tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46558238444836483062024-03-13T19:26:36.606-07:00The 50th State - Life, Photos & ThoughtsI am a stranger in a strange land here in Hawaii. My thoughts and photos of this beautiful place.
Please give me photo credits and request my permission to re-publish my photos. Rights to use my photos are available for commercial use.Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-70284869041169757402012-04-24T20:18:00.000-07:002012-04-24T20:18:37.646-07:00'Auana Competition - 2012 Merrie Monarch Festival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Saturday, April 14, 2012 - Hilo, Hawaii</span></h3>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">This is the final night of the hula dancing part of the festival. The competition ran until about 11:30PM with the results not being announced until well after Midnight. We did not stay that late, preferring to read all about it in the Star Advertiser when we arrived home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dances on this final night of the Merrie Monarch Festival are in the " 'Auana " style which allows more experimentation and variety in costume and dance. The 'Auana mele (songs) can tell stories about events, feelings or describe places in Hawaii.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Halau I Ka Weiku took the Overall First Place for the Festival for both styles of dance and 'Auana First Place honors for Kane.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here the dancers show the watering of the lavender at the farm.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Halau Kawaili'ula, 2nd place in Kane 'Auana - 2nd place honors in Kane Overall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This mele is a procreation song, or " ma'i " to perpetuate a bloodline. In this case for a son of King Kamehameha.</span></td></tr>
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</div>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-80270269805140460082012-04-23T18:10:00.001-07:002012-04-23T18:45:26.711-07:00Kahiko Hula - Merrie Monarch Festival 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We, my friends Jan, Sherb and I, arrived at the tennis stadium for the second night of the Merrie Monarch Festival's hula competition about 5:30 PM. It had been raining off and on all day. We were looking forward to seeing the kahiko, or "ancient" more formalized dancing style and hula costumes that were to be presented.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The competition always starts with a procession of the volunteers acting as King David Kalakaua, the Queen and his court. First a group of conch shell trumpeters come onto the sacred pa - or dance floor - to announce the impending arrival of the royal party. The young men make a sound salute to the four cardinal directions before scampering off the stage. Next comes a page boy dressed completely in white, then a herald singing tributes and telling the history of the reign of the King. The Merrie Monarch, King David and his consort and princesses enter and parade across the stage with the group followed by the royal standard bearers carrying feathered standards where Westerners would use flags. Hawaii was a royal kingdom which was overthrown by American clergy members, merchants and sugar barons to become a territory and eventually the 50th State of the United States.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I reviewed several hundred of my photos, I found that it was an educational process to begin to understand what the judges of the contest were able to see and pick up on. Here a dancer out of time or poorly positioned, a group that just did not have the unity and perfect timing that the winning groups had - there an arm out of position! I would not want to be a judge for the event - the dancer's movements, particularly for the kane (men's) groups are very quick and broad. The judges have to have years of experience to see the things that make one group better than another. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The crowd loves his bold innovations - as you can hear in the short video above, but the judges do not like them</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">I am hurrying to get the 3 or 4 blog pages I
need to tell about our recent trip to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hilo</st1:place></st1:city>
on the Big Island of Hawaii to attend the 49th Merrie Monarch Festival. This
blog has been gaining viewers in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>, who seem to enjoy looking at
my photos of hula from the 2011 Merrie Monarch Festival last year. Thanks and
"Arigato" to all for taking a look at my blog and photos.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week long
series of events that include handicraft fairs, corporate parties and open
houses, a parade and the biggest events of all - four days of hula
competitions. The event started back in 1963 as a means to help the city of Hilo recover economically from the 1960 tsunami waves that struck the city. By 1971 the focus of the event had shifted to become a major hula competition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">The hula competitions start with a free event
at the covered Edith Kanaka'ole tennis stadium in </span><st1:city style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hilo</st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">
on Wednesday evening. The stadium is named for "Auntie Edith" one of Hawaii's most honored teachers or "kumu" of hula. This is the chance for groups who do not qualify
for entry at the main competitions on Friday and Saturday nights to show off
their hula skills to the public. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">This first event includes groups of younger
dancers, dance groups from out of the State of <st1:state w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:state>
and groups from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>
as performers. Hula is extremely popular in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The crowds are
standing room only for this free event. We did not try to attend this first
night of dancing even though we did arrive in time to enter...perhaps.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">Our first night to attend was Thursday, April 12th - the
night of the "Miss Aloha Hula" competition. This competition is
to determine the skills of one young woman who will become "Miss Aloha <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:place></st1:state>." </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">Our seats were next to the large, elevated stage or sacred "pa" - which should be entered only by invitation. We had great views except when the TV camera dolly was pushed slowly past us or different photographers popped up and down to take photos for the paper (Dennis Oda from the Star Advertiser newspaper) and proud fathers taking photos of their daughters as they danced. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">There were several TV sound technicians moving back and forth to position their hand held directional microphones to capture the dancer's chants, the sounds of their feet, the beat of the gourd instruments and at one point the sound of a nose flute!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.staradvertiser.com/specialprojects/2012/merriemonarch2012/" target="_blank">Click here to see the Star Advertiser's coverage of the festival and Dennis Oda's photo galleries</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13.5pt;">Each of the 12 contestants are required to
dance in two styles of costumes and dance. First is the
"Kahiko"- or "ancient" style of hula with the traditional type of costume, traditional
hand and body motions and the dancer must also perform a chant in which the
strength of her voice, the clarity and correct pronunciation of the Hawaiian
words in the chant are strictly judged.</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>'Auana - a style of hula that allows more experimentation in costume and movement. At the Merrie Monarch Festival, 'auana events follow kahiko events.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Kahiko - the traditional or ancient style of hula that remains closer to long held style of costume and movements. Kahiko included chanting or singing in the Hawaiian language which is judged for correct pronunciation and clarity of the performer's voice.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Helau - a dance group or dance academy / school.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Kumu - teacher or leader of the helau.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Pa - the sacred dance floor. In ancient times this was created by creating an elevated area for the dancers in front of large open areas for the audience.</b></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Wahine - woman or women / girl or girls</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Kane - men or man / boy or boys</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Ulili - instrument made from a dried gourd</b></span></li>
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climbing up to the summit of Haleakala (Holly-AHH-kahh-lahh) Volcano on East Maui. I set
my camera down into the large styrofoam cup of Coke sitting in the car’s center console! Oh! Rats!</span></span></div>
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</div>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-61724070324685592422011-09-18T17:10:00.000-07:002011-09-20T15:52:58.280-07:00Why Keiki* in Hawaii Cannot Spell Their Middle Names ‘Til 4th, 5th or 6th Grades<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">In the evening, we enjoyed the barefooted choristers of the Honolulu Boy Choir composed of local boys from 7 to 13 years old.. During the Christmas Holidays, we will probably attend several of their concerts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The choir performs this song at every show.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Next time - Why Hawaiian children cannot spell their middle names until 4th, 5th or 6th grade. </span></i><br />
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Here are some un-captioned photos of contestants from other halau who competed the second night of the competition. You will notice the striking variation in costume styles for the less formal, more contemporary 'Auana hula style. <br />
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<div></div></div>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-18334102588542677232011-05-30T01:21:00.000-07:002011-05-30T01:30:36.620-07:00Finally, The First Night at the Merrie Monarch Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The first night that we attended the 48<sup>th</sup> Annual Merrie Monarch Festival was Friday night. We returned from our long drive to Kona quickly spruced up and headed to the Hilo Municipal Arena (a set of covered tennis courts) where the Festival was set up.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Festival is a big deal for Hilo because of the number of visitors with the increased revenue they bring to the businesses in the city. The majority of the visitors for the Festival are Hawaii residents because the event is extremely popular here.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Note: In Hawaii, we do not call our visitors “tourists” as that sounds tacky and unwelcoming – we prefer calling people who come to the Islands as “Visitors.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Visitors are very, very important to all of Hawaii.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.merriemonarch.com/" target="_blank">The Official Merrie Monarch Web Page</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In front of our seats - At the right the TV sound man and then the TV Camera and dolly</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Channel 5, KITV gave major coverage to the event with 4 or 5 hours of coverage on each of the five nights. The first 3 nights were preliminary events for other competitions. The final two nights are for the serious competitors. The Festival is the most strict and prestigious competition in the Hula universe.</div></span> <br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Royal Court is introduced to the audience first by a group of conch shell bearers sounding to each of the four cardinal points of the compass before the Royal entourage enters.</span> I am sure that you remember that Hawaii is the only state in the United States which was a Kingdom before the Hawaiian Royals were forced to abdicate by landless Hawaiians, <span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">immigrant </span>American merchants and missionaries about the time of the American Civil War.<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">King David Kalakaua is honored by the festival as he wrote that “Hula is the language of the heart and is therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian People.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrie_Monarch_Festival">Wikipedia article about the Merrie Monarch Festival</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">In all there were 28 groups dancing both of the two nights. Friday was for the groups or “halau” (pronounced like the word “Allow" with a “Hah” sound at the start) to demonstrate their proficiency with the traditional dances – the “Kahiko” (Kahh-HEE-koh).</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">The costumes were more traditional in materials and styles for the Kahiko style of dances. The songs or chants that the dance is performed to are called “mele” pronounced like the English word “melee” (a type of fight in English) “May-LAY”. The mele are the oral stories, traditions, genealogies and histories of the Hawaiian people.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I will describe the various parts of the dancer’s costumes and the special implements they carry as you browse through the photos. The costumes and implements used by the dancers are usually made by the members of the halau themselves. </div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">The local newspaper did an article about the implements and an illustration of the names of the costume parts at the webpage below.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20110424_From_tree__to_instrument.html" target="_blank">Star Advertiser Article - From Tree to Instrument</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">The wrist and ankle lei are called "Kupe'e" (Koo-pay-EH). The neck garlands are made by the dancers the day before - sometimes with materials they gather themselves. They are called "lei'ai" (Lay-AYE) or neck leis. </div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">The head lei is called Lei po'o (Lay POH-oh) it should be worn level to the floor. The materials for the lei po'o are palapalai fern that are often woven with blooms for color.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">One discovery I made while at the Festival and in seeing other Hula being performed is that participation is non-discriminatory - particularly in the case of obese dancers, heavy people, people of color or Haole (Caucasian) and oriental peoples are often seen performing as part of the halau.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The men or "kane" (CAHN-ay) danced very energetically. The mele they performed often had to do with voyaging, romance and paddling a canoe.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We left before the halau that won first place in the Kane kahiko performed to avoid the crush leaving the arena. I will put the performance of the halau who performed a dance dedicated to procreation in its place. This mele was first performed as a procreation chant in 1886 at the Iolani Palace for the 50th Birthday for King Kalakaua. It was choregraphed in 1986 for his 100th Birthday Jubilee at the Iolani Palace. Some of the moves are a bit saucy! The audience loved it!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Next - A parade in downtown Hilo on Saturday morning.</i></div></span>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-53882991372907925512011-05-27T16:35:00.000-07:002011-05-27T17:17:32.055-07:00The Cruel Sun or "Lahaina" Noon<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif;">Well it's Friday May 27th and at 12:28 PM today we had a "Lahaina Noon", Hawaiian for Cruel Sun Noon.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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Anyone and anything standing exactly straight-upright at 12:28 today did not cast a shadow for a few minutes. The sun was exactly overhead at 90 degrees above sea level in any direction.</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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This happens out here twice a year. The next one will be on July 15th at 12:37 PM here in Honolulu (according to the local newspaper) as the sun retreats from the Summer solstice (the longest day in the earth's orbit around the sun each year). Other cities on other islands will have their Lahaina Noon on different dates and slightly different times depending on their latitude. </b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jan told us that she and her sisters used to pick these flowers and their seed pods while on their way home when they were school children. Jan said they called them “Horse Pee” flowers due to the acrid, sour odor of the blooms and the juice that could be squeezed out of the pods. Naturally, they would try to smear or squirt the stinky juice on each other, causing a parental scolding, baths and a complete change of clothes once they arrived home. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I tested the flower’s scent … they do smell sour and terrible!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We went over a bridge and saw a small waterfall and pools just above the sea.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was a beautiful, sunny morning as we drove north of Hilo. We were even able to see and photograph the top of Mauna Kea (Mahn-ahh KEY-ah) or White Mountain - before it became shrouded with clouds. </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We stopped at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaka_Falls_State_Park" target="_blank">Akaka Falls State Park</a> which has a very high waterfall and other smaller falls below. We paid a small admission / park maintenance fee at the parking area near the falls. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I learned that it was about a 1 mile walk with 356 steps down and then back up to see the falls! I was uncertain that my legs were strong enough for that kind of walking yet. The park attendant informed us that the smallest of the series of waterfalls was the one at the bottom and that it took 300 steps down and back to get to it from a fork in the trail. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">However, it was possible to take the right fork in the trail after only 56 steps to reach the best view point for the spectacular, higher Akaka Falls. So… Jan and I went hiking down the right fork of the trail slowly and carefully. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Small falls along the trail to Akaka Falls</b></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Akaka</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Falls</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> is as advertised, very high and spectacular!</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Just then, Sherb received a phone call informing him of an emergency back in Honolulu that he had to deal with. We drove immediately back to the airport in Hilo. I was added as a driver to the rental car contract. Sherb was able to fly out within 30 minutes of arriving back at the Hilo Airport about 11:30 AM.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jan and I spent the afternoon in downtown Hilo browsing the shops. Later we returned to our friends, Sharon and Robert’s, home for dinner and to visit with them. They are musicians, and composers. Sharon is a retired opera singer who once appeared on Jay Leno’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tonight Show. </i>Now they live a quiet life in retirement.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Every night of our stay at their home, we were loudly serenaded by the “Ko-key” frogs, who chirp, KO-KEY, KO-KEY outside all night long!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jan and I rushed to the airport at 7:30 AM to pick Sherb up and then – off we went for breakfast and the day’s outing along Hwy 200 or the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_Road" target="_blank">Saddle Road</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Until very recently, rental car companies forbid taking their cars onto the Saddle Road, the shortest road between Hilo and Kailua-Kona. However, the Saddle Road was now paved all the way and is much better than in past years when it turned into an unpaved single lane road just a short distance away from Hilo. The reason for the improvement is increased use of a large military training camp located at the highest point of the Saddle Road with the attendant increase in military vehicle traffic to and from the camp.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mauna Kea</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">’s summit is home to a number of major astronomical observatories because of the low amounts of turbulence and moisture in the air flowing over the summit. Most of the time the summit is well above the clouds that form as the moist Pacific air looses its moisture on the rising lower slopes of the Windward side of the island below.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div></div>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-42438885109905704102011-05-14T19:08:00.000-07:002011-05-17T02:10:07.635-07:00Merrie Monarch Festival on the Big Island of Hawaii<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I recently took a trip to the Big Island, Hawaii <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Haah-VIE-ee) </i>for sightseeing and to attend the Merrie Monarch Festival held in Hilo <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(HEE-low),</i> the 2<sup>nd</sup> largest county seat and unincorporated city in the State of Hawaii. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> We returned to the Festival grounds to buy our Merrie Monarch Festival shirts and then set off to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park which includes parts of the volcanoes Mauna Loa <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Mannah LOW-ahh)</i>, Mauna Kea <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Mannah KEY-ahh) </i>and Kilauea <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Kill-ahh-WAY-ahh)</i>. These 3 volcanoes form the southern portion of the island of Hawaii. There are two more in the Northern part of the island.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/havo/photosmultimedia/index.htm">Click here for the Park Service's multi-media presentation</a> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The island of Hawaii is the newest and largest of the Hawaiian Island group. There is a stable hotspot welling up from deep in the earth’s core that that has existed for tens of millions of years. The sea floor has been slowly moving to the Northwest over the hotspot, creating each of the islands over the eons as the hotspot causes </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">repeated </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">eruptions and lava flows. The hotspot is also creating a sea-mount about 30 miles south of the Big Island, which will become the island of Loihi (Low-EE-hee) in about 20,000 years - barring any major eruptions.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I was reminded of several large bed pillows thrown flat on a bed when I looked at Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea from Hilo during brief breaks in the cloud cover.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We climbed out of Hilo entering tropical rain forests on state highway 11 to get to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. It was a cool, rainy day there on the Windward side of the island. I used my Lifetime Senior National Park Pass for a free entry to the park. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We stopped at the parks Visitor Center to learn about the volcanoes and of the hazards of being on or near a volcano. We learned that toxic fumes and sulfur dioxide gases were the main danger. Several roads and trails in the park were blocked off due to dangerous gases flowing from various fissures and vents.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jan and I saw some quite rare Hawaiian Yellow Finches while at the museum. The birds are mostly seen farther north on the Western shore near the town of Kona. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Cone-ah)</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lava tubes are formed when a stream of molten lava races downward. The top and side edges of the stream solidify as it cools down. The now solid lava insulates the hotter flow of liquid lava keeping it from cooling. The hot fluid lava continues flowing through the tube that is formed. If the eruption of lava subsides, the liquid hot lava drains out of the tube leaving a hollow tunnel through the lava flow area. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The National Park is situated on land that has religious significance to Native Hawaiians. Pelehonouamea <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Pell-AY-hahn-O-oo-ahh-me-ahh)</i> or Pele <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Pell-AY) </i>is the goddess of all things volcanic. The mana <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Mahn-ahh) </i>or spiritual energy of Pele is powerful and while on a volcano – is all around you. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is best to be respectful of Pele - as countless thoughtless souvenir hunters will tell you. They have picked up bits of lava rock from the volcanoes and taken them home only to have bad luck and misfortune in their lives from then on. Every day the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park service receives mailed packages with lava rocks in them with notes to explain that the sender is hoping that by returning the lava rocks to Pele, they will restore their good fortune.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There is a tree called the Ohia (oh– HE- ahh) that takes root on the lava soon after eruptions. It is part of the recovery process that the barren lava fields go through to regain plant and animal life. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Blossoms of Ohia in great abundance can be found on the mountain slopes of young volcanoes such as Kilauea, Mauna kea, and Mauna Loa. The crimson red Lehua <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(LAY-how) </i>flower called the flowers of Pele bloom twice a year (beginning of spring and in early autumn). The flowers are stunningly beautiful. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is unclear how the legend of "tragic love" behind the meaning of this flower came to be. In fact, the flower and tree are known as sweethearts of the Goddess Pele: young and handsome, Ohia visits Kilauea and Pele falls in love with him at first sight. Ohia resists her advances and an angered Pele turns him into the tree known as Ohia. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We continued to descent from the 4,000 foot high area around Kilauea Caldera down the Chain of Craters Road driving through lava flows from recent eruptions. The new, very tortured lava fields are barren until seeds are brought in by wind, animals and birds. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">My Granddaughter, Savannah – or “Maryy Janee” as she is calling herself due to her resemblance to a character in one of the Spiderman movies – spent her spring break with me here on Oahu. She was here from March 13<sup>th</sup> to the 21<sup>st</sup>. It was a whirlwind 8 days.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">My friend Sherb and I greeted Savannah on Sunday with beautiful floral Lei’s the afternoon she arrived. The plane was almost 3 hours delayed due to problems with the air conditioning before departing LAX Airport. We brought Savannah and her luggage to our apartment for a short rest and then we were all off to go to see a long and slow moving parade down in Waikiki. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The shuttle bus enters Hickham Field which was one of the targets of the Japanese surprise attack. The Pacific Aviation Museum, which we did not visit, is located at the field. A bit further on is the stop for the dock where the Battleship Missouri is on display. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The ship is huge and was the apex of naval warfare before the introduction of aircraft carriers and naval air-power. The thick armor on the battleship has to be seen to be believed, it is over a foot of hardened steel. The Missouri's big guns could fire 3,000 pound shells over 20 miles. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We also saw a number of torpedoes and the outer canisters for submarine launched cruise missiles including several used for nuclear warheads! We went through the memorial for the 52 submarines lost during the war in the Pacific Ocean.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">While we were at the visitor center, the aircraft carrier <i>Abraham Lincoln</i> was leaving to return to its home port of San Diego. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We stopped at the edge of the small surf town of Haleiwa for a snow cone from Matsumoto’s world famous store. On Hawaii snow cones are called “Shave Ice.” The variety of flavors is amazing. I am a purist and have only cherry flavor, but Savannah ordered the rainbow with a scoop of ice cream on the bottom. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We stopped for a photo by the well known sign and then headed South on the coast road, the Kamehameha Highway toward Waimea Bay and the other big surf areas. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The waves at Waimea Bay were very large, running from 20 to 30 feet on the faces as they broke. There were a group of about 30 surfers out, but it was impossible to park along the road, so we did not see any rides. </span><br />
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<tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A parade of 20 to 30 foot high swells - Waimea Bay, North Shore</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We went up to the park at the Pu’u O Makuku Heiau on top of the bluff overlooking Waimea Bay to see the lines of large storm swells rolling in from the North Pacific storms. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I do not know much about the old Hawaiian religion or culture yet, but I have learned that this area was a place where the Hawaiians on Oahu would come to stay for 4 months each year. They stayed in the very pleasant small valley below and used the Heiau (pile or hilltop) in their religious observances. The bluff area was believed to contain Mana and Kaipu (spirits) of various sorts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We did see small offerings of coins, leaf wrapped rocks, and other small offerings left on the rocks surrounding the Heiau.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is where King Kamehameha 2 consolidated the Kingdom of Hawaii in a final battle. He and his warriors drove his opponents off of the cliff to die on the rocks several hundred feet below.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Savannah wanted to see the place featured in the A&E TV reality show,"Dog, The Bounty Hunter.” Dog’s office – Da Kine Bail Bonds and their gift shop is not far from our apartment so we stopped there on our way to spend a day at the beach. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We then went on to the South Shore of Oahu to go to Hanuma Bay State Park Beach. The parking at Hanuma Bay Beach was full, so we explored farther down the road, stopping to watch the rough surf batter the volcanic shore line. We saw the Blowhole before turning back to try the beach parking again.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hanuma Bay Beach is formed from part of an ancient volcanic cinder cone. One side of the cone has collapsed or been worn away by the ocean, leaving a beautiful small, protected cove with a sandy beach sheltered behind extensive reef formations. It is an ideal place to go snorkeling to see wildly colored fish that inhabit the reef without having to contend with large breaking waves. There is an entry fee for non-residents.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hanuma Bay Beach was a playground for the Hawaiian royalty in the early times. Now it is probably the finest beach on Oahu. There is a snack bar at the top of the cove wall and a shuttle for rides down and back on the steep road down to the seaside. We enjoyed the day there and made plans to return on Friday.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Savannah at Hanuma Bay Beach</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The next morning, we returned to the Windward side of the island to visit the Valley of the Temples, which is a large cemetery complex. The most striking feature is the Buddhist temple with a large pond. We visited the temple, rang the large Japanese bell there and then set out for the Polynesian Cultural Center along the Windward coast road.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Polynesian Cultural Center is located in the town of Laie, which is also the sight of Brigham Young University’s Hawaiian campus. The Center is run by the Mormon Church and BYU University. The grounds are extensive with 6 or 7 different Polynesian villages surrounding a lagoon where visitors can ride in large canoes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Each village around the lagoon represents a different branch of Polynesian cultures – Samoan, Tongan, Hawaiian, Arotearuan (New Zealand), Rapa Nuian (Easter Island) and Marquesan with examples of their dwellings, religious buildings or grounds, images, canoe styles and artistic carvings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">We arrived quite late after missing lunch, so getting something to eat there delayed our visits to the various cultural areas quite a bit. We had burgers from the snack bar there. I had not paid to attend the large Polynesian buffet style luau where most of the visitors seemed to be, so the grounds appeared deserted as we went from one village to the other. </span><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Savannah and I did go to the evening show called "HA" – which presents a rather Disneyesque look at the life of one boy growing up to be the chief or king of his island. The show included a lot of dancing, singing, fire walking, fire baton and fire knife twirling amid beautiful sets. The theater is partially open to the night sky.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">After dinner, Sherb took us all for a ride on Round Top Drive, a winding road above Honolulu, to see the Super moon. The moon was full and at it’s closest approach to the Earth in 28 years. The city below was just sparkling.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">There was a special exhibit of dinosaurs showing the new knowledge of the relationship between dinosaurs and birds. We learned that many dinosaurs were warm-blooded and may have had an early form of feathers!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Later in the day, Savannah and I went to use one of the two pools at our apartment complex. Sherb fixed a wonderful dinner and then it was time for Savannah to pack for her flight back to the Mainland the next day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Thanks for a great visit, Savannah. </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Love you always, </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Papa Al</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Comic Sans MS,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<div></div>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-21932845615864095382011-02-04T19:16:00.000-08:002011-02-04T19:35:28.764-08:00Kung Yee Fat Choy ! Happy Chinese New Year !<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;"></span></u></i></b></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Tuesday, February 1st was the first day, New Year's Day, of the year 4709 - The Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Lunar Calendar – the 4th year of the 12 year cycle of Chinese astrological symbols.</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">There were celebrations in Chinatown and downtown Honolulu last weekend and again there will be Lion Dancers to chase away the demons and bring prosperity and good luck to the outlying shopping malls this coming weekend.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We, my friends Sherb, Jen and I went to Chinatown on Friday night to walk all over to watch the Lion Dancers visiting each of the many business locations.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">The Lion Dancers are young members of the local Chinese social and cultural organizations. There are many of these organizations many of which have a squad of young people to be the Lion Dancers. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Lions go to investigate each packet of exploding firecrackers - Note the debris on the street from the firecrackers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bang the cymbal and the drums! Noise, noise, lots of noise will scare away the demons and bring prosperity and good luck all the year!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">My friend and apartment mate, Sherb, and I got as close to the activity as possible to take photos and to shoot short videos. The conditions were difficult. The noise was completely deafening. I was worried about damage to the hearing in my one remaining good ear, my left ear.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzfzr9Dy73WgLx8aiBYoUNkfAuFZb_k5r5FpSrqNkoaaTatrdeZVX2qlBO7BSoUjE7AP-xysiGVz6UhRckyMw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">To get the full effect of the video, turn your speakers up LOUD! then throw sand up to bounce off your face!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The firecrackers were creating great billows of sulfurous gun smoke making it nearly impossible to breath. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">The new, "paperless" firecrackers still use some paper, but somehow, they are using sand in them, so I was being sandblasted by particles of sand bouncing off my face, glasses and the camera. It took showers on 2 consecutive days to get all the sand out of my hair. </span></span></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">My shoes were dusty and my camera required a good cleaning after the weekend.</span></span></span></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The store owners kept throwing packages of firecrackers one after another for the Lions. We left after about 30 minutes to get a breath of clean air – the store owner was still lighting and throwing out packs of firecrackers to keep the Lions occupied!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">The following day, we returned to downtown Honolulu for the parade honoring the Chinese New Year. The parade was composed of about 50 or 60 various Chinese social, business and cultural organizations along with a US Navy Band, several high school bands and the Royal Hawaiian Marching Band. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">The parade took over 2 hours to pass by. The crowds, particularly the children were feeding the Lions folded up dollar bills for luck as each of the groups passed by.this is many of the organization's major chance to raise funds for the coming year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">We ended up eating dinner at Verbano's Italian Restaurant - a restaurant we often go to. Verbano's is operated by a Chinese family!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Keiki Zoo which is a “must visit” attraction when you and your keiki visit Honolulu.</span><br />
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</span></div></span></span>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-66652365757247003192011-01-15T14:37:00.000-08:002011-01-15T14:37:49.678-08:00Nuuanu Stream, Local Phrases & Words<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div class="MsoNormal"> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Five Minutes from Home</span></u></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </div></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">These photos were taken within 5 minutes from my apartment.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> We stopped at the Nuuanu – Pali stream that flows through a neglected botanical garden.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Like all governments everywhere in the US these days, the facilities in the garden are closed, boarded off bathrooms, no parking etc. to save money the state does not have.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> But, the trash cans are still emptied!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div></div></span></span><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></span></u></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The language used by the people living in Hawaii is very unique. The intonation and rhythm of phrases is based on “Pidgin.” This leads to a beautiful sounding version of American English.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"> <div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span> </div></div><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">A recent headline in the Star-Advertiser – the state’s main newspaper read. <i>“State Budget Is Pau.”</i> </span> </div><div> </div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Now, these are not your average run of the mill safe and sane fireworks, firecrackers, cherry bombs or M80's. These are the big guns! The professional kind that you usually see at the stadium fireworks shows - or at Disneyland every night. When the lifting charge goes off you hear and feel a tremendous WHUMP - followed by a window shaking BANG and concussion wave when the main aerial charge goes off! </span></span><br />
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Firecracker/fireworks permits cost $25.00 to legally shoot off fireworks. So far this month almost 11,000 permits have been purchased on the island. Close to 400,000 pounds of fireworks were sold for the holiday period here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Theoretically, it is legal to shoot them off from 9PM tonite until 1 AM on January 1. But the barrage started slowly just before Christmas and reached a crescendo from 11:30 tonite until just few minutes after midnight. There were dense clouds of sulfurous smoke hanging all over the city from the all the fireworks.<br />
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Starting January 1st, 2011 fireworks, except firecrackers will be illegal due to a new ordinance just passed. There is no way that this ordinance will be honored. The culture of the people is too firmly rooted in the belief that you need to scare away the evil spirits with loud explosions at various times of the year or for various events. Also, everyone tries to outdo their neighbor's fireworks efforts.<br />
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My friends here report that some of their family members spend up to $3,000 each for fireworks to celebrate the Christmas / New Year Holiday Season!</span></span><br />
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</div><div></div></span></span>Traveler Alhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04337472911512981081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655823844483648306.post-60464391711010256372010-12-25T12:42:00.000-08:002010-12-26T12:53:03.658-08:00Christmas in Honolulu<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">I am starting this new blog about living in Hawaii on Christmas Day, 2010. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">Home decor can feature unique Hawaiian themes – such as decorating the boat or outrigger canoe that is parked in your driveway, or having hula girls gently swaying as part of your outside Christmas lights.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">You might get a glimpse of an off duty Santa walking in Waikiki! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">While in Waikiki you can visit the prize winning “Gingerbread Village” proudly displayed in a magnificent hotel.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">There are giant figures of Santa and Mrs. Claus cooling their feet in a fountain with Santa giving passersby a “shaka” sign. The “shaka” is a clenched hand with the thumb and little finger extended. The shaka means “That’s cool, bro!” or “Thanks for letting me enter traffic!” and a thousand other meanings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14pt;">“Mele Kalikimaka” or Merry Christmas from Honolulu, Hawaii.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000;"></div></span><br />
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