Performer holding bamboo poles at the 1969 Luau

Title

Performer holding bamboo poles at the 1969 Luau

Description

A male performer crouching and holding two bamboo poles at Pacific University's annual Lu'au in 1969. He is likely part of a Tinikling (or tiniclín) Filipino folk dance performance, which was a part of the Lu'au.

Pacific University began hosting an annual Lu'au in 1961. Student members of Na Haumana O Hawai'i (Hawaiian Club) organized and performed in the event, raising money for scholarships. The Lu'au included a dinner, sales of leis and other products flown in from Hawai'i, and performances of Pacific island dances. The Lu'au is normally held on the second Saturday in April in Washburne Hall. The name of the event was changed to Lu'au and Ho'ike in 2019.

Identifier

PUA_LuauSlides_504

Date

1969

Subject

Luaus

Student Activities

Pacific University

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Format

slides

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Pacific University Archives

Date Created

Apr. 19, 1969