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Posted on: Saturday, June 9, 2007

Everybody loves a parade

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A mikoshi (Japanese portable shrine) was carried through Waikiki at last year's Pan-Pacific Festival parade.

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Pa'u riders are one of the highlights of the King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade.

Waikiki is Parade Central this weekend, so stock up on the sunscreen, bring your cameras and bottled water and be ready to cheer on:

The 91st annual King Kamehameha Celebration Floral Parade

Today begins at 8:30 a.m. downtown and wends its way through Waikiki, ending at Kapi'olani Park, and features floral floats, pa'u riders and marching bands in honor of the ali'i who united these islands.

At the park is Na Hana No'eau o Ka Pakipika ("Artistic Endeavors of the Pacific"), a celebration with entertainment, food, and arts and crafts demonstrations.

This year's Kamehameha celebration is themed "Bridging the World Through Music and Dance."

Details: www.hawaii.gov/dags.

THE PAN-PACIFIC FESTIVAL

Parade, 5 p.m. tomorrow, is the colorful, crowning event of the 28th annual celebration. The route is within Waikiki, from Fort DeRussy to Kapi'olani Park. More than 1,000 marchers, mikoshi (portable shrines) from Japan, and marching bands from Hawai'i and the Mainland will participate.

The Pan-Pacific celebration also features an arts and crafts fair (noon to 4 p.m. today at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center), a hula festival (noon to 3 p.m. today at Ala Moana's Centerstage), a taiko festival (1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today, Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center) and tonight's Sunset on the Beach (7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Queen's Surf Beach), which will screen a film about Misora Hibari, one of the most famous singers in postwar Japan.

Details: www.pan-pacific-festival.com.

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