With more than $60 billion of capital under management and its strong support for the necessary and appropriate actions taken by the government of Puerto Rico, the Ad Hoc Group could provide a substantial source of financing in connection with the Commonwealth's effort, said the Steering Committee for the Ad Hoc Group.
It may feature food such as poi, kalua pig, poke, lomi salmon, opihi, haupia and beer, and entertainment such as traditional Hawaiian music and hula. Among people from HawaiÊ»i, the concepts of luau and party are often blended, resulting in graduation luau, wedding luau and birthday luau.
A feast where the King ate with women was the symbolic act which ended the Hawaiian religious tabus, and the luau was born. The favorite dish at these feasts is what gave the luau its name. Young and tender leaves of the taro plant were combined with chicken, baked in coconut milk and called luau. The traditional luau feast was eaten on the floor. Lauhala mats were rolled out and a beautiful centerpiece made of ti leaves, ferns and native flowers about three feet wide was laid the length of the mat.