The endless hours of researching, planning, pilina building, organizing and preparing often go unseen on trips like these, no laila, he wahi mahalo kēia no ko kākou mau alakaʻi a kahu o kēia huakaʻi. Mahalo e Nālani Balutski for your out pouring of love onto us, this program and our lāhui. Your vision, determination and execution of dreams are bar none. Unfolding a 19th century educational program to fit todays society is no easy task, and yet, your PhD and the programming that you imagine, implement and secure every year from your research does exactly that. Mahalo e Dr. Willy Kauai for your masterful strategies of konane, your navigation of diplomacy and for always living your Maui boy roots allowing us other country kids to feel comfortable and secure in these unfamiliar spaces. Mahalo e Emanuela (Manu) Borgino for being our kahu and friend. Youʻve helped our cohort open doors, create new pilina and find invaluable research. Mahalo to our cohort and our ʻohana who have supported each and every one of us on this huakaʻi of rediscovery and discovery.
Beyond our alakaʻi and kahu on this trip with us there are other poʻe as well who have taught us courage, fed us wisdom and guided us to where we needed to be, he wahi mahalo liʻiliʻi kēia nou. Mahalo e nā kiaʻi mauna, we would not feel secure in our decision to holo mua on this huakaʻi if it were not for our trust in aloha ʻāina, kapu aloha and you all to ʻonipaʻa. Mahalo to our kumu and kūpuna that have laid the foundation for our research and exploration abroad. To Hardy Spoehr, Ben Young, Gordon Piʻianaiʻa and Diane Easley, your personal pilina and research to these young scholars has helped to maintain their ea, we hope our research here does the same. To Craig Howes, David Chang and Kahawai Chang, mahalo for meeting up with us in London and adding greater insight and a deeper understanding of the implications between the relationship of Great Britain (the world power in the 19th century) and the Hawaiian Kingdom. To our greatest kākoʻo and source of strength, our kūpuna and our future moʻopuna, no mele, ʻoli, blog post or dedication could or will ever be enough. Mahalo e kuʻu mau aliʻi a kānaka that have gone abroad with the intentions to bring home new knowledge, weʻve felt your presence throughout our huakaʻi of rediscovery, found the footsteps of your journey and have seen your mana manifest by the many doors that youʻve opened for our cohort.
In a general sense, mahalo is used to express gratitude and admiration. It can also be used in other contexts, where you may want to express praise or convey your esteem or respect for something, or a group of people. This word can also be used to pay your respects to somebody specifically.
It has been recorded that the earliest visitors to Hawaii saw that although Hawaiians practiced a grateful and admiring culture, they had no particular word to express gratitude and to specifically say thank you. It was much later, following their contact with the western civilization, that the Hawaiians affixed the word mahalo to mean thank you; but the norm is a foundational part of Hawaiian culture.
Mahalo can be considered one of the "trending words" in the Hawaiian culture. Oddly enough people in the United Kingdom also use many of the Hawaiian words and phrases like "mahalo" and "aloha".
Some people say that alot of the "slang" terms or phrases came from Honolulu Hawaii. Often times, Honolulu Hawaii is the first place visitors travel to visit Hawaii. Mahalo is definelty on the best hawaiian word phrases people can use! Also if your considering Hawaii travel, I highly recommend Maui or The Big Island for your first visit.
Even though the word mahalo made its way into Hawaiian dictionary long after the word aloha, it has quickly become the second most important word in the language, because of the philosophy behind the word, which is rooted in gratefulness, appreciation, and compassion.
The first way to use mahalo in everyday life is simple: use it to mean thank you. But if you want to elaborate and get to know the language slightly deeper, you could try saying mahalo nui loa, which means thank you very much.
Sidenote: According to Wikipedia, Mahalo is a Hawaiian word meaning thanks, gratitiude, admirtaion, praise, esteem, regards and respects. According to the hawaiian dictionary, the word Mahalo is derived from the word Masalo, which means "thanks" and gratitude".
These are all topics many are trying to spread awareness about.
Some great sources would be a few instagram handles that advocate for indigenous causes and provide tons of educational resources!
@decolonizefeminism
@protectmaunakea
@adamkeawe
@acluhawaii @kanakaautonomy @af3irmhawaii
My name is gerald villanueva I am an American and hawaiian citizen TO the republic of hawaii s third generation MY mom is SECOND MY grandpa who was born in 1896 in the republic of hawaii is the first and I exist today. I stand upon my rights to the declaration of independence, the united states constitution of america, the organic act of hawaii in 1900 and the hawaiian homes commission act of 1920.
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