Photos: 31st Annual Pacific Islander Festival

by Roger Wilson

Members of the Keiki (Kids) dance group from the Huhai Halau O Ilima Pa Olapa Kahiko Dance Group prepares to perform during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Members of the Keiki dance group from the Huhai Halau O Ilima Pa Olapa Kahiko Dance Group prepares to perform during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune
Matua Mantanona prepares to perform with his Chamoro dance group during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Matua Mantanona prepares to perform with his Chamoro dance group during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cindy Hoffman puts a flower head-piece on her daughter Ava before performing with the HIVA Dance Foundation during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cindy Hoffman puts a flower head-piece on her daughter Ava before performing with the HIVA Dance Foundation during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Young members of the HIVA Dance Foundation dance during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Young members of the HIVA Dance Foundation dance during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
A Hawaiian dance group performs during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
A Hawaiian dance group performs during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Fabian Laniyo,1, poses for a photo on a Hawaiian canoe atvthe Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Fabian Laniyo, 1, poses for a photo on a Hawaiian canoe at the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Chamoro dance group,Kutturan, fromLong Beach, performs during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
The Chamoro dance group, Kutturan, from Long Beach, performs during the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. (Sandy Huffaker / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Vendor booths at the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. The festival featrured foodbooths, atras and craftes booths and performers form several Pacific Island Nations. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Vendor booths at the Pacific Islander Festival at Ski Beach on Mission Bay on Saturday, Sept. 2025. ( Photo by Sandy Huffaker for The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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