By Dana Benner
Nothing screams Hawai’i more than the lu’au. Every year countless people experience the numerous commercial lu’aus offered on all of the islands, but how many of those people understand what the lu’au, or as it is called by the Hawai’ian people, ‘aha’aina, means to the Hawai’ian culture. In many cases, the modern lu’aus that draw many tourists, only very slightly convey the true meaning of the event.
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