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Makena Drum Circle Photos

Every Sunday evening Little Beach at Makena turns into a giant party with a drum circle and fire dancers at its center. Part of it is cool, with all the drummers and fire dancers, and people just hanging out with each other, and part of it is kind of annoying with lots of kids just using it as an excuse to get high and be stupid. Here are some shots I got when we were there this year. 

Here's a montage video I put together of some of the coolest fire dance portions. Right click here and save to your computer and run it from there. It's about 220mb, so it may take awhile to download.


Photos



This was the first time I've seen this guy there. He was really cool looking, and on the hike back to the car in the dark he was holding a light so everyone could make it over the lava safely


This cool juggler was hanging out near the drummers


This guy looked far out, leaning up against his surfboard


This guy is just ripped! We saw him during the day playing frisbee and he is possibly the best frisbee player I've ever seen


A cool drummer


Another cool drummer


Yet another cool drummer


A wider angle of the drummers and onlookers


A girl climbed the tree over the drum circle and it made for a great silhouette


Another girl climbed the tree and joined the first


Everyone gathered around the fire dancer


A cool shot of the girl sitting in the tree with the light of the fire dancers hitting her


This fire dancer also blew fire. it was awesome!


A final fire dancer