​HURAITI MANA FA'A'ORI 2024 | 'Ura Vahine

Sunday, September 22, 2024
​12:00PM - 4:30PM
​Renton, WA
​Huraiti Mana is a Seattle-based Polynesian Dance Troupe specializing in 'Ori Tahiti, Hula, and Lei. We are a feminine and indigenous-led, intergenerational, neurodiverse and culturally rich community filled with laughter and shared stories. Our mission is to reconnect everyone to their culture and original identity through ancestral philosophy and movement of the Indigenous Pacific so that we may all recognize the homes within our hearts. For the first time since 2019, we are hosting Fa'a'ori! Fa'a'ori is of Reo Tahiti, the Tahitian language, meaning "to cause to dance," and it is the opportunity for our Huraiti, beloved dancers, to showcase their growth gained these past 5 years. 

Our Tumu Parau (theme) is 'Ura Vahine, lifting up divine femininity (that exists within us all!), beginning with honoring Atua/Akua, Ari'i/Ali'i, as well as life-giving birth, protective strength, caretaking of generations, and even loss of life through the lens of the Vahine experience. On behalf of Huraiti Mana, we humbly invite you to Huraiti Mana Faaori 2024: 'Ura Vahine. Resilience, hardship, joy, and celebration in the name of all our 'Ura Vahine!
Event: Huraiti Mana Fa'a'ori 2024: 'Ura Vahine
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024
Time: 12:00PM - 4:30PM
Place: Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center 400 S 2nd St, Renton, WA 98057
Schedule: 
  • 12:00PM | Doors Open, Vendors, Food Trucks
  • 1:00PM | Seating Opens; first come, first served
  • 1:30PM | Huraiti Mana Fa'a'ori with Intermission
  • 4:30PM | Grand Raffle Prize 

​Guest Performances by the esteemed: 
Delicious food vendors featuring:  ​
Marketplace Vendors featuring the incredible:
All ticket sales will cover costs of the event and support class scholarships provided covering 100% of tuition. 
​Every ticket purchased is entered into a door raffle for a grand prize!
  • Adults 20+ | $27
  • Students 5 - 19 years or with student ID | $15
  • Youth 0 - 4 years | FREE 

FA'A'ORI 2020 | to cause to dance

Our Fa'a'ori 2020 has been cancelled as we continue to monitor closely the effects of the pandemic across our communities. Studies have shown that COVID19 infection rates are highest among Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian populations in Washington, Oregon, and California. While we are saddened by the cancellation of our event, we make the decision proudly and without doubt in order to best serve our people and our communities of Pacific Islanders and the greater Seattle area. 

Please stay tuned for more information regarding our next Fa'a'ori in 2021! For all other events between now and then, please see our Current Events page. 

To see highlights from our 2019 event, please see below: 

​FA'A'ORI 2019 | to cause to dance

View photos and info of our 2019 event:
Photography by Sharon H. Chang
July 6, 2019

Aloha a ‘ia ora na!
 
Sending a mahalo a māuruuru roa - many, many thanks to all of you who joined Huraiti Mana at our First Annual Fa'a'ori! We hope you enjoyed spending time with all of us for this special occasion. Our goal in this showcase was to give our huraiti a cause to dance! We wanted to create a welcoming space for and give thanks to our supportive 'ohana, as well as celebrate with and contribute to our Polynesian Islander community here in the Pacific Northwest.
 
In our first event, we truly, truly enjoyed ourselves. The months of planning, weeks of organizing, and countless hours of sewing, weaving, practicing, and so much more has been an incredibly fulfilling experience for each of us at Huraiti Mana. The Fa'a'ori has brought us all closer together in more ways than one, and we could not have done it without the support of our loved ones.
 
We have learned a lot and are so grateful that you chose to give us your help, time, and love. We hope you choose to continue on this journey of growth with Huraiti Mana.
 
Mahalo nui loa to those who helped sponsor our event: 4Culture, Sharon H. Chang Photography, Cakes of Paradise, and Koloa Kreations Catering. You are incredible, talented, and amazing people!
 
Māuruuru to all of our fabulous volunteers! Our early-morning set-up crew, collage-creaters, ushers, admissions crew, merchandise booth, Lei’ala’s Lei Stand, regalia-making crew, incredible emcee Aunty Jeannie, my nephews (the toddlers collecting your ticket stubs), o ku’u ipo and DJ Kitman, runners, and clean-up crew; all so selfless and giving, so dedicated and supportive.
 
Mahalo to our vendors Wing Luke Museum, Kiana’s Hawaiian Jewelry, Franada ‘Ohana Bake Sale, Ken Tran videography, and once again Koloa Kreations and Sharon H. Chang photography.
 
Many thanks to Kiana’s Hawaiian Jewelry, Wing Luke Museum, Seattle Mariners and Seattle Children’s Museum for donating to our door raffle grand prize! And much mahalo to our fabulous emcee Aunty Jeannie for her donations of all of our game giveaways.
 
We shared laughs, stories, tears of joy, and mana – our life energy, our spiritual power. That is what we hope to continue to share with you at Huraiti Mana.
 
A moe na te hiro’a! A moe na te iho tumu!
 
Think about your culture! Think about your identity!

WE are Huraiti Mana.
 
Māuruuru roa,
 
Kalei’okalani Matsui
Ha’api’i/Ra’atira, Huraiti Mana
Photography by Jojo Gaon
Welcome to Huraiti Mana's First Annual Fa'a'ori! 

Fa'a'ori is of Reo Tahiti, the Tahitian language, meaning "to cause to dance." Through dance, Huraiti Mana has been able to grow a community of diverse, hardworking, insightful, and passionate Huraiti, "skilled dancers," coming from all over Washington, from across the Pacific, and from all levels of experience with Polynesian culture, dance, and practices. Our First Annual Fa'a'ori serves to demonstrate the culture we have created together that embodies the deeply-rooted Polynesian values of aloha (love), 'ohana (family), and ha'aheo (pride).

Join us as we feature 'ono grinds (delicious food!) from Koloa Kreations Catering; vendors including Kiana's Hawaiian jewelry, Franada Family Bake Sale, Wing Luke Museum, and more; a fresh palm-leaf weaving workshop; dessert by Cakes of Paradise; and a performance featuring all of our Huraiti in originally choreographed hula and ori Tahiti numbers. Come out to support your 'ohana, from our youngest huraiti to our newest dancers!

Every ticket purchased comes with food and is entered into a door raffle for a grand prize!

Event: Huraiti Mana First Annual Fa'a'ori
Date: Saturday, July 6, 2019 
Time: 12:30PM - 4:00PM
Place: Nisei Vets Hall in Seattle's Chinatown-International District; 1212 S King St Seattle, WA 98144

Schedule:
E haere mai!

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