Honolulu PowWow

I was lucky enough to be pau hana by noon on October 7th. Just across the street from my bus stop, in Thomas Square, Honolulu's 32nd Annual Intertribal Powwow was in full swing so I spent a few hours there eating fry bread and watching the dances. It was soooooo blazing hot that day! I'll bet these Elwah girls from British Columbia thought they were going to be felled by heat stroke. The Elwahs passed out gifts to their audience during a gift-giving dance - a tradition common to many Northwest coast tribes but nothing I'd ever experienced personally. I was given an "Elwah Warrior" t-shirt. Sweet! This photo isn't so hot. I took it with my phone. Sorry, k?