Hawaii Day Four - Part Three- The Luau

The highlight of our trip, the thing my children wanted the most, and the thing that most exemplifies the Hawaiian culture, is the traditional luau.  I picked one right on the ocean so we could see the beautiful views, and I am glad we did.  With a gorgeous sunset behind us, we saw the IMU where a sumptuous pig was cooked.

The girls learned a few Hawaiian instrument names, such as 'uli'uli,

pu'ili

and 'ili'ili.

We ate the traditional imu dinner, here Olivia gets a bit drunk on her punch (it is 11 pm our time back home, so she may be tired too).

watched the dancers perform the hula dancers, Tahitian dance, Samoan slap dance (for the mosquitos of course), and the finale with the fire dancers.And we had to get our photos with the men and women who danced these

wonderful dances.  If you can't notice, Tabatha and Alicia both want to grow up to be hula girls, they loved the traditional hula dance more than anything else.