The Narcissus Queen Pageant is an integral part of this festival as it represents a vast legacy of knowledge and preservation of Chinese heritage; applications for this year’s festival are currently being accepted. Narcissus Queen Contestants cultivate an intimate understanding of Chinese culture through exciting and engaging cultural classes such as Narcissus bulb carving, traditional Chinese cooking, Chinese herbal medicine, lion dance, Kung Fu, and Chinese history classes. To Learn more about Culturised visit:  https://www.culturised.com/ Culturised is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ pro ..read more

Among Rae’s goals are to restore the community connection to Loko Ea fishpond, expand the educational programs and work with landowner Kamehameha Schools to revive Loko Ea to once again become a bountiful and thriving fishpond. To Learn more about Culturised visit:  https://www.culturised.com/ Culturised is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production ..read more

The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii was founded in 1911, initially to provide service to the merchants in Chinatown, and to assist the immigrant population assimilate into their new community. To Learn more about Culturised visit:  https://www.culturised.com/ Culturised is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production ..read more

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Aunty Toni Lee is a longtime advocate for the native Hawaiian community, serving as the chair of the Aloha Festival Floral Parade for the past decade and held multiple leadership positions in the Hawaiian civic Club communities. She is currently the president of the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame, which is the nonprofit behind Waikiki Beach Walk’s free cultural exhibit, The Royal Room.  To Learn more about Culturised visit:  https://www.culturised.com/ Culturised is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production ..read more

I am from the island of Hawaiʻi.  Raised on family ʻāina that was given to my great great grandfather through a Royal Patent Land Grant in 1850.  I am the 5th generation to be raised on family land with all of our kupuna, including my parents, buried on the property. My father was a manaleo, native Hawaiian speaker and chose not to teach me ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi as he reflected on his time of being punished in school for speaking Hawaiian.  Growing up, I intently watched and learned from my parents. My mother, a nurse, loved working with adults with mental illness who needed someone in ..read more