ʻI hono ui ia ko ʻenau tohi ʻofa kia Lahaina pea ki Maui, naʻe vahevahe ʻe he fānau ako kalasi nima ʻe toko 150 ʻo e Ngaahi ʻApiako Kamehameha Kapālama ʻenau fakaʻaliʻali moʻui ʻi he siteisí ko e “Ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele: Ko e Ngoueʻanga Mā ʻo Lele,” mo e komiunitī ʻo Maui ʻi he Tokonakí ʻi he fale fakatahaʻanga ʻo e ʻApiako Māʻolunga ʻo Baldwin ʻi Waukuil.

Ko e faka'ali'ali 'e taha 'oku ne fakatotolo'i 'a e hisitōlia koloa'ia 'o Lahaina pea 'oku hoko ia ko ha faka'apa'apa ki he tu'umālie 'a e komiunitī Maui.

Naʻe ʻave ʻe he “Ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele” ʻa e kau faiva kei talavoú mo e kau fanongó ʻi ha fononga fakaako ʻi he hisitōlia fakamānako ʻo Lahainá. Mei he kau mōʻī mālohi ki he kau siamupini ʻo e aloha ʻāina, ʻoku fonu ʻa e tukufakaholo ʻo Lahaina ʻi he ngaahi talanoa fakamānako ʻoku vahevahe ʻi he ngaohí.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Mara Bacon Chang, ko e kumu kalasi nima ʻo Kapālama, ʻoku fai ha fakaʻaliʻali ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē, ka ʻoku takitaha ʻuluaki pea ʻoku liliu ʻa e kaveingá. ʻI he ʻuluaki taimí, naʻe palani ʻa e fānau akó mo e kau faiakó ke nau fakatotoloʻi ha kaveinga kehe, ka ʻi he hili ʻa e ʻaho 8 ʻo ʻAokosi 2023, naʻa nau fakakaukau ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa Lahaina mo e kakai ʻo Mauí.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Chang, “ʻOku saiʻia ʻa e fānaú ke ui ʻeni ko ʻemau tohi ʻofa ki he kakai ʻo Mauí.” “ʻOku ou fuʻu ʻofa ʻaupito ʻi he motu ʻo hoʻomou kakaí, ʻa e hisitōlia ʻi hení, ʻa e mahuʻinga ki homau puleʻangá.”

Naʻe fakafonu ʻe ha kau fanongo ʻe laungeau, kau ai ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen, kau mēmipa ʻo e Fakataha Alēlea ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí mo e kau fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e Lahaina Strong, ʻa e fale fakatahá ʻi hono fakamaama ʻe he haumāna ʻa e siteisí ʻaki ha poto ʻoku mahulu hake ʻi honau ngaahi taʻú.

“ʻOku ou pehē te tau lava kotoa ʻo lototaha ʻoku ʻi he nima lelei hotau kahaʻú ʻi he fānau ako ʻoku tau maʻu ʻi hení,” ko e lea ia ʻa Pule Kolo ko Bissen ki he fuʻu kakaí hili ʻa e ʻosi ʻa e fakaʻaliʻalí.

Ke vakai ki he “Ka Malu ʻUlu ʻo Lele: Ko e Ngoueʻanga Mā Malumalu ʻo Lelé,” ʻaʻahi ki he https://www.facebook.com/Kanaeokana .

Naʻe fakaʻilongaʻi ʻe he “Ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele” mo Lahaina Obon ʻa e ʻaho hono tolu ʻo e Kuhinia Maui: Ko ha Uike ʻo e Manatu, ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻoku ueʻi ʻe he komiunitií, ʻoku poupouʻi ʻe he Vahefonuá ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻaki ʻa e taʻu ʻe taha hili ʻa e vela ʻo e ʻaho 8 ʻo ʻAokosi 2023.

ʻI he efiafi Tokonakí, naʻe tohoakiʻi mai ʻe he Kātoanga ʻOboni ʻo Lahaina ha fuʻu kakai ʻoku laka hake ʻi he toko 1,000 ki he Lahaina Cannery Mall ki ha ʻOboni makehe ʻo e hulohula mo e mūsika faka-Siapaní ke fakalāngilangiʻi ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi kuí mo kinautolu kuo nau toki mālōloó. Naʻe fakatahataha ʻa e Misiona Lahaina Hongwanji, Misiona Lahaina Jodo mo e Misiona Lahaina Shingon, ʻa ia ne mole honau ngaahi temipalé ʻi he velá, ke talitali ʻa e fakatahaʻanga naʻá ne toe fakatahaʻi ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e temipalé mo e niʻihi kehe ʻi he koló.

“Hili e afí, naʻe hiki kotoa ki tuʻa. Naʻe faingataʻa ʻaupito ke feʻiloaki,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Faifekau Takayuki Meguro ʻo e Misiona Lahaina Shingon. “ʻOku ou fiefia ʻaupito ʻi he lava ke kau fakataha ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē he ʻaho ní.”

Naʻe pehē ʻe he Faifekau ʻAi Hironaka ʻo e Misiona Lahaina Hongwanji, kuo hoko ʻa ʻOponi ko ha konga ʻo e tukufakaholo ʻa Lahaina. “Naʻe aka ia ʻi he komiunitī Lahainá,” ko ʻene leá ia. “Ka naʻe lahi mo loloto ange ʻa e aká koeʻuhí ko e afí. ʻOku fakaofo ia.”

Ki muʻa ʻi he afí, naʻe fakahoko ʻe he temipale takitaha ʻo Lahaina ha ngaahi kātoanga fakataʻu kehekehe ʻo e ʻOponí. Naʻe kau ʻi he fakatahaʻanga fakatahatahá ʻa e foʻi ʻōlikami mo e ngaahi ʻekitivitī kehe ʻa e fānaú, ngaahi fakaʻaliʻali ʻa e tokotaha hiva ʻEnika ko Hikariyama Torao, ngaahi kulupu tā taiko ko Zenshin Daiko mo Maui Taiko, mo e ngaahi loli meʻakai naʻa nau foaki ʻa e paʻanga naʻe maʻú ki he ngaahi siasi Puta ʻe tolu ʻo Lahaina.

Naʻe houngaʻia ʻa e kau faifekaú ki he Vahefonua Mauí mo e kautaha ʻikai fakatupu paʻanga ko Lele Aloha ʻi heʻenau ngāue ke malava ʻa e ʻObon makehé, ʻa ia naʻe kau ai ʻa e Yagura pe taua ʻa Lahaina Hongwanji naʻe kei moʻui neongo hono fakaʻauha ʻe he afí ʻa e temipalé. Naʻe toe vali kulokula ʻe he kau ngāue tokoni ʻa Lele Aloha ʻa e tauá pea ʻave ia ki he ngoueʻanga ʻi muʻa ʻi he Lahaina Cannery Mall maʻá e Obon.

Naʻe kau mai ʻa e kau faifekau ʻo e ngaahi siasi Puta ʻe tolu ʻo Lahaina ki ha tāpuaki ʻi he Yagura kimuʻa pea kamata ʻa e hulohulá.

Naʻe kau ʻi he efiafí ʻa e fuofua fakaʻaliʻali fakahāhā ʻo e Lahaina Ondo, ʻa ia naʻe faʻu ʻe he tangata nofo Maui ko Lance Collins mo Sumiko Tatsuguchi ʻo ʻOʻahu, pea hivaʻi ʻe Koleti Komoto mo Palaieni Nakami. Naʻe pehē ʻe Kolini ko e hiva ko ʻení, ʻa ia naʻá ne faʻu ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu kuohilí, naʻe ueʻi ia ʻe heʻene manatu ki Lahaina ʻi he faʻahitaʻu māfaná ʻi heʻene kei talavoú.

“Ko ha fakatahataha fakakomiuniti makehe ʻaupito ʻeni,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Faifekau Gensho Hara ʻo e Misiona Lahaina Jodo. “ʻOku mau fuʻu fiefia ʻaupito ke sio ki he ʻiunioni fakakomiuniti ko ʻení.”

Ko e ngaahi lotu naʻe fai maʻá e ngaahi ʻofaʻanga ne molé naʻe kau ai ʻa e kau mamahi ʻi he vela ʻo e vaotā ʻi Lahaina.

Naʻe pehē ʻe Faifekau Hara ʻe kau ai ha kau mēmipa ʻe toko fā ʻo e Misiona Lahaina Jodo naʻa nau mate ʻi he afí. Naʻá ne pehē, “ʻI heʻeku fakakaukau ki heʻenau mamahi ʻi he pō ko iá, ʻoku ʻasi mai homau loʻimatá.” “Ko ha faingamālie ʻeni ke fakalāngilangiʻi ai kinautolu mo lotua hono langa hotau temipalé.”

Kuhinia Maui: Faka'osi 'a e ngaahi fakataha'anga 'o e Uike Fakamanatu 'i he 'aho ni 'aki 'a e 'Aho 'o e 'Amanaki mo e Lotu mei he 10 pongipongi ki he 1:30 efiafi 'i he Lahaina Civic Center mo e Upcountry Aloha mei he 4 ki he 8 efiafi 'i he Oskie Rice Arena 'i Makawao. Ki ha taimi-tēpile kakato, ʻaʻahi ki he www.KuhiniaMaui.org .

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