Polynesian Cultural Center

Sources To best analyze the American understanding of the Polynesian Cultural Center, I will look at primary sources both in the time of its founding, the early 1960s, and over the next few decades through to the 1980s. These sources, including photographs from the first year of operation, newspaper clippings from mainland American newspapers, film clips from the first few years, entries from a blog created to allow former Polynesian Cultural Center employees (referred to as alumni), and the Church of

There are many things to be grateful for each day. Whenever I fill my heart with gratitude, the day will become very happy and productive. I realized that the time when I am not appreciate the things around me,it is also the time I complain the most.Living in BYU Hawaii has numberless things to be thankful for. I am really grateful for my current job and the jobs I did in PCC. As students in BYU Hawaii, we are lucky to have a job to support ourselves, as well as gain working experiences before

I have taken a trip to the beautiful island of Honolulu, Hawaii, “The Big Island” in the summer of 4th of July, 2016. Honolulu, Hawaii is the capital of Hawaii. I have used Delta Airline from Laguardia Airport Manhattan, New York, then to Atlanta, Georgia And finally Hawaii. The duration of my travel was approximately 10 hours in the air. The crew of Delta Airline was very professional to their passengers and the flight attendants demonstrated great hospitality. The flight attendants were very

General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: Inform the class about the Polynesian Culture in Hawaii. I. Introduction A. An obscure but far from obsolete culture, the Polynesians come from a mysterious origin. In fact, little is known about how they dispersed, except that their culture traveled far and wide, adapting as it touched a series of islands ranging from Hawaii, and traveling to Easter Island. B. Polynesian culture still thrives, with as far reaching affects as touching our diet

The Polynesian Cultural Center “PCC” was also known as a home to the famous Ali’i Luau. It was the world's largest Polynesian variety show that was located on the northeast side of Oahu. The PCC was considered to be one of Hawaii’s centers of the world because this facility featured seven native pacific island villages where each of its respective village demonstrated the daily life and traditions of their people. The Polynesian journey started in Tonga, then Tahiti

a culture identity conflict due to intrusion of Western Culture. For the modern generation Polynesians, specifically Hawaiians, they have appeared to demonstrate abnormal physical and psychological deficits that may be explained by a propagated form of cultural wounding. The summarized research evaluates how Pacific Islanders, such as Native Hawaiians, are conflicted between their values from cultural and spiritual elements and the existential realities of life in Western Society.The extent of

The Evolution of the Hokulea The story of the Hokulea, a model of the first canoes that brought the first Polynesians to Hawaii, is a story that restores cultural pride and history to Hawaiians. Her legacy was almost extinct, but survived and restored the relationship that society has with its island home. More than 600 years had gone by without seeing one of these canoes, until artist Herb Kane thought to build a sailing canoe just like the ones his ancestors sailed (Hokulea.com). Polynesia was

back to 2000BC ago the Pacific Islanders started out with the Micronesia people, within the Polynesian section the Pacific there are seventeen separate islands. Located in the center of the Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia is the Samoan island. The Spaniards and Portuguese encountered the first islanders, up until then the islands of Micronesia was owned by Germany. The main focus is in the Polynesian triangle not the earliest islander, but the largest population that lies within the clutter

meant to be in Arabic but are written in a form of gibberish, it implies there really isn't a culture in existence that uses that language" (Shweffi). For their latest film Moana, the producers of the movie attempted to fully capture and represent Polynesian culture to the best of their

The Polynesian natives have decided to abandon their traditional diet for a more appealing and glamourous imported foods that are nutrient-poor and full of unhealthy fats and sugar. A few health professionals argue that it is the lack of nutrition education that plays a main role in the shift to such an unhealthy diet. However, Polynesian health care professionals have to disagree as they mention that nutrition education