Category Archives: Cultural Events

The ancestral memorial service is the central event of Chuseok, Korea’s most important holiday. It’s a complex affair, and many Koreans are unsure about the principles for setting out the Chuseok ritual table or the procedure for the service and … Continue reading →

Pacific Islander Americans represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population. They are most concentrated in Hawaii, Alaska and to a lesser extent … Continue reading →

  Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders Who Have Made a Difference Inventions: An Wang * (1920-1990), a Chinese-born American computer scientist, is best known for founding Wang Laboratories and holding over thirty-five patents including patent #2,708,722 for a magnetic pulse transfer controlling … Continue reading →

HONOLULU – Well-known Samoan actor, playwright, and screen and television writer Oscar Kightley is the 2007 Visiting Artist at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s Center for Pacific Islands Studies. Kightley co-wrote and starred in the 2006 film “Samoan Wedding,” … Continue reading →

As you know, I was lucky to spend lunar new year with ‘ohana in California. While there, I went to Chinatown, Little Tokyo and Koreatown. Each community was unique, expressing itself during the Year of the Pig in their own … Continue reading →

Here are some news items about this lunar new year 4705! It’s All About Being a Pig (Chronicle Sun) Year of the Pig will bring disaster (AP via Yahoo) Year of the Pig heralds baby boom in Hong Kong (AFP via … Continue reading →

  I spent Chuseok with some friends with the UH Korean Graduate Student Association.  They were busy making songpyeon ( Korean rice cakes) when I came upon them in the late afternoon.  Later that night I ventured down to Kaimana Beach, … Continue reading →

Jeff Chung, KBFD general manager, wrote a nice article on Sunday about Chuseok and Gae Cheon Juhl, both of which are occuring this week. It’s going to be difficult to contact friends and family or do any business with Korea … Continue reading →

Major cultural and tourist festivals to be held in Korea in October. I hope I can make some of these next October! via Gateway to Korea Floating Lantern Festival When: Oct. 1-12 Where: Nam River, Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province The … Continue reading →

For the "benevolently hirsute", the Worldwide Uchinachu Festival honors all the history, culture, tradtion, and FOOD of Okinawans/Ryukyuans.  Many from Hawai`i (like the Hawai`i United Okinawa Assoc.)  are planning on attending this gathering in da Motherland.  It sounds like a great … Continue reading →