na Stacey Schifferdecker
ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana he lā hoʻomaha kū hoʻokahi ʻo ʻAmelika, akā ʻo ka manaʻo o kahi hoʻolauleʻa makahiki e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ke Akua no kāna makana i hoʻi i ka manawa a puni ka honua. Eia kekahi mau ʻano e hoʻolauleʻa ai nā moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe i ka Thanksgiving. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kekahi mau manaʻo e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i ka hoʻolauleʻa Hoʻomaikaʻi o kou ʻohana i kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka poʻe Helene kahiko, ka Roma, ka Hebera, ka Kina, a me ko ʻAigupita, ua mālama lākou i nā ʻahaʻaina hōʻiliʻili a me nā ʻahaʻaina hoʻomaikaʻi. Ke hoʻomau nei kēia mau hoʻolauleʻa i kēia lā ma nā ʻano like ʻole. Hoʻolauleʻa nā ʻohana Iudaio me kahi ʻahaʻaina ʻohi ʻohi ʻehiku lā i kapa ʻia ʻo Sukota. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Sukota i ka mālama ʻana o ke Akua iā Mose a me ka poʻe Hebera i ko lākou hele ʻana ma ka wao nahele no 40 mau makahiki ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka ʻāina i hoʻohiki ʻia. I ka wā o Sukoth, kūkulu nā ʻohana i nā hale liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi mai nā lālā a me nā lau. I loko o nā hale, kau lākou i nā huaʻai a me nā mea ʻai e like me ka ʻāpala, nā hua waina, ke kulina, a me nā pomegerane. Hana ʻia kahi hanana kūikawā i kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻomanaʻo i ko lākou mau kūpuna Hebera a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke Akua no ka ʻohi ʻana. ʻAi nā ʻohana i ka hale i ka pō a moe pū kekahi i kekahi manawa.
Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina hōʻiliʻili Kina ʻo Chung Chʻui a i ʻole ʻo ʻAukake Moon Festival a hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i ka waena o ʻAukake. I loko o kēia hoʻolauleʻa ʻekolu lā, hoʻolauleʻa nā ʻohana Kina i ka pau ʻana o ka wā ʻohi me kahi ʻahaʻaina nui e hōʻike ana i ka puaʻa i kālua ʻia a me nā keke mahina. He hōʻailona kēia mau popo pōʻai pāma i ka lōkahi ʻohana a me ka hemolele, no laila hāʻawi pū ka poʻe Kina i nā keke mahina i ko lākou mau hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana i mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā mooncakes ma kahi kokoke loa hale kūʻai ʻAsia hale kūʻai iā ʻoe. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, i ka wā kaua, hūnā nā Kina i nā ʻōlelo huna i loko o nā mooncake a hiki iā lākou ke pale aku i ko lākou ʻenemi.
Hoʻolauleʻa pū nā ʻohana Vietnam i kahi ʻahaʻaina hāʻule i ka waena o ʻAukake. Kapa ʻia kā lākou ʻahaʻaina ʻo Têt-Trung-Thu (tet-troong-thoo) a i ʻole ka Mid-Autumn Festival. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka Children's Festival a ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā hana he nui no nā keiki. Wahi a ka moʻolelo Vietnamese, ua hana nui nā mākua i ka ʻohi, haʻalele lākou i nā keiki e pāʻani wale ana. I mea e hoʻoponopono ai, e hōʻike ana nā mākua i ko lākou aloha a me ka mahalo i kā lākou mau keiki ma ka ʻaha Mid-Autumn. ʻO kekahi hana kaulana, he huakaʻi kukui kukui i ka wanaʻao, hana pinepine nā keiki me nā kukui. Hōʻike nā kukui i ka mālamalama a ʻo ka huakaʻi ponoʻī e hōʻailona i ka holomua ma ke kula.
Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei ʻo Ghana, Nigeria, a me Korea i ka ʻohi ʻana ʻo ʻAukake. Loaʻa iā Ghana a me Nigeria kahi Yam Festival no ka mea ʻo ka ʻuala ka meaʻai maʻamau i nā ʻāina he nui o ʻApelika a ʻo ia ka hua mua e ʻohi ʻia. Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina Korea ʻo Chusok. Hui pū nā ʻohana a ʻai i nā pōpō laiki kūikawā i hana ʻia me ka laiki, ka pī, ka hua sesame, a me ka ʻōpala. Hele pū lākou i nā lua kupapaʻu o ko lākou mau kūpuna a hula i nā hula kuʻuna.
Hoʻolauleʻa ʻo India Hema i ka ʻohi ʻana ma kahi ʻahaʻaina i kapa ʻia ʻo Pongal i Ianuali o kēlā me kēia makahiki. Kapa ʻia ma hope o kahi kīʻaha laiki ʻono, hōʻike ʻo Pongal i kahi ʻahaʻaina kaiāulu kahi e hui pū ai nā hoalauna e kaʻana like i kā lākou mea kanu a mahalo i nā poʻe a pau i hāʻawi i ka hōʻiliʻili kūleʻa.
Hoʻomaka ka lā hoʻomaikaʻi ma Kanada i ka makahiki 1578, i ka wā i hana ai ka mea mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Martin Frobisher i kahi hui ma Newfoundland e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke Akua. ʻO kēia hoʻolauleʻa ka mea like loa me ka American Thanksgiving, ʻoiai e hōʻike ana i nā meaʻai like ʻole a me nā mele. ʻO nā mea like mai ka American Revolution, i ka wā i neʻe ai ka poʻe ʻAmelika i kūpaʻa mau iā ʻEnelani i Kanada, me ka lawe pū ʻana i kā lākou mau ʻAmelika. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka manawa o ka ʻohi ʻana ma Kanada, no laila hoʻolauleʻa lākou i ka Thanksgiving i ʻOkakopa ma mua o Nowemapa. Hoʻolauleʻa pū ka poʻe Kanada i ka Pōʻakahi ma mua o ka Pōʻalima.
ʻO nā ʻahaʻaina hōʻiliʻili ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua, ʻo ia ka German Erntedankfest i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i Kepakemapa i kēlā me kēia makahiki a me kahi lā lehulehu o Brazil no ka hoʻomaikaʻi a me ka pule i mālama ʻia i ka Pōʻalima ʻehā o Nowemapa.
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ʻO Stacey Schifferdecker ka makuahine hauʻoli akā hauʻoli o nā keiki kula ʻekolu—ʻelua keikikāne a me kahi kaikamahine. He mea kākau kūʻokoʻa ʻo ia, he Kuhina no nā keiki, he mea manawaleʻa PTA, a he alakaʻi Scout. Loaʻa iā Stacey kahi kēkelē laepua ma Communications a me Palani a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Ua kākau nui ʻo ia e pili ana i ka makua a me ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka ʻoihana, ʻenehana, huakaʻi, a me nā leʻaleʻa.
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