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November 28 is Lā Kūʻokoʻa, a kingdom holiday celebrating the independence of the Hawaiian kingdom. The Anglo-Franco Proclamation was signed on that day in 1843 by Britain and France, recognizing the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The kingdom had been having trouble with foreign powers overstepping their bounds, so the mōʻī Kauikeaouli sent Timoteo Haʻalilio and his assistant William Richards on a diplomatic mission to secure recognition.
It was a difficult journey, as they sailed across the Pacific, traveled overland across Mexico, up to Washington, D.C. (where Haʻalilio also faced explicit racism), and then across the Atlantic to Europe. They successfully secured recognition from Britain and France, two of the great powers of the time, but Haʻalilio passed away off the coast of New York before he was able to return home.
Lā Kūʻokoʻa was one of the major kingdom holidays celebrated, along with Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, for five decades. Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian citizens of the kingdom alike would celebrate with visits to the palace, feasts, speeches, mele, horse and velocipede races, and more. After the overthrow, the Republic of Hawaiʻi declared Thanksgiving an official holiday in the hopes that it would overshadow Lā Kūʻokoʻa, and it worked as many residents of Hawaiʻi have never celebrated Lā Kūʻokoʻa.
In recent decades, however, schools and community organizations have been working to ensure that that changes, schools like Hālau Lōkahi and various hui across the pae ‘āina worked diligently to raise awareness about Lā Kū‘oko‘a. This year, for example, Native Hawaiian Student Services at UH Mānoa teamed up with Hālau Kū Māna, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue, and Kamehameha Schools, to help them have their largest Lā Kūʻokoʻa celebrations ever.
As the members of NHSS say, “You are what you celebrate.” So let us celebrate ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa. Let us learn our history and moʻolelo. Let us remember the example of our aliʻi. Let us be independent and free.
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Join NHSS at their Lā Kūʻokoʻa celebrations ALL DAY, November 28th at Campus Center Courtyard at UH-Mānoa from 10am-2pm and continue the celebration at Hemenway Courtyard (near Bale) from 4pm-9pm.
They will have educational handouts and posters on Lā Kūʻokoʻa, offering screen printing of their Lā Kūʻokoʻa 2018 design with Kauikeaouli, King Kamehameha III, and Timoteo Haʻalilio, who traveled the world visiting different countries with William Richards to secure recognition of independence for the Hawaiian Kingdom, and will have ESSA (Ethnic Studies Student Association) joining them to host Kūʻokoʻa Art activities at Campus Center Courtyard.
For the evening celebration, they will have a Pānela ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi "ʻO ka ʻŌlelo Kaʻu Kūʻokoʻa" by Hui Aloha ʻĀina Tuahine from 4:30-5:30pm with Dr. Kahikina DeSilva, Dr. Kaliko Baker and Kumu Presley Ah Mook Sang. The first 50 students to attend this panel will receive one meal card good for Bale that evening, sponsored by SAPFB & ESSA! They will also have DJ Mermaid playing the jams and live music by Punahele and Kapu System to wrap up the evening.
Nanea Armstrong-Wassel
#ʻIolaniPalace. An interesting fact when one thinks about Hawaiʻi being so isolated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is that the second ʻIolani Palace, completed in 1882, had working electricity and telephones before the White House of the United States.
Another less known interesting fact comes from a Pukui translated article from the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ke Leo o ka Lahui explaining the meaning of the seven turrets atop of ʻIolani Palace. The article was published on June 5, 1893, page 3. “Remember, O true Hawaiians, the seven turrets of Iolani Palace. They are as follows; there is one on the north side, on the north-east, east, south, south west, west, and at the center. They are named –
North – Liholiho (Kamehameha II)
North-east – Kamehameha I
East – Liholiho (Kamehameha IV)
South – Kapuaiwa (Kamehameha V)
South west – Kauikeouli (Kamehameha III)
West – Lunalilo
Center – Kalakaua
This explanation will help the people to understand the royal palace of Hawaii. Kalakaua was called 'the seventh of the heavenly ones.' Remember, the tallest ones represent Kamehameha I and Kamehameha III…"
Another less known interesting fact comes from a Pukui translated article from the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ke Leo o ka Lahui explaining the meaning of the seven turrets atop of ʻIolani Palace. The article was published on June 5, 1893, page 3. “Remember, O true Hawaiians, the seven turrets of Iolani Palace. They are as follows; there is one on the north side, on the north-east, east, south, south west, west, and at the center. They are named –
North – Liholiho (Kamehameha II)
North-east – Kamehameha I
East – Liholiho (Kamehameha IV)
South – Kapuaiwa (Kamehameha V)
South west – Kauikeouli (Kamehameha III)
West – Lunalilo
Center – Kalakaua
This explanation will help the people to understand the royal palace of Hawaii. Kalakaua was called 'the seventh of the heavenly ones.' Remember, the tallest ones represent Kamehameha I and Kamehameha III…"
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