2015-11-28

Ka liona kuahiwi

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha!  Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā? 

I koʻu kele ʻana ma ka pūnaewele i kēia kakahiaka, ua loaʻa au i ke kahua paʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo Pixabay.  ʻO Pixabay kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā kiʻi nani loa a manuahi.  Ma ia kahua paʻa i loaʻa ai iaʻu kēia mau kiʻi o ke koukā a i ʻole ka liona kuahiwi ma lalo iho nei.

Nui koʻu makemake i nā pōpoki a i koʻu manaʻo nani loa kēia mau kiʻi.  Laulā loa ka ʻāina kahi e noho ai nā liona kuahiwi i kēia au, ʻo ia hoʻi mai Iukona o Kanakā a hiki i nā ʻAneke Hema o ʻAmelika Hema. 

A pehea?  Makemake ʻoe i nā liona kuahiwi?


Nani nō kēia kiʻi

ʻO kekahi liona kuahiwi ʻē aʻe


A hui hou!

2015-11-22

Ka Hale Laʻa ʻo Ryūkōtokuji

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha!  Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā? 

I nehinei, ua hele au me nā hoaaloha i ka Hale Laʻa ʻo Ryūkōtokuji (瀧光徳寺) ma ke kaona ʻo Kiyama (基山)ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Saga (佐賀).  Nui loa nā manawa au i hele aku ai i ua hale laʻa nei.  Ua makemake mākou e hele i laila i nehinei no ka pule ʻana a me ke paʻi kiʻi ʻana i nā kumulāʻau a keu aku i nā kumu mēpala me nā lau i loli ai i nā waihoʻoluʻu like ʻole o ka hāʻulelau e laʻa me ka melemele, ka ʻulaʻula a me ka ʻalani.

Ua hiki iaʻu ke pule, akā, ʻaʻole i loli nā lau i nā waihoʻoluʻu nani ma muli o ka mehana loa o kēia makahiki.  Ua hāʻule iho wale nō nā lau palaunu i lalo.  Ua ʻano hoka au.  ʻO ka mea ʻāpiki, ua hiki iaʻu ke paʻi kiʻi i kēlā makahiki aku nei a he manaʻolana koʻu, hiki iaʻu ke hele i kēia makahiki aʻe kekahi.  Ma ka ʻaoʻao pōmaikaʻi, ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaha i loko o ka nahele i piha i nā kumulāʻau, nā mākōpiʻi a me nā meakanu ʻē aʻe.  ʻOkoʻa loa kēlā wahi mālie me ka nohona i loko pono o ke kaona nui kulikuli.

 
Ka Hale Laʻa ʻo Ryūkōtokuji


Ka palapala ʻāina o ka hale laʻa

Ke kukui pōhaku

Nui loa nā alipiʻi

Ka hale laʻa kumu

Ka hale laʻa kumu

Nā meaʻala

ʻO loko o ka hale laʻa kumu

ʻO waho o ka hale laʻa

Ka hale laʻa kumu

Ka paehumu

Ke kaupaku

ʻO loko o kekahi hale laʻa liʻiliʻi

Ka hālāwai hoʻonaʻauao

He kiʻi o ka hoʻomana Buda

He mau kiʻi o ka hoʻomana Buda

He mau kiʻi ʻē aʻe

E makaʻala i ke ahi

Kaʻu kiʻi punahele


A hui hou!

2015-11-20

Ke Ao Nani

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha!  Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā? 

ʻAʻole au i kākau i nā ʻatikala ma ʻaneʻi no ka manawa lōʻihi.  E kala mai ʻoukou iaʻu, akā naʻe, e hoʻāʻo ana au e ʻōʻioʻio i kēlā me kēia lā!  Hiki ke heluhelu ma ʻaneʻi.  E hahai mai ʻoukou iaʻu a e ʻōʻioʻio kākou a pau ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi!  He leʻaleʻa nō.

Ua hāʻawi mai kekahi hoaaloha oʻu i kēia puke ʻo Ke Ao Nani.  He puke huaʻōlelo 1000 i kākau ʻia na Alohalani Housman.  Ua ʻike au i ia puke ma Amazon no kanakolukūmāono kālā.  ʻAno pipiʻi paha no ka mea he ʻili puke paʻa ko kēia puke.

Eia ka papa kuhikuhi o ka puke:  Ke Kino, Nā Hānaiahulu, Nā Manu, Nā Pono Kula, Nā Mea Pāʻani, Ke Kahua Pāʻani, Nā Waihoʻoluʻu, Nā Kinona, Nā Helu, Hana, Nā Hoa ʻĒkoʻa, Nā Pono Hale, Ka Lumi Kuke, Ka Hale Hana, Ka Māla, Nā ʻElala, Ke Anilā, Ka Pāumu, Nā Alakau, Kahakai, Ka Mākeke Mahiʻai, Ka Hale Kūʻai Meaʻai, Nā Pono Hula, Ke Keʻena Kauka, Nā Haʻuki, Nā ʻOihana, Ka Pāʻina Lā Hānau, Ka Meaʻai, Nā Meaola Kai, Nā Holoholona, Nā Kumulāʻau a me nā Meakanu, Nā Meakanu, Nā Pua, Papa Wehewehe Huaʻōlelo.  Hiki ke heluhelu i nā huaʻōlelo e laʻa me ke kāʻei ʻāʻī, ka meaʻai ʻīlio, ka hale ʻīlio, ka peni kuni, ka pepaānue, ka pāpeta, nā maka kiʻi, ka ʻuʻupekupeku lio, nā pelaha, ka hainakā pepa, ka pahu paʻahau, ka ʻūhili nalo, ka pae palaka uila, ka ponumomi, ke kaʻa hai, ke kaʻa wane, ka mīkini ʻohi kālā, ke koʻokoʻo kālele, ka pana pua, ka mea ʻako lauoho, ke kimchī, ka sūshī, ka lokomoko, ka chāsiu, ka haukōhi a pēlā aku.  I koʻu manaʻo, hiki iā ʻoukou ke aʻo mai i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo hou me ka heluhelu ʻana i ia puke.

Ka leka mai koʻu hoaaloha
Ka ʻili puke

Ka meaʻai

Nā pua

He makana maikaʻi loa kēia puke.  Hiki iā ʻoukou ke kūʻai mai no ka makana Kalikimaka, ʻeā?

A hui hou!