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Punahou Carnival / Begun in 1932, one of Honolulu’s perennials is the Punahou Carnival, which now benefits the school’s financial aid program and student activities. Like the return of the humpbacks and the Sony Open, the Punahou Carnival–this year’s theme is “That ’70s Carnival”–happens at about the same time every year, and, in its own way, brings together locals and visitors alike to experience one of the things that makes our Pacific outpost more than just, well, a Pacific outpost.
Like swallows to Capistrano, Oahu residents flock to lower Manoa each year for the cotton candy, the midway rides, the white elephant and plant sale, and, of course the fresh-fried hot malasadas. The only real difference between the Punahou Carnival and a state fair in the rural American plains is that ours is an urban gathering. That, and no one will be arriving on horseback. Or a riding mower.
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