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The Hilo Farmers Market was started on this block in 1988, held every Wednesday and Saturday at the end of Mamo Street. [12] The building was listed as state historic site 10-35-7420 on January 14, 1989 [ 13 ] and added to the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii on August 27, 1991 as site 91001087. [ 1 ]
A susu or sou-sou or osusu or asue (also known as a merry-go-round, [1] Partner, or Pawdna in Jamaica; [2] sol in Haiti;, [3] san in Dominican Republic, [4] and Njangi in Cameroon [5]) is a form of rotating savings and credit association, a type of informal savings club arrangement between a small group of people who take turns by throwing hand as the partners call it.
Susu collectors are represented by an apex organisation, with whom 850 are registered, though it is estimated another 150 unregistered collectors operate in the North. Whereas banks in Ghana offer high-value, long-term loans, Susu collectors can offer low-value advances or credit in the short term (usually less than a month) that is interest free.
Hilo / ˈ h iː l oʊ / (Hawaiian pronunciation:) is the largest settlement in and the county seat of Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States, [1] which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi, and is a census-designated place (CDP).
Hilo is a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the State of Hawaii, U.S.A. In the current system of administration of Hawaiʻi County , the moku of Hilo is divided into North Hilo District ( Hilo ‘Akau ) and South Hilo District ( Hilo Hema ).
In Ghanaian culture, a susu box, or money box, is a small box made of wood or metal and sometimes clay [1] with a small hole or slit created on top of the box for money to be dropped in. [2] It is an equivalent to the piggy bank.
KSIX-TV (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Hilo, Hawaii, United States, serving the Big Island of Hawaii as an affiliate of NBC and CBS. It is a full-time satellite of Honolulu-based KHNL (channel 13) and KGMB (channel 5) which are owned by Gray Media. KSIX-TV's transmitter is located atop the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel; its parent ...
The Hilo Tribune began publication on November 23, 1895, and changed its name to the Hilo Daily Tribune in 1917. [2] The Hilo Daily Tribune, the Hawaii Herald (August 13, 1896 – February 22, 1923) and the Daily Post-Herald merged to form the Hilo Tribune-Herald, which began publishing on February 19, 1923. It continued under that name until ...