Hoʻokomo ʻo Seychelles i ka Mascot Tikay o 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Lawe ʻo TiKay i kona inoa mai ka huaʻōlelo Farani no ka liʻiliʻi, "petit," a me ke ʻano pōkole o ka huaʻōlelo Seychellois Creole no nā unahi. He moʻolelo hope ko ka honu puni pōpeku kahakai.

Hānau ʻia ma waena o nā puʻu o ke one keʻokeʻo ʻo Seychelles, ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia i nā kahakai kupaianaha, ka moʻomeheu kūloko, a me nā ʻano olaola o ka lāhui hoʻokipa a me kona mau wai a puni.

ʻO Charismatic, ʻuhane a me ka ikaika, hoʻomālamalama ka Official Mascot i nā vibes pili i ka ʻohana a me ka hauʻoli i lilo i like me ka FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™. ʻO kēia mau hiʻohiʻona, i ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka hui brainstorming, ua kōkua i ka hui ʻo Tourism Seychelles e hoʻomohala i nā mea nui i alakaʻi i ka hana ʻana o ka inoa.

Ua hana ʻo TiKay i kāna hoʻomaka nui ma ke keʻena pōpeku kahakai i mālama ʻia ma Beau Vallon, i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia e ka Seychelles Local Organizing Committee o ka FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2025 ™ e hoʻoulu a hoʻokomo i nā ʻōpio kūloko i ka honua hoihoi o ka haʻuki.

Ma ke ʻano he hōkū o ka hanana—ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Pelekikena o Seychelles, ʻo Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan—Ua lawe ʻo TiKay i ke kukui, e lanakila ana i nā waiwai o ka pāʻani pono, ka ʻike kaiapuni, a me ka haʻaheo ʻāina, me ka waiho ʻana i ka manaʻo mau i ka poʻe ʻōpio i komo a me ke kaiāulu ākea.

ʻO ka hanana i hui pū ʻia ma mua o 40 mau keiki, nā kaʻi, a me nā lālā o ka hui pôpeku kahakai ʻo Seychelles, me kekahi mau malihini hanohano, ʻo ia hoʻi ke Kuhina no nā ʻōpio, nā haʻuki a me ka ʻohana, ʻo Mrs. Marie-Céline Zialor; ke Kakauolelo Nui no ka Hooulu Opio a me na Ha'uki, Mr. Ralph Jean-Louis; a me ke Kakauolelo Nui no ka Makaikai, Mrs. Sherin Francis.

Ma hope o ka ʻahaʻaina, haʻi ʻo Mrs. Francis i kona ʻoliʻoli: "ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hauʻoli nui e kaʻana like i kēia manawa haʻaheo me ka honua."

"He Seychellois maoli ʻo TiKay, e hōʻike ana i ko mākou pumehana a me ka hauʻoli."

"Ua hoʻokomo ʻo ia i ka ʻuhane o ka hoʻokūkū a me ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu Seychelles. Manaʻo wau e lanakila ʻo ia i nā puʻuwai o nā mea nānā a me nā mea pāʻani i ko mākou mākaukau e hoʻokipa i kēia hoʻokūkū kaulana. ʻO ka hōʻike e hōʻailona nei i kahi koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi i kā mākou huakaʻi ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hauʻoli no ka World Cup a hoʻolaha i ko mākou mau mokupuni nani ma ke ʻano he pae honua.

Ua mālama mua ʻia ka FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup ma 2005 a mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki ma waena o 2009 a me 2021, me ka paʻi e hiki mai ana ʻo ia ka 13th installment. ʻO ka hoʻokūkū wahine FIFA e mālama ʻia ma Seychelles, e mālama ʻia ka hanana mai 1 a 11 Mei ma Victoria, ma ka mokupuni ʻo Mahé.   

Me kēia hōʻailona kūʻokoʻa a hoihoi, ua mākaukau ʻo Seychelles e hoʻokipa i ka honua a hōʻike i kona makemake i ka haʻuki, ka mākaʻikaʻi, a me ke kaiāulu soccer beach.

Hele ʻo Seychelles - Paena Pūnaewele Kūʻai Kūʻai ʻo Seychelles

E hooikaika. E ʻike i nā mea a pau a ka Seychelles Islands e hāʻawi mai ai mai kā mākou wai maʻemaʻe, i kā mākou pua nani a me nā holoholona.

ʻO Seychelles Huakaʻi

ʻO Tourism Seychelles ka hui kūʻai kūʻai huakaʻi kūhelu no nā mokupuni ʻo Seychelles. Manaʻo ʻia e hōʻike i ka nani kūlohelohe kūʻokoʻa o nā mokupuni, ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu, a me nā ʻike nani, ʻo Tourism Seychelles ka hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Seychelles ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi huakaʻi mua ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

E ʻike ma ke kiʻi: ʻO Tikay me ke Kakauolelo Principal for Tourism, Mrs. Sherin Francis - mahalo ʻia ke kiʻi a Seychelles Dept. of Tourism

Hana ʻo Seychelles i nā nalu me ka Regatta holo moku honua

Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Seychelles e hana i nā nalu ma ke kaiāulu holo honua me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Seychelles Challenge, kahi hanana holo moana 7-lā, 6-pō e manaʻo nei e wehewehe hou i ke kūlana o ka pae moku ma ka palapala holo honua.