Though small, has had a significant impact on Hawaiian culture, despite many of its residents' tracing their lineages from various Pacific Island countries such as Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and New Zealand. Fundraisers and feasts on the beach in the late 1940s inspired "The Hukilau Song",History of the Hukilau Song written, composed and originally recorded by Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner, and made famous by Alfred Apaka.
Though small, has had a significant impact on Hawaiian culture, despite many of its residents' tracing their lineages from various Pacific Island countries such as Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and New Zealand. Fundraisers and feasts on the beach in the late 1940s inspired "The Hukilau Song",History of the Hukilau Song written, composed and originally recorded by Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner, and made famous by Alfred Apaka.