Makahiki celebrates life's blessings

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 06, 2011

~~The Makahiki was a time when men, women and chiefs rested and abstained from all work. (It) began in Ikuwa, the last month of the period called Kau, and the month corresponding to October, and continued through the first three months of the period Hooilo: Welehu, Makalii and Kaelo, which corresponded with November, December and January.
Flags were displayed from the heiau (temples), to announce the coming of the Makahiki festival, the services at the royal heiau were suspended, and the chiefs and people ... betook themselves to sports, games and the pursuit of pleasure.
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The Makahiki was a time when men, women and chiefs rested and abstained from all work. (It) began in Ikuwa, the last month of the period called Kau, and the month corresponding to October, and continued through the first three months of the period Hooilo: Welehu, Makalii and Kaelo, which corresponded with November, December and January.

Flags were displayed from the heiau (temples), to announce the coming of the Makahiki festival, the services at the royal heiau were suspended, and the chiefs and people ... betook themselves to sports, games and the pursuit of pleasure. Login for more...