DK Travel : Honolulu & O’ahu : History & Culture

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Haku

Flowers, leaves, or fruit are braided onto three strands of ti or other natural fiber. Haku lei are most often worn around the head or on a hat.
Hawai’i Convention Center

A contemporary masterpiece of glass and soaring white columns, the Convention Center, across the Ala Wai bridge from Waikīkī proper, was dedicated in 1998 and contains dozens of artworks and more than a million square feet of meeting space. Lecture tours are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Hawai’i Theatre Center

The historic 1922 movie palace, the interior of which has been fully restored, is a perfect Rococo jewel box and fills a much-needed niche for a smallish, acoustically sound theater facility in Honolulu. The Hana Hou! (Encore!) Hawaiian Music Series offers first-rate traditional and contemporary Hawaiian concerts.
Hili

Hili are braided lei made from a single plant material such as ti leaf or maile .
Hula Implements

The implements used by hula dancers and their accompanying chanters have changed little over hundreds of years. Though some enthusiasts still craft their own implements, hula supply shops on all the islands now allow dancers with busy 21st-century lives to purchase many of the items needed (though the materials used may not always be traditional these days).
Humupapa

Flowers are sewn onto plant material such as dried banana leaves (lau hala ).
International Market Place

The 50+-year-old Market Place, originally a fanciful shopping area and cultural park, is undergoing a $150 million renovation project through 2007. Expect pathways beneath spreading trees and across ponds that recall the area’s illustrious past, when it was Queen Emma’s garden. Performance areas, a low-rise shopping and food hall, and spots for hula, artisans, and storytellers are also planned.
James Campbell

An early sugar baron who died in 1900; his estate is valued at over $2 billion dollars.
John Burns

A strong statehood advocate, John Burns was elected in 1962 to his first of three terms as governor of the State of Hawai’i.
John Waihe’e

The first governor of Hawaiian ancestry, he led the state from 1986 to 1990.