The event celebrating the Portuguese people’s 142 years in Hawaii also featured traditional dance, music, food and educational displays. “It’s good to perpetuate the culture,” Hessler said.

Today, Portuguese communities thrive across the state, each with its own character, but all share pride in their heritage. “We are looking at people that are 4th, 5th, 6th generation to Hawaii ...

HILO — About 60 people braved a heat index that officially reached 91 degrees Sunday to bless the site of the future home of the Hawaii Island Portuguese Chamber of Commerce Cultural and ...

Members of Portuguese clubs and the Hawaii Council on Portuguese Heritage ... “Coming up in the 2020 Census, it will be the first time people will be able to write in their race and ethnicity ...

Scores of Hawaiian beachgoers were stung by Portuguese men-of-war Tuesday as ... 200 stings on the island by early afternoon. A hundred people suffered stings at Kailua Beach and at least another ...

Several classic Hawaiian dishes originated with ... In the state of Minas Gerais, people forced to work at Portuguese-controlled mines and plantations began baking small buns with leftover yucca ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Portugal’s Ambassador to the United States Francisco Duarte Lopes, and Consul General in San Francisco Filipe Ramalheira, wrapped up a week-long visit to Hawaii on ...