Chinsukō

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me ko‘u mau hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?

Chinsukō

I ko‘u hele ‘ana i ka hale pule ma mua o ka hana i kēia kakahiaka, ua hui au i ka makuahine o kekahi haumāna a‘u a ua hā‘awi mai ‘o ia ia‘u i kekahi mau makana o kāna huaka‘i i Okinawa. Kama‘āina ‘oukou i ka mea‘ono kuki chinsukō? He mea‘ono kuki ku‘una ma Okinawa ka chinsukō. ‘O ka mea ma‘amau, kākau ‘ia ka chinsukō ma ka huahakalama hiragana ちんすこう, akā, aia nā hō‘ailona Kepanī kekahi - 金楚糕. ‘A‘ole hiki paha i nā Kepanī ke heluhelu i kēia mau hō‘ailona, no ka mea, kākau mau ‘ia ka inoa ma ka huahakalama hiragana e like me luna. Makemake loa au i nā chinsukō a ua ‘ai i nā manawa he nui, akā, ‘a‘ole hā‘ehuola paha kēia mea‘ono kuki Okinama, no ka mea, haku ‘ia me ka ‘aila pua‘a. ‘A‘ole pilikia! Nui ka ‘ono!

E Seki San, mahalo i nā makana!

A hui hou!

Kekahi pāheona na Jamini Roy

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me ko‘u mau hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?

Ua heluhelu ‘oukou i ka‘u ho‘olaha e pili ana iā Jamini Roy i nehinei? Eia ka pāheona kaulana loa na Jamini Roy ma ka Hale Hō‘ike‘ike o ka Pāheona ‘Ākia ma Fukuoka. Makemake loa au i kēia ki‘i a hiki ia‘u ke hele i ka hale hō‘ike‘ike e nānā i kēia ki‘i wale nō! Nani ka melemele! Nōhie ke kaila.

Keiki kia

Inā hele mai ‘oukou i Fukuoka, e hele aku e nānā i kēia ki‘i!

A hui hou!

Jamini Roy

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me ko‘u mau hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?

Kama‘āina ‘oukou i kēia mea pāheona Penekala (Bengali) mai Kalekuka (Calcutta), ‘Īnia? ‘O Jamini Roy a i ‘ole যামিনী রায় ma ka ‘ōlelo Penekala kona inoa. Ua ola ‘o ia mai nā makahiki 1887 a hiki i 1972. Ma nā makahiki kanakolu, ua ho‘omaka ‘o Jamini Roy i ke kaila hou. He kaila maka mua a me he kaila ‘Īnia ho‘i nō kona kaila.

Makuahine a me keiki

‘Ekolu wahine i noho iho

Pipi me keiki

Pōpoki me keiki

‘O Parvati lāua ‘o Ganesha

Ua kipa aku au i ka Hale Hō‘ike‘ike o ka Pāheona ‘Ākia ma Fukuoka nei i ‘ewalu makahiki aku nei a ua ‘ike mua i kekahi mau pāheona na Jamini Roy. Nui ko‘u makemake o kāna mau pāheona no ka mea, nani loa nā waiho‘olu‘u a ikaika loa nā kaha hulu pena. ‘Ano like kāna mau pāheona me nā mea i ki‘i ‘ia e nā keiki, akā, makemake au i kēia kaila! ‘Oi aku ka nani a me ka hoihoi o kāna mau pāheona ma mua o kā Picasso mau pāheona. I kekahi lā, inā hiki, makemake au e kū‘ai mai i kekahi pāheona na Jamini Roy. ‘Ā! Mai poina! ‘O ka lā ‘umikūmāono o Iulai ko‘u lā hānau... He ‘ōlelo ho‘ohani kēia i ko‘u mau hoaaloha a pau. Ua kū‘ai mai au i nā kāleka po‘oleka a pau ma ka Hale Hō‘ike‘ike o ka Pāheona ‘Ākia, no laila, makemake au i kekahi kope kumu!

A hui hou!

He aloha...

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me ko‘u mau hoaaloha. Pehea mai nei ‘oukou?

Ua nui ka‘u hana a moloā loa au, no laila, ‘a‘ole au i kākau ma ‘ane‘i. ‘A‘ole hoihoi, ‘eā? Ua hele au i ka hale kū‘ai sēdē ‘o Tower Records ma Fukuoka nei a ua kū‘ai mai i kēia sēdē na Cody Pueo Pata. Makemake au i kona leo. Ke ho‘olohe nei au i kēia sēdē i kēia manawa. Makemake au i ke mele ‘o Ku‘u Home. Eia nā hua‘ōlelo o ke mele:

Ku‘u Home

na Cody Pueo Pata

He aloha kēia no ku‘u ‘āina

No ku‘u home, Maui nō ka ‘oi

Māhiehie Haleakalā
Ke kuahiwi ‘oi kelakela

Lei onaona, lei lokelani

Lei launa ‘ole i ka‘u ‘ike

‘A‘ohe lua e like ai

Me kou nani poina ‘ole

Puana ke aloha no ku‘u ‘āina

No ku‘u home, Maui nō ka ‘oi

E Cody, mahalo i kēia mau mele!

A hui hou!