Traditional dances, Polynesian food, and a celebration of culture return to downtown Stockton for the Te Fa'a Nō Te 'Ori 2025 Tahitian Dance Festival. The three-day festival begins on Friday, Oct. 17, ...
COURTESY WILLIAM KYOUNGYONG JEE The dancers of the group Tamatoa of Kaneohe wear white flowers around their necks and traditional ti leaf skirts and chest pieces. COURTESY WILLIAM KYOUNGYONG JEE ...
The Association of Native Americans at Yale this weekend condemned Shaka, an all-female Polynesian dance group, for appropriating Hawaiian and Tahitian culture and demanded that the group disband. In ...
Last fall, when Sarah Mendoza posted a video of her fellow dancers from Te Varua Ori on Facebook, she simply wanted to promote the decade-old troupe by showing their regular warm-up routine. The clip ...