Matai Saunoa, left, and Keoni Wong, proper, carry out with the Alaska Tamafai Youngsters Ministry dance group in the course of the Aloha in Alaska Music Competition in Anchorage on Saturday. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
A parking zone in northeast Anchorage was remodeled Saturday right into a small competition venue that includes Polynesian delicacies, dance teams and musicians.
The Aloha in Alaska Music Competition started in 2015 as a option to carry one of the best of Hawaii to Alaska and to share the tradition and aloha spirit with the Anchorage group, organizer Tasha Kahele mentioned. She and her household personal native companies Lei’s Poke Cease, Da Poke Man Specific meals truck and Kahele Investments.
The occasion, held outdoors Lei’s Poke Cease at Tikahtnu Commons, was blessed throughout a Wah Ngai Lion Efficiency and Dedication and was adopted by quite a few dance performances and a musubi consuming contest, the place contestants tried to eat as most of the rice, seaweed and Spam snacks as they might in 5 minutes. The favored Hawaiian band Maoli was featured as their headliner.
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Folks take part within the Wah Ngai Lion Efficiency and Dedication at first of the Aloha in Alaska Music Competition in Anchorage to bless the occasion on Saturday. The lion was delivered to Alaska from Malaysia. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Elsie Mahi seems to the stage as individuals put together to compete in a musubi consuming contest. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Folks embrace as they watch the Women of the Pacific Dance Group carry out. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Members of the Women of the Pacific Dance Group carry out in the course of the Aloha in Alaska Music Competition. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Haaheo Kanohokula lifts his daughter, Healani Faaaliga-Kanohokula, within the air. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Trays of musubi are delivered to the stage as individuals put together to compete in a musubi consuming contest. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Stunna Iakopo drinks water as he competes in a musubi consuming contest for $250 and different prizes. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
Youths attain for a tray of leftover musubi from a contestant. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
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