Hauʻoli ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona!

I ka pau ʻana o Mei, hoʻomākaukau ka poʻe ma Kina a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻAsia e hoʻolauleʻa i kekahi o nā ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna kahiko loa a olaola hoʻi - ʻo ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Duanwu Festival. I ka makahiki 2025, hāʻule ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona ma Mei 31, e hōʻailona ana i kahi manawa no nā ʻahaʻaina ʻohana, ka hoʻomanaʻo moʻomeheu, a me ka meaʻai ʻono.

Hiki ke huli ʻia ke kumu o ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona ma mua o 2,000 mau makahiki. ʻO ka moʻolelo kaulana loa ma hope o kēia lā hoʻomaha ʻo ia ka moʻolelo o Qu Yuan, he haku mele aloha ʻāina a he kuhina mai ka wā Kaua o nā Mokuʻāina. ʻO Qu Yuan, i ʻike ʻia no kona kūpaʻa i kona ʻāina a me kāna mau mele hoʻoneʻe, ua make ʻo ia iā ia iho i loko o ka muliwai ʻo Miluo ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka emi ʻana o kona mokuʻāina aloha. I ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā ia, ua hoʻolei ka poʻe i nā dumplings laiki i loko o ka muliwai e pale aku i ka ʻai ʻana o ka iʻa i kona kino a hoe akula i loko o nā waʻa e ʻimi iā ia. Ua lilo kēia mau hana i mau kuʻuna o ka ʻai ʻana i zongzi a me ka mālama ʻana i nā heihei waʻa deragona.

ʻO kekahi o nā meaʻai kaulana loa e pili ana i ka ʻahaʻaina ʻo ia ka zongzi - nā dumplings laiki pipili i wahī ʻia i loko o ka lau ʻohe a i ʻole ka lau ʻohe, i hoʻopiha pinepine ʻia me ka paʻi pīni ʻulaʻula, nā lā, nā yolks hua manu paʻakai, a i ʻole ka ʻiʻo. Hoʻākoakoa nā ʻohana i nā lā ma mua o ka ʻahaʻaina e hoʻomākaukau i ka zongzi, e kaʻana like ana i nā moʻolelo a mālama i nā kuʻuna kuke i hoʻoili ʻia mai nā hanauna.

ʻO kekahi mea nui o ka ʻahaʻaina, ʻo ia ka heihei waʻa deragona, he haʻuki hoihoi a nani hoʻi. Hoʻoikaika ʻia nā waʻa lōʻihi a haiki i hoʻonani ʻia e like me nā deragona e nā hui o nā mea hoe waʻa, pinepine ʻia me nā kuʻi pahu mele. ʻAʻole wale nā ​​​​heihei he mea hoihoi ke nānā aku akā lawelawe pū kekahi ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ka hana hui, ke koa, a me ka haʻaheo moʻomeheu.

I kēia au hou, ua loaʻa i ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona ka ʻike honua. Ua helu ʻo UNESCO iā ia ma ke ʻano he Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity i ka makahiki 2009, e hōʻike ana i kona koʻikoʻi moʻomeheu. I kēia lā, hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina ma nā ʻāina he nui a puni ka honua, me nā heihei waʻa deragona e mālama ʻia ana ma nā kūlanakauhale e like me Singapore, Vancouver, a me Sydney.

I ko kākou hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka ʻAhaʻaina Waʻa Deragona i ka makahiki 2025, e hoʻomanaʻo kākou i nā waiwai o ke kūpaʻa, ke aloha i ka ʻāina, a me ke koʻikoʻi o ka ʻohana a me ke kuʻuna. Inā ʻoe e hauʻoli nei i ka zongzi me nā poʻe aloha a i ʻole e nānā ana i ka heihei waʻa deragona, na kēia ʻahaʻaina e lawe mai iā ʻoe i ka hauʻoli, ke olakino, a me ke kuʻikahi.