Four dancers with ipu gourds, 1967 Luau

Title

Four dancers with ipu gourds, 1967 Luau

Description

Four female Pacific University students performing a dance with ipu gourds at the university's annual Lu'au in 1967. The event's "Royal Court" sits behind them on the stage. Note: the original slide is stamped with a printing date of October 1968, but the image appears to have been made in April 1967.

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_683

Date

1967

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. 15, 1967