SILive.com - Hoʻomaka ka NYC Winter Lantern Festival ma Snug Harbor, e huki ana i 2,400 mau mea hele

Hoʻouna hou ʻia mai SILive.com

Na Shira Stoll ma Nowemapa 28, 2018

ʻAhaʻaina Kukui Hoʻoilo o NYChana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Snug Harbor, e huki ana i 2,400 mau mea hele

ʻO STATEN ISLAND, NY -- Ua hoʻomaka ka NYC Winter Lantern Festival ma Livingston i ke ahiahi Pōʻakolu, e lawe mai ana i 2,400 mau mea hele i ke Snug Harbor Cultural Center a me Botanical Garden e nānā i nā ʻāpana he 40 a ʻoi.

"I kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole e nānā ana nā ʻumi tausani o ka poʻe o Nu Ioka a me nā mākaʻikaʻi i nā borough ʻē aʻe," wahi a Aileen Fuchs, pelekikena a me CEO o Snug Harbor. "Ke nānā nei lākou iā Staten Island lāua ʻo Snug Harbor e hana i kā lākou mau hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomaha."

Ua nānā nui ka poʻe hele mai a puni ka ʻāina ʻo Nu Ioka i nā hana i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma ka South Meadow. ʻOiai ua emi ka mahana, ua hoʻopaʻa nā ʻumi o ka poʻe hele me nā maka ākea i kā lākou hele ʻana ma o ka hōʻikeʻike nui. Ua mālama ʻia nā hula liona kuʻuna a me nā hōʻike Kung Fu ma ke kahua hoʻolauleʻa, aia ma kahi kihi o ka wahi hoʻolauleʻa. Ua kākoʻo ʻo New York Events & Entertainment (NEWYORKEE), Haitian Culture and Empire Outlets i kahanana, e holo ana a hiki i Ianuali 6, 2019.

ʻOiaiHe nui nā kumumanaʻo o ka ʻahaʻaina ponoʻī, wahi a nā mea hoʻonohonoho he nui ka mana o ʻĀsia i ka hoʻolālā.

ʻOiai ua hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "kukui" ma ke poʻo inoa o ka hanana, he kakaikahi wale nō nā kukui kuʻuna i komo. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻāpana 30 kapuaʻi i hoʻomālamalama ʻia e nā kukui LED, akā i hana ʻia me ka silika, i uhi ʻia me kahi ʻaʻahu pale -- nā mea e hana ai i nā kukui.

"ʻO ke kau ʻana o nā kukui he ala kuʻuna ia no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā lā hoʻomaha koʻikoʻi ma Kina," wahi a General Li, ke kākāʻōlelo moʻomeheu o ka ʻAha Kuhina Kina. "I mea e pule ai no ka ʻohi ʻana, hoʻā nā ʻohana i nā kukui me ka hauʻoli a mahalo i ko lākou mau makemake. Loaʻa pinepine i kēia kahi leka o ka pōmaikaʻi."

ʻOiai ua mahalo ka hapa nui o ka lehulehu i nā kukui no ko lākou koʻikoʻi ʻuhane -- ua mahalo pū ka poʻe he nui i kahi kiʻi paʻi kiʻi leʻaleʻa. Ma nā ʻōlelo a ka Hope Pelekikena Borough ʻo Ed Burke: "Ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia ʻo Snug Harbor."

I ka mea hele ʻo Bibi Jordan, nāna i kū ma ka ʻahaʻaina i kona kipa ʻana i ka ʻohana, ʻo ka hanana ka hōʻike o ka mālamalama āna e pono ai i ka wā pōʻeleʻele. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kona home ma Malibu i ke ahi Kaleponi, ua koi ʻia ʻo Jordan e hoʻi i kona home ma Long Island.

"ʻO kēia kahi kupaianaha loa e noho ai i kēia manawa," wahi a Jordan. "Manaʻo wau ua like hou wau me he keiki lā. Hoʻopoina iaʻu i nā mea āpau no kekahi manawa."