[ WEEKEND SCENE ] Island-style fun as seen through the camera’s eye

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Going coconuts

The Hawaii Nature Center has
a session on the tropical fruit

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RONEN ZILBERMAN / RZILBERMAN@STARBULLETIN.COM Uncle Norman Chang taught a group of children and parents at the Hawaii Nature Center yesterday about the journey of the coconut through the Pacific and of its many uses.

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RONEN ZILBERMAN / RZILBERMAN@STARBULLETIN.COM Harald Sievert and son Sebastian worked together on a coconut whip made from the fronds of the tree.

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RONEN ZILBERMAN / RZILBERMAN@STARBULLETIN.COM A Nature Center instructor demonstrated how to open a coconut with a pickax.

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RONEN ZILBERMAN / RZILBERMAN@STARBULLETIN.COM Troy Freitas and daughter Taylor, 7, shared a coconut after the hard work of opening it.

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RONEN ZILBERMAN / RZILBERMAN@STARBULLETIN.COM Elisebeth Lummerstorfer took photos of coconuts and products made with different parts of the tree.