Special Events in Hana

17th Annual East Maui Taro Festival
Annual Celebration of the Culture of Kalo

ANNUAL HO'OLAULE'A TO CELEBRATE THE HISTORY
OF THE HANA DISTRICT'S FOOD
HANA CULTURAL CENTER
Tastings and demonstrations of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Portuguese foods. The smell of sweet mango and flowers filled the air. Under a mango tree stood two young, local boys surrounded by furry mango seeds and orange-pink peels. Their faces and hands glistened with yellow mango juice and rivulets of sticky juice ran down their arms. Grinning they raced to the ocean to rinse off. These are some of the memories of food and growing up in East Maui. The Hana Cultural Center is invites both residents and visitors to come to a taste of East Maui. There will be historical, cultural and culinary examinations of the food available for the uninitiated. The Hana Cultural Center Museum and Gift Shop will be open with free admission.