Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding Festival

The 21st Annual Wailea Village Mochi Pounding for New Year was held on Saturday, December 29th, 2018. The event, which celebrates the “old-fashioned” way of making traditional rice cakes, drew hundreds to the small Hamakua Coast village.

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