PART 2 POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER

This all day trip, truly lived up to our expectations.
The Polynesian Village consists of 7 different Villages
representing the Islands of Samoa, Aotearoa,which I believe is a part of New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, which consists of several islands, Marquesas, where they have full body tatoos, Tahiti, & Tonga.

The Village was built by the Church of Latter Day Saints & provides scholarships & employment for the Brigam Young University of Hawaii students, who we were told must maintain a B averaage to be able to work there or take part in the Evening Pagent. Once graduated many of these students return to their native homes to provide needed services & skills.

Each Village is unique & every building was crafted & looks exactly the way it would appear in it's native country, & every village featured authentic native activities. On one of them we watched them start a fire, on another climb a Coconut tree. There were native games which visiting children & in some cases adults enjoyed participating in.

The people in each Village were warm & friendly & we enjoyed talking with them & learning things about there particular Island. We also enjoyed watching the Canoe Pagent, where Each Island was represented by the natives wearing their colorful costumes, chanting or singing as they passed.

We met some very friendly girls in one of the villages, who later helped me onto the canoe for our own ride back towards the entrance where the evening program was scheduled. This saved us a very long walk since we were at the far end of the Villages.

Since neither my sister & myself are big eaters, we had gotten the package without the Luau, & consequently our seats we learned were in what I always refer to as the nosebleed section. However the Lord provides so well for "His Kids", we were provided with a much better location. Right behind those expensive seats was a wheelchair section which also had a few chairs. The young man who had taken our tickets asked us if we would like to sit there, & we gratefully excepted. Some times it pays to be a little old lady!

The show "Horizons in the Pacific" was spectacular.
Cameras using a flash were prohibited, because of the distraction to the performers, ( It involved in one instance (tossing of knives back & forth between a man on the the balcony & one on the stage) The lighting & the singing & dance were beautiful, & at one point there was an eruption of the Volcano which was in the background.
This Village & show is defintely a must see.