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Pages in category "Celebrations in Hawaii" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aloha Festivals; H.
Since 1873, the official Japanese New Year has been celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on January 1 of each year, New Year's Day (元日, Ganjitsu). Prior to 1872, traditional events of the Japanese New Year were celebrated on the first day of the year on the modern Tenpō calendar, the last official lunisolar calendar.
May Day became Lei Day in Hawaii in 1928 with a celebration in Honolulu. Lei Day received official recognition in 1929 by Governor Wallace R. Farrington, who declared May 1 of each year as "May ...
Hawaii Izumo Taisha was founded in 1906 when Rev. Katsuyoshi Miyao opened a temporary worship site on Aala Street near Aala Park on 26 September 1906. [3] A temporary shrine building was completed on 25 August 1907. A permanent shrine building was completed in 1922. [4]
Daijingu Temple of Hawaii is the only shrine in American territory with a recorded history of holding worship services for a Japanese war hero before the start of the Pacific War. Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō was worshiped by members of the Imperial Japanese Navy and local Japanese-Americans. This has prompted scholars to consider Shinto in ...
The Makahiki festival was celebrated in three phases. The first phase was a time of spiritual cleansing and making hoʻokupu, offerings to the gods.The Konohiki, a class of chiefs that managed land, provided the service of tax collector, collected agricultural and aquacultural products such as pigs, taro, sweet potatoes, dry fish, kapa and mats.
The festival was celebrated on six of Hawaii's islands, but in 2008 festival organizers decided to hold most events on Oahu due to a lack of funding. There was also the chance that the Floral Parade would be cancelled altogether, but it was saved by private donors and funds from the City and County of Honolulu. [3] No Aloha festival was held in ...