UH trip unites past, present

A delegation of 80 will share isle culture in the nation's capital through a taro patch

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 17, 2012

~~<p>Hiapo Cashman and his students from the University of Hawaii will install a wetland taro patch on the National Mall this month when UH officials show an estimated 1.5 million people how ancient Hawaiian practices can apply to modern life.</p>
<p>Cashman, director of Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kanewai next to UH-Manoa's Hawaiian Studies building, and his group will be part of 80 UH and community members who will join 19 other public land-grant universities invited to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., from June 27 to July 8.</p>
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Hiapo Cashman and his students from the University of Hawaii will install a wetland taro patch on the National Mall this month when UH officials show an estimated 1.5 million people how ancient Hawaiian practices can apply to modern life.

Cashman, director of Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘O Kanewai next to UH-Manoa's Hawaiian Studies building, and his group will be part of 80 UH and community members who will join 19 other public land-grant universities invited to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., from June 27 to July 8. Login for more...