East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center

Dream!

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In the cultural center, there are various activities with ethnic characteristics that attract visitors. During the day, visitors can gather under the shade of trees, taste local traditional food, enjoy the local artists playing the novel and pleasant Hawaiian guitar, and ask the Polynesian girl to sing a love song that turns people. Visitors can also wear grass skirts, learn the Tahiti's enthusiastic Tammé, dance lyrical hula, or make a Tongan sun hat under the guidance of experts. At night, a bonfire is set around the cultural center and a grand Polynesian singing and dance party is held. The 90-minute singing and dancing party is the biggest attraction of the cultural center.

1000th TripAdvisor Review?

Maybe but yes according to the count online. Is this supposed to be some kind of watershed event in my life? I doubt it but it seems to hold some unknown significance in my mind. I was thinking I would be writing some meaningful, personalized prose for #1000, possibly a culmination of some sort of whatever it is I'm doing with these reviews, but I doubt that as well. Maybe I'll only talk about the East Hawaii Cultural Center - no I doubt that too. While this place is kind of an interesting looking building - an old police station I believe - it is really unexceptional. Or at least my visit was I think. The only area enterable is part of the ground floor which houses an art gallery now featuring an exhibition by an artist named Douglas Diaz. This exhibition is titled "Grief" which is something I should've easily connected to but didn't. I'm absolulely sure Diaz puts a lot of intense thought and effort into his work, but I didn't get it. Wish I did if only if for the selfish reason to believe I have some sort of depth to my existence. And why I make walking into a minor art exhibition a definition of my being is incomprehensible to me as well. You know, I think I should go back and look at Diaz's work more closely than I did. There are lots of words on some (maybe all) of his works. Basquiat did a similar thing. I shouldn't have just glanced at them. I should've given those words some thought. Actually it's kind of odd that I didn't if you know me and words. My mind must have been preoccupied with something else. I don't know - I'm thinking I owe it to Diaz and myself to go back and take a second look. I did have a nice conversation with the young man who was minding the store that day. Comes from Poland and told me he thinks Hawaii is the best place in the world to live like it's paradise or something. Hmmm. I talked with a homeless man in the park across the street after I left here. He told me he sleeps in the entrance way to this building every night. I was thi

1000th TripAdvisor Review?

Maybe but yes according to the count online. Is this supposed to be some kind of watershed event in my life? I doubt it but it seems to hold some unknown significance in my mind. I was thinking I woul...

Full of local colour.

Just a short walk from the Hilo seafront and sitting on the edge of the Kalakaua Park which was created by King David Kalākaua in 1877, is the East Hawaii Cultural Center. Located in the 1817 concrete...

Nice gallery in older building in downtown Hilo. Nov. 2018 was an exhibition of UH and visiting artists. Non-commercial

Nice gallery in older building in downtown Hilo. Nov. 2018 was an exhibition of UH and visiting artists. Non-commercial!!!