Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 2, 1 February 1990 — Language Day set for Kauaʻi [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Language Day set for Kauaʻi

Kauai's own Hawaiian Language Day is Saturday, Feb. 17 and a celebration will be held at Olu Pua Gardens, Kalaheo. All the events will be eonducted in the Hawaiian language. This 10th annual celebration of La Ho'oulu 'Olelo will center on the subject of health starting at 8 a.m. It is expected to end in late midafternoon. The theme is E Ola Mau Na Pua (That the flowers may live forever). There will be four presentations during the day. Guest speakers will talk about ho'oikaika kino (exercise), mea'ai (food and nutrition), lomilomi (massage) and ke kino (the body).

A spokesman said that this year people will be grouped according to their fluency in the Hawaiian language. The day will feature activities for the children and luneh is included in the registration fee, $5 for adults and $3 for children. The popular annual kukala, (auction) will be conducted in Hawaiian by Ilei Beniamina. Overall master of ceremonies for the day will be Moses Keale, OHA trustee. For tickets, reservations or information about the Kaua'i Hawaiian Language Day, people may eall 332-8019 evenings between 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Participants at the 1988 Hawaiian Language Day on Kaua'i are pictured playing Pa'ani Keaka, a version of charades enacted speaking just in Hawaiian. The 1989 Hawaiian Language Day on Kaua'i will be held Saturday, Feb. 17, starting at 8 a.m.

I OHA trustee Moses K. Keale Sr. is pictured at the Kaua'i 1988 Hawaiian Language Day. Trustee Keale has been the master of ceremonies for every Language Day since the program started and will MC the 10th Hawaiian Language Day on Kaua'i on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Olu Pua Gardens.