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Locals Know: Pa‘u Riders of Hawai‘i

Exuberant and horse crazy, Hawaiian women of the nineteenth century loved to ride at breakneck speed with their skirts flying behind them. What one writer called the “gay, winged dress” of these early horsewomen was the pa‘u, a distinctively Hawaiian riding costume now seen mostly in parades. The Pa‘u The pa‘u—a woman’s skirt or sarong—was…

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August 4, 2015
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