{"id":111418,"date":"2020-02-14T16:34:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T02:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=111418"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T02:26:51","slug":"hawaiian-language-month-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/14\/hawaiian-language-month-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Makahiki games, mele part of Hawaiian language celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_69589\"  width=\"620\" height=\"465\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7KT37Onc-Zc?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Traditional Makahiki games, mele part of Hawaiian language celebration\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> Hawaiian language haum&#257;na (students), faculty and staff played traditional Makahiki games and learned mele (songs) to celebrate mahina <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> (Hawaiian language month) on February 14. <\/p>\n<p>The love for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> once forbidden language brought together dozens on the main lawn in front of the university. Everyone who attended was asked to communicate only in <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii.\">Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa freshman <strong><span aria-label=\"Kahulialii\">Kahuliali&#699;i<\/span> Arraujo<\/strong> stopped by in between classes. He\u2019s enrolled in Hawaiian 202. The Hilo native was motivated to take classes after discovering his grandfather, a pure Native Hawaiian never learned <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> because of a ban implemented after the overthrow of the Kingdom of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii.\">Â鶹´«Ã½.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ua komo au i ka papa <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. E <span aria-label=\"hooikaika\">ho&#699;oikaika<\/span> i <span aria-label=\"kou\">ko&#699;u<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#333;lelo<\/span> a <span aria-label=\"hooikaika\">ho&#699;oikaika<\/span> i <span aria-label=\"kou\">ko&#699;u<\/span> <span aria-label=\"ike\">&#699;ike<\/span> o ko m&#257;kou kupuna. (I joined Hawaiian language to strengthen my language and also strengthen my identity with the knowledge of our kupuna),&rdquo; Arraujo said. <\/p>\n<p>L&#257; Launa P&#363; is an annual event organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/kawaihuelani\/\">Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language<\/a>, a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/hshk\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa. Kumu (teachers) encourage students to engage in more conversations in Hawaiian to help them retain the language. <\/p>\n<p>Kumu <strong>Kainoa Wong<\/strong> has taught <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa since 2005. The language has always been a part of his everyday life. Wong\u2019s father and grandfather spoke Hawaiian fluently on their ranch on Maui. He takes pride in seeing how much of an influence Hawaiian language can have on haum&#257;na. &ldquo;It\u2019s great to see students not knowing any Hawaiian not knowing any culture leave with a sense of <span aria-label=\"olelo,\">&#699;&#333;lelo,<\/span> culture&#8230;they know a sense of place. It\u2019s very, very rewarding,&rdquo; Wong said. <\/p>\n<p>The first Hawaiian language courses were offered at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa in 1922. Thousands have taken <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> since then. This spring, 966 students are enrolled in Hawaiian on the M&#257;noa campus, 76 are on track to earn bachelor\u2019s or master\u2019s degrees. Haum&#257;na have access to 58 classes, with seven courses available online.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/10\/asuh-olelo-hawaii-classes\/\">free non-credit <span aria-label=\"Olelo\">&#699;&#332;lelo<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> classes<\/a> are open to the public this semester, through a partnership with <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> as an initiative to further the university\u2019s goal of becoming a Hawaiian place of learning. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/23\/turnout-overwhelms-organizers-olelo-hawaii-class\/\">Since the courses launched in January, an average of 200 to 300 people attend each week.<\/a> Hawaiian language graduate student <strong>Paige Okamura<\/strong> is one of the instructors. For her, seeing senior citizens come to class is especially moving. &ldquo;We have about 80 to 100 kupuna (seniors) that show up. Some are dropped off in Handi-Vans. They come every week&#8230;It&#8217;s lovely, it&#8217;s really touching,&rdquo; Okamura said.<\/p>\n<p>Instructors have also received numerous requests from people outside of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> wanting to learn. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ktuhfm\/\"><abbr>KTUH<\/abbr> has provided a livestream of the jam-packed classes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By <span aria-label=\"Moanikeala\">Moanike&#699;ala<\/span> Nabarro<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111424\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/manoa-hawaiinuiakea-hawaiian-language-month-1.jpg\" alt=\"people playing musical instruments\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/manoa-hawaiinuiakea-hawaiian-language-month-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/manoa-hawaiinuiakea-hawaiian-language-month-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/manoa-hawaiinuiakea-hawaiian-language-month-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faculty taught haum&#257;na (students) traditional Hawaiian mele.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The love for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> once forbidden language brought together dozens on the main lawn in front of the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[33,1057,551,411,1465,9],"class_list":["post-111418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaiian","tag-hawaiian-language","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-kawaihuelani-center-for-hawaiian-language","tag-manoa-native-hawaiian-place-of-learning","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111418"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124473,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111418\/revisions\/124473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}