NgoFebhuwari 16, uMbusi u-Ige wamemezela u-2018 ngokuthi “Ke Au Hawaii: Unyaka Wama-Hawaiian” ukuhlonipha umlando, amasiko, ulimi namasiko abantu baseHawaii.
Isikhathi sokumenyezelwa kombusi besifaneleka ikakhulukazi njengoba u-2018 uphawula iminyaka engu-40 yezinhlelo zokucwiliswa zolimi lwesi-Hawaiian ezisindise ulimi lwesi-Hawaiian ekuqothulweni. Kuphinde kuphawule isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-25 sokuxolisa okusemthethweni kweCongress kanye nomongameli wase-United States kubantu baseHawaii, ngeqhaza leMelika ekuketulweni koMbuso WaseHawaii ngoJanuwari 17, 1893. Ngokuphawulekayo futhi kuphawula iminyaka eyi-100 yokuqala I-Hawaiian Civic Club eyasungulwa nguNkosana uJonah Kuhio Kalanianaole.
UFebhuwari waziwa minyaka yonke njengeNyanga Yolimi lwesiHawaii. Ukuhlonipha ukubaluleka kwenyanga, qaphela ukuthi izindatshana zamasiko zesiHawaii ngezansi zinesixhumanisi esibonisa ukuhumusha kwazo ngolimi lwesi-Hawaiian.
I-HTA izibophezele ngokuziqhenya ukuhlonipha nokuqhubekisela phambili isiko laseHawaii njengoba sifeza umgomo wethu wokusekela ezokuvakasha zaseHawaii. Isiko laseHawaii lihlanganiswe kuzo zonke izici zokumaketha kwethu ezokuvakasha, kokubili ekuphakamiseni uhlobo lwaseHawaii kanye nokugqamisa ukujabulela ukuzwa iziqhingi zethu.
Iholwa uKalani Kaanaana, umqondisi wethu wezindaba zamasiko aseHawaii, i-HTA ilwela ngokuqhubekayo ukugxilisa ulwazi ngesiko laseHawaii kukho konke esikwenzayo, kuyilapho ihlonipha nokubaluleka kwesiko nabantu abahlukanisa iHawaii kuzo zonke ezinye izindawo emhlabeni. .
Ngaphezu kwe-Kalani, sinabanye abasebenzi abathathu abakhuluma ulimi lwesi-Hawaiian futhi banikela usuku ngalunye lomsebenzi ukuletha izinga elikhulu lokuqwashisa ngesiko labo lendabuko kubantu balapha eziqhingini nasemhlabeni jikelele.
I-HTA isebenzisa cishe izigidi eziyisi-6 zamaRandi ngonyaka ezinhlelweni zokuhlonipha, ukusekela kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili isiko laseHawaii. Ukwesekwa kwe-HTA kusekelwe kabanzi futhi kunwetshwa ezweni lonke, kusukela ekuxhasweni ngezimali kwemicimbi efana ne-Merrie Monarch Festival kanye nezinhlelo ezingenzi nzuzo ezisekelwe emphakathini zase-Kukulu Ola kuya ekusizeni i-Polynesian Voyaging Society ngokufinyelela kwayo kwezemfundo nokuxhasa umsebenzi oncomekayo owenziwa iNative Hawaiian Hospitality. Inhlangano (NaHHA).
Insiza yamasiko yaseHawaii ehlinzekwe yi-HTA wonke umuntu angayisebenzisa ikhithi yamathuluzi ye-Maemae, engalandwa mahhala kuwebhusayithi ye-HTA (www.HawaiiTourismAuthority.org). Lesi isisetshenziswa esiyisisekelo sokwethula ngokunembile nangokuzwela isiko lesi-Hawaiian nolimi lwesi-Hawaiian.
Konke lokhu kusekelwa kubalulekile futhi konke kwenza umthelela omuhle endleleni isiko laseHawaii eligujwa ngayo, lihlonishwa futhi labelwa ngalo nabantu abamukela umoya walezi ziqhingi.
