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Aloha (/ ə ˈ l oʊ h ɑː / ə-LOH-hah, Hawaiian:) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians , for whom the term is used to define a force that holds together existence.
The Spirit of Aloha Oceanfront Botanical Gardens also referred to as The Gardens, is an 11-acre nature preserve located just off the Hana Highway on in Haiku, Hawaii on the island of Maui. It overlooks Ua'oa Bay in the Pacific Ocean and Papanui o Kane Hawaiian island. The historic was originally granted by a Land Commission Award by the Kingdom ...
Lei Day is a celebration of Hawaiian culture, or the aloha spirit. People commonly celebrate by giving gifts of leis to one another. Schools also put on plays [2] and elect a Lei Day court of Kings and Queens to represent the different islands. [3] Each island has its own symbol that is composed of a color and a flower.
“The spirit of Aloha clashes with a federally-mandated lifestyle that lets citizens walk around with deadly weapons during day-to-day activities,” Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins ...
Hawaii's government introduced the Aloha Spirit law in 1986, an effort inspired by Pilahi Paki, a Maui-born poet and philosopher who spoke of the aloha spirit at a 1970 conference on the islands ...
Aloha ʻĀina, which literally means "love of the land", [1] is a central idea of Native Hawaiian thought, cosmology and culture. Aloha ʻāina brings a perspective ...
Take Honolulu’s aloha spirit, inject it into classic cantina food, and you’ve got Búho. Come for the big margaritas, stay for the live music. Come for the big margaritas, stay for the live music.
Polynesian paralysis is a term describing the relaxed lifestyle in the Hawaiian islands and the spirit of aloha reflecting the love of the Hawaiian people. Far away from the haste, anxiety, and impatience that makes the rest of the world stressed and frantic, people in Hawaii live life a little slower and believe that they will get to where they need to go and do what needs to be done in good ...