Waimea Town Celebration

By Léo Azambuja

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Waimea Town Celebration is the largest and oldest festival held in Waimea. For more than four decades, the West Kaua‘i Business and Professional Association hosts this nine-day long event. The festival raises money for WKBPA to support the Historic Waimea Theater and the restoration of Pāʻulaʻula, also known as the Russian Fort.

On the event’s last Saturday, a ho‘olaule‘a lasting all day attracted thousands of people to shop local crafts and foods, plus dance to live music that rocked the Old Waimea Sugar Mill from 10 a.m. to midnight.

Left to right, McKenna Pascua, Vance Pascua and Randy Ortiz

Left to right, Edwin Vea, Brett Vea, Alia Lazaro, James Kowalewski and Flo Texeira

Chaz Kamauu and Hiwalei Alaser

Left to right, Peggy Ventura, Jordan Silva and Vanessa Lewis

Left to right, Charlene Ortiz, Keane Hosaka and Kyle Quilausing

Michelle Sproat, left, and Tiana Sproat

Left to right, Ryan Watanabe, Allie Venturi and Alfred Farias

Left to right, Winnie Hoeppaer, John Pankow and Adriana Clark

Left to right, Jerrelyn Mahiai, Stel Pimentel, Taylor Carvalho, Jessica Carvalho and Tyra Carvalho

Mafatu Krainer

Kahelelani Makepa and Jeremy Makepa

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