Pig roasting pit at the 1977 Luau

Title

Pig roasting pit at the 1977 Luau

Description

Men wearing matching t-shirts tend the pit where a kalua pig is being roasted for Pacific University's annual Lu'au in 1977. The men are likely either Pacific University students or students' family members from Hawai'i. Their shirts read "Punahou," which is the name of a private school in Honolulu.

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_212

Date

1977

Date Created

Apr. 16, 1977

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