Seattle Aquarium Hawai'i Weekend Jan. 16 & 18-20

Huraiti Mana is returning for another year at the Seattle Aquarium Hawai'i Weekend! We are so excited to be a part of this local focus on Hawai'i's waters and life. The weekend begins early with a 21+ After-Hours Beach Party for Aquarium members and goes into the long Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King JR weekend. All throughout Huraiti Mana will be sharing in performance, story telling, and hula workshop to bring to the forefront the histories and legacy of the Pacific. 

"We should not be defined by the smallness of our islands, but by the greatness of our oceans.We are the sea; we are the ocean. Oceania is us." -Epeli Hau’ofa

Mahalo to Tongan and Fijian anthropologist and writer Epeli Hau'ofa for his words of wisdom about who is defined by and who defines Oceania. 
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The Pacific Ocean is the largest in the world, and our peoples navigated it in its entirety, populating all the many islands our peoples call home. Join us and the Seattle Aquarium as they discuss the sea life of Hawai'i's waters and invite Huraiti Mana to share our people's intrinsic relationship to ka moana. 

After-Hours Beach Party
Thursday, January 16 | 6:30PM - 10PM 
Performances 7:40PM & 8:45PM 
21+ only 

Hawai'i Weekend
Saturday, January 18 - Monday, January 20 
Performances: 
-Story Telling every day 11AM - 12PM
-Hula Workshop every day 1:45PM - 2:45PM