A bare-chested native Hawaiian man wearing a flower lei and loincloth blows a conch shell during the nightly torch-lighting ceremony at a holiday resort on Kauai, one of the eight major islands in Hawaii, USA. Called a "pu" in the Hawaiian language, the large seashell is played like a ceremonial fanfare trumpet, and its loud sound can carry a distance of two miles. The now-traditional Hawaii torch-lighting ritual at dusk was the idea of Grace Guslander, manager of Kauai's famous Coco Palms Hotel that closed in 1992 following catastrophic damage by Hurricane Iniki.
A bare-chested native Hawaiian man wearing a flower lei and loincloth blows a conch shell during the nightly torch-lighting ceremony at a holiday resort on Kauai, one of the eight major islands in Hawaii, USA. Called a "pu" in the Hawaiian language, the large seashell is played like a ceremonial fanfare trumpet, and its loud sound can carry a distance of two miles. The now-traditional Hawaii torch-lighting ritual at dusk was the idea of Grace Guslander, manager of Kauai's famous Coco Palms Hotel that closed in 1992 following catastrophic damage by Hurricane Iniki.
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Location: Island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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