ハワイ島ヒロの風便り by Pilialoha

Aloha mai kakou,

It is "Aloha Thursday" today here in Hilo, the Big Island, Hawaii.

Tomorrow is Independence Day!

I remember that on the last Independence Day, I was still at Nawahi for the Kahuawaiola indigenous teacher program.

We stayed at Nawahi for 5 weeks having one class after another, getting up at 5:00 a.m. and going to bed at 1:00 or 2:00 a.m. almost everyday.

On Independence Day, one of the families called school for a BBQ party, but of course, we had a very tight schedule and it does not matter if it was a holiday or not!

So, my classmate said, "For us, Independence Day is nothing!"

Yes, from a Hawaiian perspective, it is not something to be celebrated when I think about the sad history of Hawaii.

Tomorrow, I am just going to clean my room and relax.

No picnic or BBQ party for me tomorrow!



Mahalo & Aloha!

na Pilialoha