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Mochi pounding in Wailea Village keeps traditions alive

Posted on 8:20 am, Sunday, December 30, 2012. Tags: akiko masuda, hakalau, mochi, wailea

It was hammer time in the small town of Wailea Village as they pounded mochi rice during their 15th annual mochi-tsuki celebration to welcome the New Year.

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Wailea Village pounds mochi for New Year’s luck

Posted on 11:21 pm, Tuesday, December 29, 2009. Tags: big island, hakalau, mochi, wailea

Wailea Village 12th annual mochi-tsuki celebration in making traditional rice cakes the “old-fashioned” way. Everyone took their turn at pounding the glutinous sticky rice for good luck.

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Pounds of rice make the New Year nice

Posted on 10:13 pm, Sunday, December 27, 2009. Tags: donkey mill art center, mochi, new year

Mochi is a rice cake delicacy served on New Yearâ€™s Day to symbolize the many blessings that the family will receive in the New Year. Visitors to the Donkey Mill Art Center in Holualoa pounded and shaped steamed rice into smooth cakes Sunday (Dec 27).

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Mochi pounding for the New Year

Posted on 11:55 am, Sunday, December 28, 2008. Tags: hakalau, mochi, pounding, wailea

Sue Irvine, of Hilo, left, swings a mallet to pound sweet steamed rice into mochi as Brad Kurokawa wets his hands between turning the hot rice dough. Kurokawa has to be quick and in sync with Irvine so his hand isn’t turning the dough when the mallet hits it. (Photos and video by Baron Sekiya/Hawaii247.com)

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