This old plantation

Hawaii Plantation Village celebrates "Relive the Plantation Days"

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Masako Miyajima played the "taisho koto," or Japanese zither, during "Relive the Plantation Days," held at the Hawaii Plantation Village on Saturday. Miyajima has been an instructor of the instrument for 20 years.

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Aggie Lee of Halau Na Mamo 'O Pu'uanahulu demonstrated how to make a rosette out of a ti leaf on Saturday. Sharon Leong practiced her skills in the background.

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Kimberly Rivera performed to the song "Holei" during practice Saturday with other members of Kumu Taunja Paishon's Halau Na 'Ohana O Ke Anuenue.

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Hawaii Plantation Village volunteer Gary Tokuda showed Sue Kuo, John Kuo and Stacey Chiu how to spin a bottle cap with a length of string on Saturday. The toy, known as a buzz saw, was once popular with plantation children since it was simple to make and inexpensive. The "Plantation Days" event takes place the first Saturday of every month, each month highlighting a different ethic group that lived and worked on plantations in the early 1900s.