Old Lahaina Luau - Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
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N 20° 53.164 W 156° 41.120
4Q E 740792 N 2311273
The Old Lahaina Luau is regarding as one of the most authentic and traditional luau and recognized as Maui's best.
Waymark Code: WM85KW
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 02/02/2010
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The luau is a traditional feast held for special events, but many of the tourist-based shows are commercial renditions, not capturing the traditional spirit or rites.
Located in Lahaina, visitors are greeted with a lei and a drink to begin your experience. While you are touring the one-acre site, talking with local artists, the traditional feast, including the pig, is cooking in the imu (cooked underground in banana leaves). Guests are called to feast by a traditional conch shell call, and the show begins.
While watching the show of chants and traditional dances, visitors will feast on kalua (roast pork), lau lau (pork wrapped in luau leaf), poi (from the root of the taro plant), ahi poke (marinated raw tuna), and other Hawaiian offerings.
The show was amazing, the food incredible. Be sure to resrve early, we got lucky on the waiting list two months before our trip. Located at 1251 Front Street, Lahaina.
Name of Source Book: 1,000 Places to See in the USA & Canada Before You Die
Page Location in Source Book: 957-958
Type of Waymark: Experience
Location of Coordinates: Stage area
Cost of Admission (Parks, Museums, etc.): 92.00 (listed in local currency)
List Available Hours, Dates, Season:
April 1st - September 30th
Showing nightly from 5:45 p.m. till approximately 8:45 p.m.
October 1st - March 31th
Showing nightly from 5:15 p.m. till approximately 8:15 p.m.
Official Tourism Website: [Web Link]
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