MidWeek West - May 3, 2023
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       FOODIE FEAST
A monthly West side event highlights local food trucks and entertainment. SEE PAGE 4
SUMMER SURF
Gary Kewley shares the latest surf news in The Wavelength. SEE PAGE 7
Celebrate Filipino Culture At Fiesta
  A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
     The West O‘ahu community is invited to the 31st annual Filipino Fiesta and 11th annual Flores De Mayo on May 6 at the Filipino Community Center. PHOTO COURTESY FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER
TBY MARIA KANAI
he 31st annual Filipino Fiesta and 11th annual Flores De Mayo is one of O‘ahu’s most celebrated cultur-
al events and it’s right around the corner. This year’s festival is slated to take place on May 6 at the Filipino Community Center in Waipahu. The first fiesta took place in 1993 at Kapi‘olani Park and then at Kaka‘ako Waterfront Park. It continued to expand and grow throughout the years, except for a two- year hiatus during the pandemic. Last year was its first return since 2020 with about 8,000 attendees.
This time around, the celebration brings together 40 vendors and features multiple ac- tivities like an adobo cook-off contest, beer garden, silent auction and much more. All proceeds go toward the Filipino Community Center.
“The mission of the center is to ... own and operate a community center that provides social, economic and education services to promote and perpetuate Filipino culture and customs in the state of Hawai‘i. The event
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