Ma ke ʻano he mea hana kaʻa kaʻa i paʻa loa i ka moʻomeheu Kina, haʻaheo ʻo Mutrade i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā kuʻuna waiwai a me nā loina e hoʻokaʻawale ai ko mākou hoʻoilina.

I kēia lā, makemake mākou e hoʻomālamalama i ka Dragon Boat Festival, i kapa ʻia ʻo Duanwu Festival, kekahi o nā hanana koʻikoʻi a hoihoi loa ma Kina.

Hoʻomaka ʻia ma mua o 2,000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, hoʻomanaʻo ka Dragon Boat Festival i ke ola a me ka make ʻana o ka haku mele nui a me ka mokuʻāina ʻo Qu Yuan. Hana ʻia ma ka lā ʻelima o ka malama ʻelima o ka kalena lunar, ua hui kēia ʻahaʻaina i nā heihei waʻa deragona, nā zongzi ʻono (sticky rice dumplings), a me nā hana kuʻuna like ʻole.

ʻO ka mea koʻikoʻi o ka ʻahaʻaina ʻaʻole i kanalua ʻia nā heihei waʻa deragona hauʻoli. ʻO kēia mau waʻa lōʻihi a haiki, i kāhiko ʻia me nā poʻo a me nā huelo deragona waihoʻoluʻu, e lele ana i loko o ka wai me ka pahu kani o ka hui. He ʻike ia a he hōʻike i ka ʻuhane o ka lokahi a me ka hana hui.

Ma Mutrade, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou i ka mana o ka hui pū ʻana, ka hui pū ʻana, a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maikaʻi. E like me ka hui pū ʻana o nā hui waʻa deragona i kā lākou mau hahau ʻana i mua, hana like kā mākou hui ma Mutrade e hāʻawi i nā ʻōnaehana kaʻa kaʻa kiʻekiʻe.

E like me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ka Dragon Boat Festival, makemake mākou e hoʻolaha e mālama ʻo Mutrade i kahi hoʻomaha mai Iune 22nd a Iune 24th. I kēia manawa, e hoʻomaha maikaʻi kā mākou hui e hoʻomaha a hoʻolilo i ka manawa maikaʻi me kā mākou poʻe aloha. E hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou hana maʻamau ma Iune 25th.

I ko mākou hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēia ʻahaʻaina, kono mākou iā ʻoe e ʻimi i kā mākou ʻano o nā lako kaʻa, i hoʻolālā ʻia me ka pololei like, ka ikaika, a me ka pono e like me nā waʻa deragona iā lākou iho. E like me nā heihei waʻa deragona, kūkulu ʻia kā mākou mau hoʻonā kaʻa e hoʻomāmā i nā hana, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pono, a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike maʻamau no nā ʻoihana a me nā mea kūʻai aku.

No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kā mākou hāʻawi lako kaʻa a pehea e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻololi i kāu mau wahi kaʻa, e ʻoluʻolu e nānā i ka loulou. Kūpaʻa mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku kūʻokoʻa e hoʻokō i kāu mau pono kaʻa.

ʻOiai mākou e hoʻomaha pōkole, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻi mai kā mākou hui hoʻolaʻa, mākaukau e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ke alakaʻi alakaʻi, kākoʻo, a me nā hoʻonā hou. Mahalo mākou i kou ʻike a me kou kākoʻo ʻana i kēia wā ʻahaʻaina.

Ke hauʻoli nei ʻoe i nā ʻoliʻoli a apo i ka ʻuhane o ka Dragon Boat Festival, ke hāʻawi aku nei mākou i kā mākou mau makemake pumehana no ke olakino maikaʻi, ka pōmaikaʻi, a me ka holomua. Na ka ikaika o ka deragona e hoʻoikaika iā kākou a pau e piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe.

Hauʻoli ʻo Dragon Boat Festival!