A visit with Sheraton Kona’s Hawaiian Ho’okipa Ambassador of Culture and Activities, NaniKupihe on the Big Island of Hawaii. I will forever remember Nani and her sweet lyrical-way of teaching Hawaiian culture, and her most touchingly infectious Aloha Spirit.
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