Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Poipu

Celebrating the Lunar New Year in Poipu

POIPU — Hundreds of people of all ages literally ran from all points of The Shops at Kukuiula on Friday when the first of eight big strings of firecrackers broke the calm of the afternoon. “It’s still the new year,” said Coach Beau Acoba of the Tsunami Taiko ensemble of young taiko drummers that included three Asian lions that welcomed the new year based on the lunar calendar. The Shops at Kukuiula celebrated the Lunar New Year, or the first new…