Column: FestPAC offers lessons of Pacific unity

The sound of conch shells and the incessant beat of drums reached from the white sand beach of Kualoa Beach Park and across the centuries. The popular beach park last week was the venue for the arrival of voyaging canoes carrying officials for the opening event of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture, which Hawaii was hosting for the first time in the festival’s 52-year history. FestPAC brings together over 2,000 of the best artists and dancers from more than 20 Pacific island countries and territories.

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