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If you are thinking or dreaming of celebrating the new year in Hawaii, check out our New Year’s Eve articles:Īs the new year approaches, we’d like to be among the first to wish you Hau ‘oli Makahiki Hou! People who speak pidgin also speak another language as their mother tongue. Many pidgins have been developed around the world because of trade, plantation systems, and maritime activities.
So, if you try to literally translate “hau’oli makahiki hou” from Hawaiian to English it would be “happy year new”. For linguists, pidgins are simplified languages that develop as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. The Hawaiian word hau’oli means happy, cheerful, joyful. The Mahahiki season also defined the transitional time between harvest and new planting - e.g. In ancient Hawaiian culture, the time of Makahiki was a peaceful time to enjoy harvest, feasts, religious ceremonies and relaxation. In the Hawaiian language, the word makahiki means year. The Makahiki season (roughly around October to February time) was celebrated in Hawaii for centuries.
If you are going to be in Hawaii over the New Year holiday, you may want to learn this phrase: Hau’oli Makahiki Hou. It means Happy New Year and it is pronounced as follows:
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