IHawaii Polynesian Cultural Center ilahlekelwa umoya wokuphila ngenxa ye-COVID-19

Izikhulu zePolynesia Cultural Center esiqhingini sase-Oahu eHawaii umemezele namuhla ukuthi indawo eheha amahektha angama-42 izovalwa emphakathini kusukela ngoMashi 16 kuya kuMashi 31 ukusiza ukuvimbela ukusabalala okungenzeka kwe-COVID-19 (inoveli coronavirus) eHawaii.

Isinqumo sokuvala isikhashana enye yezindawo eziheha izivakashi eHawaii ethandwa kakhulu senziwa njengesinyathelo sokuzivikela futhi ngokuhambisana nesincomo seCenters for Disease Control and Prevention kanye neWorld Health Organisation ukugwema ukusakazeka kwe-COVID-19 ekusondeleni, ukuxhumana nomuntu imibuthano emikhulu.

U-Alfred Grace, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, uthe, “Siyazi ukuthi lezi yizindaba ezidumazayo futhi sicela ukuqonda kwawo wonke umuntu. Isinqumo sokuvala senziwa ukusiza ukuvikela impilo nokuphepha kwezivakashi zethu nabasebenzi.

Njengenhlangano engenzi nzuzo futhi iningi lezisebenzi zethu zingabafundi abavela kwamakhelwane i-Brigham Young University-Hawaii (BYUH), sizinikele ekusekeleni imfundo yabo nokuphila kahle. Ngemuva kwe-COVID-19, amanyuvesi emhlabeni jikelele, okubandakanya i-BYUH, athuthela esifundweni esiku-inthanethi ukuze anciphise ukubuthana kwamaqembu amakhulu kuze kuphele usongo. Ukweseka inqubomgomo ye-BYUH, nangobuningi bokuqapha ukuze sivikele abasebenzi bethu kanye nezivakashi, sithathe lesi sinyathelo esingakaze senzeke sokuvala lesi sikhungo.”

Minyaka yonke, i-Polynesia Cultural Centre ijabulisa futhi ifundise izivakashi ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-1.3, nezivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke zizojabulela amasiko, ubuciko, amasiko nabantu baseHawaii kanye nezizwe ezinhlanu zase-Pacific Island, iSamoa, iTahiti, iTonga, iFiji, ne-Aotearoa ( E-New Zealand).

Noma yisiphi isivakashi esesivele sithenge ithikithi ngokuqondile e-Polynesia Cultural Center phakathi nenkathi yokuvalwa sizothola imbuyiselo ephelele noma sihlelwe kabusha sibe ngedethi yakamuva esiyithandayo. Amakhasimende athenge amathikithi ngomthengisi wangaphandle adinga ukuxhumana nomphakeli ngokuqondile ukuze athole imbuyiselo.

Isikhungo Sezamasiko SasePolynesia siphinde samemezela ukuthi imicimbi emibili ezayo ekhethekile, i-AgDay yesi-2 yaminyaka yonke ngoMashi 23, kanye ne-World Fireknife Championship yaminyaka yonke yama-28, ngoMeyi 6-9, ikhanseliwe kulo nyaka.

Indawo Yemakethe engumakhelwane i-Hukilau, okuhlanganisa ne-Pounders Restaurant, izoqhubeka nokuhlala ivuliwe futhi inikeze amakhasimende ngesikhathi sokuvalwa.

Itholakala eNyakatho Shore yase-Oahu, i-Polynesian Cultural Centre iwukuphela kwezindawo ezikhanga izivakashi zamasiko eHawaii. Yakhelwe ngo-1963, iSikhungo sinamadolobhana ayisithupha esiqhingi amele iHawaii, iSamoa, iTahiti, iTonga, iFiji ne-Aotearoa (eNew Zealand) kanye nemibukiso yeRapa Nui neMarquesas, Indawo Yemakethe yaseHukilau, ehlinzeka ngokudla, ukudayisa kanye nemisebenzi kanye nokuwina kwayo imiklomelo. U-Alii Luau kanye nohlelo lwasebusuku oluhlonishwa kakhulu, i-HA: Breath of Life.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mayelana nePolynesia Cultural Centre, vakashela, www.polynesia.com