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"To preserve and share the cultural heritage of our Upcountry community by bringing history to life for present and future generations.
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The Guava Juice
Good News from the Makawao Museum
October 2018
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July-September donations: $4,104
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uly-September visitor count: 6,176
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Want to learn more about the history of Makawao? The Makawao History Museum will hold public walking tours of the town with a guide and brochure/map.
Our next tour will be on Sunday, November 4th at 10 am. Meet the tour guide at the Museum. Residents and visitors are invited, families welcome. Tour is Free (Suggested donation is $5.00).
An additional Walking Tour is scheduled for Sunday, December 2nd. Depending on the response, the Makawao History Museum may plan more tours in 2019 and will keep the community informed.
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The Strange Evolution of POGs
During the early '90s, Pogs were all the rage. These round, brightly colored, cardboard caps were in every kid's back pocket, ready to be thrown down at a moment's notice. Few people realize that the game itself originated in Hawaii, brought to full revival by a local school teacher.
The game is attributed to the classic Japanese game of Menko, a game played with paper cards and pieces. Players would attempt to flip their opponent's cards over. When Japanese immigrants settled in Hawaii in the early 1900s, children adapted the game pieces to round milk bottle caps and the evolution of Menko into Pogs began.
In the early '90s, Blossom Galbiso, a teacher and counselor at an elementary school in Oahu, re-introduced the game to her students and used it as a tool to learn math. Galbiso and her students hunted for proper materials for their game and liked the classic milk bottle caps used by Haleakala Dairy on Maui. The tops were round, flat and made out of cardboard. About that same time, a fruit drink called POG was very popular in Hawaii, and the Dairy began distributing POG milk bottle caps to promote its fruit drink. POG is made from passion fruit, orange and guava juices. The game spread so rapidly around the islands, that the packing company for the milk bottle caps was asked if they could make extras!
The Makawao History Museum is bringing back the nostalgic POGs thanks to a kind donation of Kitada's POGS that were donated to the Museum in honor of our new Kitada's Kau Kau Korner exhibit. Donations of vintage POGs and Haleakala milk caps were also donated soon after and are now available for purchase at the Museum. We hope you'll stop by and pick up your own little piece of this Hawaiian evolved game.
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Rodeo Programs Archive
During October, the Museum celebrates American Archives Month with a display of its Makawao Rodeo programs, along with photographs and memorabilia from past rodeos. Visitors may also view a DVD of interesting "home movies" from 1965 forward, including footage of the Makawao Rodeo Parade traveling through Makawao town, the rodeo itself at the Old Kahului Fairgrounds, footage of rodeo queen Fern White riding "Roman Style" with three horses, and footage of Willie Thompson, son of Charlie Thompson, wrangling at Kealia Ranch on Hawaii island.
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The Makawao History Museum is looking for stories for our "Aloha in Makawao" columns! Please feel free to email us your stories at info@makawaomuseum.org
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