Free occasions have a good time Queen Liliʻuokalani and Hawaiian History Month

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This September, Hawaiʻi will mark its first official Hawaiian History Month, following the state’s adoption of Act 167 earlier this 12 months. The month honors Queen Liliʻuokalani and celebrates Native Hawaiian contributions, inviting the neighborhood to replicate, study and envision the long run collectively.

Presented by the Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī Coalition and the UH at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, this 12 months’s observance presents free concert events, movies, strolling excursions, cultural shows and digital occasions designed to attach individuals throughout generations.

“This designation affirms our collective responsibility to share Hawaiʻi’s true story,” stated State Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole, who sponsored the laws. “It honors Queen Liliʻuokalani while inspiring civic participation rooted in aloha ʻāina.”

Honoring her legacy

Hawaiian History Month honors the legacy of Queen Liliʻuokalani whereas highlighting the islands’ historical past and heritage. Born Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha in 1838 at her household house in Puōwaina (Punchbowl), she was Hawaiʻi’s final reigning monarch. A gifted composer and staunch defender of her individuals, her September 2 birthday anchors the month’s observance and retains her legacy at its middle.

Rare efficiency

Among this 12 months’s most anticipated occasions is the return of Mai Poina: The Overthrow Walking Tours, the place actors information members by means of pivotal moments of January 1893 at ʻIolani Palace. Another spotlight is The Kumulipo Experience, a uncommon efficiency of the sacred 2,102-line family tree chant, honoring the queen by means of a cultural providing not seen in generations.

“This month is a living classroom,” stated Malia Nobrega, director of strategic partnerships at Hawaiʻinuiākea who helps manage occasions. “It’s about carrying forward Queen Liliʻuokalani’s vision and creating opportunities for our communities to connect, reflect and be inspired.”

Event highlights (All occasions are free and open to the general public.)

• August 31—Eō e Liliʻu Concert, Kawaiahaʻo Church
  Celebrate the Queen’s musical legacy with a neighborhood sing-along.
• September 2—Hauʻoli Lā Hānau e Liliʻuokalani, ʻUmeke Lāʻau at Kapolei Hale
  Commemorate Queen Liliʻuokalani’s 187th birthday and the milestone passage of Act 167.
• September 6—Free Palace Tours and Memory Walk, ʻIolani Palace
  Walk in remembrance and luxuriate in free admission to Hawaiʻi’s historic seat of monarchy.
• September 6, 7 and 13—Mai Poina: The Overthrow Walking Tours, ʻIolani Palace
  Experience historical past the place it occurred. These dramatic strolling excursions, initially created in 1993 by playwright Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, recreate the pivotal days of January 1893 and illuminate untold tales of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s overthrow.
• September 13—Student Film Showcase, Aliʻiōlani Hale
  View six authentic quick movies produced by Hawaiʻi’s scholar filmmakers for Hawaiian History Day.
• September 14—The Kumulipo Experience, ʻIolani Palace
  Witness a sacred cultural providing at nightfall as Nā Kumu Hula (Master of hula) Kamuela Chun, Kalani Akana, Mehana Hind, Kalei Nuʻuhiwa and Kaponoʻai Molitau and their hālau (hula college) carry out the Kumulipo, Hawaiʻi’s cosmogonic family tree chant, in honor of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
• September 17 and 19—Kahiki: Native Hawaiians Abroad
  September 17: Virtual program from San Diego, CA
  September 19: Live and digital program from Iosepa, Utah
• September 26—Holoholo Honolulu: Historic Health Sites Tour
  Ride by means of Honolulu on a double-decker bus and uncover tales of well being, neighborhood and aloha.
• September 27—Hoʻōla: History of Hawaiian Health, Virtual Presentation
  Explore Hawaiʻi’s historic well being responses and resilience.

For the complete schedule, go to HawaiianHistoryMonth.org.