LIHU‘E — Do you know how to write a check in Hawaiian? As part of March being proclaimed ‘Olelo Hawai‘i month, the Malie Foundation is encouraging Kaua‘i businesses to have its customers write their checks in Hawaiian. The foundation and
LIHU‘E — Do you know how to write a check in Hawaiian?
As part of March being proclaimed ‘Olelo Hawai‘i month, the Malie Foundation is encouraging Kaua‘i businesses to have its customers write their checks in Hawaiian.
The foundation and its networking partners will provide number charts indicating numbers in Hawaiian from 1 to 5 million, states a Malie calendar provided by Maka Herrod.
The foundation, celebrating its 26th anniversary, is focused on celebrating 2010 as “Year of ‘Olelo Hawai‘i,” and has offered a series of workshops and events that promote, perpetuate and educate about Hawaiian culture through ‘Olelo Hawai‘i, the proclamation states.
KESU Radio will announce the ‘Olelo No‘eau, or Hawaiian proverb, for the week, partnering with the Malie Foundation for this program that offers another opportunity for the foundation to fulfill its mission of perpetuating, promoting and educating the Hawaiian culture.
Two ‘Olelo Hawai‘i lecture series will take place at the Kaua‘i Beach Resort, formerly the Hilton, when kumu hula Kehau Kekua hosts “‘Olelo Hawai‘i — Mo‘oku‘auhau,” or chant your genealogy, on March 6.
Aneke Ilei Beniamina hosts “‘Olelo Hawai‘i — Pu‘uhonua,” or sense of place, on March 27 at the Grand Hyatt Regency Kaua‘i, this date coinciding with the birth of Prince Jonah Kuhio March 26.
The ‘Olelo Hawai‘i Lecture Series started in January and will continue through the October.
Na Lei Hiwahiwa ‘Ekolu Concert on April 30 at the Kaua‘i Beach Resort serves as a fundraiser for the Malie Scholarship.
“This gives us the opportunity to help educate our community that Hawaiian is an official language of the State of Hawai‘i,” Herrod said.
For more information, visit www.maliefoundation.org.
