Did Hawaiian dancers traditionally wear grass skirts? Christopher Maurer | Lacey, Washington Pacific Islanders did wear plant-based clothing for ritual and dance—the Māori of New Zealand ...

Many resorts are edging away from tiki bars and grass skirts and toward real-life Hawaiian traditions.

Modern-day wearers of coconut bras and grass skirts are ignorant of what it represents and how offensive it can be, especially when also mocking the movements of hula for laughs or attention.

Hawaii - June 28, 2002 - The word “luau” means festival in Hawaiian, conjuring up images of grass skirts, bamboo torches, hula dancing and roasted pig. Steeped in ancient island tradition, the ...

From that point on, the grass skirt became a stereotypical representation of Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and the hypersexualization of Pacific Islander women by sailors and the media.