Thursday – Saturday, May 12 – 14: 
Annual World Fireknife Championships & We Are Samoan Cultural Arts Festival. The world’s most talented fireknife dancers come together at the Polynesian Cultural Center in four nights of heated competition. Fireknife dancers from as young as six years old to the most experienced and celebrated performers will compete in their respective divisions for the chance to win the coveted title of World Fireknife Champion. Attendees will be treated to a cultural experience unlike any other, and the best of the best will be crowned a World Champion in both Junior and Senior Divisions.  At the High School Samoan Cultural Arts Festival, students from across Hawai`i will demonstrate their knowledge of Samoan culture by competing in a series of traditional practices including protocol and speech making, basket weaving, coconut husking and fire making, costuming, poise, dance movements and interpretation. Polynesian Cultural Center, 55-370 Kamehameha Hwy., La`ie.  For information, schedule and tickets call (808) 293-3333 or visit www.worldfireknife.com.