [...]
The Things that Entertained Us: Andy Bumatai
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 2:00
Share In the late 1970’s and 80’s Andy Bumatai was one of the comedians I grew up watching on KGMB. Shows like “All in the Ohana” and “High School Daze” made us laugh at ourselves because we could either identify with the characters ourselves, or we knew someone just like one of those fictitious characters. [...]
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