At Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel, we host an array of exciting events, special occasion champagne brunches and authentic Hawaiian entertainment.Ola i ka Pū Hala means there is life because of the pandanus tree (pū hala) which celebrates this indigenous Hawaiian plant as an important part of every Hawaiian family in our woven mats, pillows, baskets, and the sails that brought our people on canoes across the Pacific. ʻIeʻie is an endemic woody, branching climber (Freycinetia arborea) which is made into the finest baskets, fish traps, and as a sturdy frameworks for other crafts. Kōkō is the practice of knotting sennit to create nets and calabash net-carriers. The conference will consist of four days of intense instruction of these weaving crafts by 20 of our kumu (master practitioners) from throughout Hawaiʻi.
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