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The Maohi Native Cultural Festival was held Saturday at the Kapiolani Park Bandstand. The festival celebrates the traditional Polynesian makahiki season of harvest and thanksgiving and featured groups from Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand. Above, Faatau Wastine danced with the group Teriitehau Taputu O Tahiti.

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James Smith applied a "ta moko" as he prepared to perform with the Maori group Te Wananga Maori.

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Aggy Stevens-Gleason, left, and Ka'iulani Takamori performed hula with the halau Pua Ali'i 'Ilima.