In a tiny gymnasium at Foisia Park in Carson, California, an eclectic group of women ranging in age from 14 to 56 line up in rows, ready for instruction at their first siva Samoa (Samoan dance) lesson ...

GRANADA HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Lyn-Del Pedersen has been teaching students at Aloha Hula Polynesian Dance Studio in Granada Hills for over 15 years. "What we try to do is perpetuate the culture ...

Rocco Tinitali is helping to bring a taste of the Polynesian Islands to the Grand Strand. The 33-year-old American Samoa has been performing the art of fire knife dancing for the last five years. Now, ...

If you thought the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) was mostly just a luau, you’d only be scratching the surface. Don’t get me wrong—their luau is solid—but it’s nothing compared to everything else ...

Welcome to Group Project, a series on the many ways young people are building and engaging with community. From queer resistance to finding new hobbies to forging alternate paths, working together is ...

Polynesian Fire, a live music and buffet dinner show, is hosted by a family from American Samoa and is held six nights a week at the St. John’s Inn in Myrtle Beach, S.C. May 3, 2023. JASON LEE JASON ...