He Mana`o Aloha `Ia
Check out a selection of photos from this year's Festivals of Aloha.
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Hawaiian Culture
1 CommentsFirst Timers Channel Success
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Setting a new record turnout, 123 crews with over 1,000 paddlers from Russia to Australia navigated the Ka`iwi Channel through wind, rain and choppy water at the 58th annual Molokai Hoe last Sunday.
This year, Molokai was represented by many fresh faces to the race. Team Molokai, formed by paddlers from Wa`akapaemua, Kukui O Molokai and Mana`e canoe clubs, had five first-timers to the Hoe challenge and a father-sons trio.
Rookie paddler Troy Heen said while he may be nervous for his first run of this race, he is excited to be a part of the Molokai team.
“We are just a bunch of friends together that want to have fun out here,” Heen said.
The men had a great race – beating their personal goal by finishing 24th with a time of 5:44:28.
“Coming in the top 25 is really an accomplishment,” said relief paddler David Gilliland. “We had a fantastic start and the team really muscled through the tough water to keep us ahead of the pack.”
Tahiti’s Shell Va`a won their fifth consecutive Molokai Hoe with a time of 4:38:50 and Team OPT #1 finished second in 4:51:34.
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Sovereignty in Action
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The Obama administration and Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) joined around 600 Native Hawaiian advocates at the largest annual gathering of Native Hawaiian organizations – the Native Hawaiian Convention.
This year’s topic was sovereignty in action, according to participant and Kalama`ula Mauka Homestead secretary Candice Davis-Bicoy. After attending the last Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homesteads assembly, where she learned more about the Akaka bill, she said she attended the convention to learn more about politics.
Davis said she attended the debate between Democratic candidate Neil Abercrombie and Republican Duke Aiona, to learn “which governor is going to address Native Hawaiian issues, and homesteaders’ issues.”
“I’m still an opio [youth], most issues were discussed on a higher level with kupuna,” she said. “As an opio I appreciated being at that conference, to take in all that knowledge – what is pono, what is the right way to go.”
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing community in the U.S. – expected to make up 10 percent of the population by 2040, according to Ahuja. The initiative’s responsibility is to take the mana`o of groups like this, and work directly with 30 federal agencies to make sure their voices are heard.
He Mana`o Aloha `Ia
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Aloha indeed – as adults relaxed, chowed down and talked story, keiki ran off the sugar from shave ice and braddah pops in the popular annual event, Festivals of Aloha.
Now in its 64th year, the Festivals of Aloha began as a way to preserve Hawaiian culture and traditions. The free musical and performance entertainment, as well as plenty ono food stands and game booths attracted hundreds each night to the Mitchell Pauole Center, and nearly 1,000 turned out for the finale parade and ho`olaule`a last Saturday. County Council Chair, and Molokai representative Danny Mateo was this year’s Honorary Chair for Maui Nui’s festival. Its theme, He Mana`o Aloha `ia, means ‘gaining knowledge through aloha.’
Aloha Week Contest Winners:
`Ulu/`Uala/Kalo
Taste
1. Tere Neuhart
2. Laurie Rapanot
3. Vonda Stone
Presentation
1. Vonda Stone
2. Tere Neuhart
3. Amber Nakihei
Poke
Taste
1. Marion Dudoit
2. Amber Nakihei
3. Stef Bush
Presentation
1. Marion Dudoit
2. Amber Nakihei
3. Stef Bush
Aloha Wear
Youth Muumuu
1. Tylea Cuello
2. Lelia Cuello
Youth Aloha Shirt
1. Waikaika Augustiro
2. Buzzy Augustiro
Adult Muumuu
1. Larie Loria
2. Scarlett Ritte-Camara
3. April Torres
Adult Aloha Shirt
1. Frank Parrino
2. Levi Yamazaki-Gray
3. Leimana Ritte-Camara
Couple
Sol and Paula Alcain
Bed Races
Men’s
1. Pepsi
2. Bicoy Men
3. Friendly Market Center
Women’s
1. Bicoy Women
2. Tutus
3. The Dispatch
Best Sportsmanship
Bicoy Men
Parade
Best Float
1. Punana Leo
2. Cabalar `Ohana
3. Royal Court
Best Pooper Scooper
1. Lanai
2. Ni`ihau
3. Molokai
Pa`u Unit
1. Maui
2. Kaho`olawe
3. Molokai
Court
2010 King/Mo`i Kane: Robert Ahsee Kalawe, Jr.
2010 Queen/Mo`i Wahine: Kauwela Ritte-Camara
Prince: Kaio Kalawe
Princess: Kealalehua Kalipi
Counselor: Keoki Pescaia
Matriarch: Mikiala Pescaia
Lady in Waiting: Laulani Walker
Red Kahili: Keoki Johnston Kalanilani
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Hula Uniki Class held on Molokai
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The Hula Pa at Keawanui held its first Hula Uniki on September 18, 2010, a weeklong process full of Hawaiian protocol. Kumu Hula Tony Conjugacion picked Molokai and needed the Uniki to be on the eastern side of the island. "This is a perfect place for an Uniki, with the fishpond the Hula Pa and the many Hawaiian plants, especially the three beautiful Ulu trees, we are so glad we pick Keawanui,” he said.
In the picture are the Kumu and elders of the halau watching over one of the students who is preparing for her graduation presentation after some twelve years of being a student.
Walter Ritte
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Another Step Towards `Aha K`iole Creation
Molokai has been taking a statewide leadership role in the creation and implementation of a new state law which calls for the creation of an `Aha K`iole – a state wide traditional governance system. Each island is to create an ahupua`a-based governance system, and to organize a group of ahupua`a into a Moku – Molokai has organized their 60-plus ahupua`a into five Moku. Leaders are elected in each Moku by those who live in that Moku. The Moku elected leaders then come together under an island `Aha Moku, and join with the other island’s `Aha Moku into an `Aha K`iole. This new system of resource governance is actually an old traditional Hawaiian way of managing the limited resources.
Aloha Kakou
Ke mahalo aku nei a papa M – 3 i na makua a me na po`e e kokua me na mea a pau i ka makou `imi kala no na keiki a makou ma ka Po Ki`i`oni`oni. Ua holomua no makou. He mahalo nui i keia mau kako`o a kokua: Raquel Dudoit no ke kanake pulu, Shirley Rawlins no na ki`aha, Kahea a me Lulu Maliu, Braddah a me Jannah Maliu, no na ipuhao a me ke kapuahi, Kahealani Maliu, Corinne Young, Clara Calairo, Molly Tengan, Po`okela Napoleon, “Tita” Moana Maliu-Calairo, Heli Silva Ducaroy a me Kalua Kanuha i ka`oukou kokua ma ka makau ku`ai, Mike Shizuma no ke kokua ma ka hale `aina, Kamalu Poepoe, i kou lumi papa, ia Loke Han, Joran Dudoit, Dani Dela-Cruz, Tarrah Horner, Sonja Domingo, `Opu`ulani Albino a me ike po`o kumu o Lydia Trinidad i ka `oukou kako`o a alaka`i. I hana kakou i keia mua aku.
How You Gonna Act?
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It’s not Shakespeare, said Lydia Trinidad, principal of Kualapu`u School. But the point of last week’s student performance was about gaining confidence. Kindergarten through second graders joined together to perform “`Opae`e,” a story about a brother’s quest to save his sister from an eel, written by Pilahi Paki and Irmgard `Aluli.
The student’s were showing off their talents they had learned in their new art class, which combines performance art and visual art. It also includes Hawaiian history and culture lessons, called `ike (knowledge) Hawaii.
“Studies show that [art] helps kids perform better in other subjects,” said Kari Haggler, the visual art instructor. “[And] Molokai kids are really creative.”
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Kualapu`u’s third through sixth graders will have their own performance night Nov. 18.
Tax Relief Workshop for Native Hawaiian Organizations
Honua Consulting News Release
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is sponsoring free workshops for small Native Hawaiian serving organizations, to help them come into compliance with tax requirements by the Oct. 15 deadline.
A network of Hawaiian organizations and businesses have banded together to help small Native Hawaiian organizations maintain their tax exemption status. The IRS recently announced that October 15, 2010 will be the final day for small charities to take advantage of a one-time tax relief program before losing their tax exemption status.
Kalaupapa Celebrates Aloha
The small, isolated community of Kalaupapa didn’t let their size stop them from throwing a grand party on Sept. 1 for the settlement’s third annual Night of Aloha. Patients, staff and topside folk celebrated with festive music, hula and stomachs full of ono food.
“It went absolutely beautiful,” said Ziana Kaulia, a Department of Health employee who organized the event. Kaulia said she started the event in 2008 after hearing some of Kalaupapa’s patients talk about the Aloha Weeks they used to have decades ago.
“They were never able to participate in the court,” Kaulia said. “That’s why I wanted to start something like this, so the patients could participate and be in the court.”
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