Saturday, August 02, 2008

Hawaii Plantation Village Korean Heritage Day

Volunteered at the Hawaii Plantation Village Korean Heritage Family Day this past Saturday. I've always enjoyed this place as I feel it's very educational in how it displays how the various Asian immigrants to Hawaii made a living on the plantations. very interesting place and definitely worth a visit.

They have a small but fascinating museum in the main building...







Then wandered out to the village area where each of the different cultures have their own "house".
Pics inside the Korean house


Outside the house

Their neighbor, the Okinawan house
Kids and adults alike had a fun variety of activities to participate in...

Korean mask painting
Some of the masks on display
Coloring the Korean flag
Korean kite making
Go fly a kite! Or not...

Fishing in the pond...
Cooking demos! Those vegetable and kimchee pancakes were really ono....
People lining up to learn how to make kimchee