Posted at 11:58 a.m., Monday, June 25, 2007
Wellness festival set for Kona June 29-30
Advertiser Staff
The Big Island will host the "Pacific Cultural Wellness Festival —Blending Culture & Science with Aloha" this weekend, June 29 and 30, at the Outrigger Ke'auhou Beach Resort, 78- 6740 Alii Drive, Kailua-Kona.On Friday, admission is $25 per person, free for children under 17 and those 60 and older. Saturday admission is free.
The sessions will feature medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, acupuncturists and massage therapists from throughout Hawai'i participating in workshops, demonstrations and panel discussions on both days. All sessions are open to the public.
They include Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell, retired professor of medicine at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine; lomilomi experts Mary Fragas and Sylvester Kepilino; Ramsay Taum, an instructor in lua (Hawaiian martial arts) and hooponopono (conflict resolution); and Levon Ohai, instructor of laau lapaau (herbal medicine) at Kaua'i Community College and the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Dane Silva, a respected kumu lomilomi (lomilomi master) and president of the Hawaiian Healing Center in Puna, is the primary coordinator for this event.
Call (808) 965-8917 or go towww.pacificculturalwellnessfestival.org for more information.
