Me ka Festival of the Pacific Arts & Culture a i ʻole FESTPAC ma lalo o ʻehā mahina, ua mālama nā komisina hanana i kahi kūkā nūhou i kēia lā e hoʻolaha ana i nā hoʻomākaukau he nui. E holo ana ʻo FESTPAC mai Iune 10-21, 2020 me nā hanana e mālama ʻia ana ma Honolulu a me Waikiki. ʻO ia ka manawa mua e lilo ai ʻo Hawaiʻi i mea hoʻokipa FESTPAC.
Manaʻo ʻia nā kaukani o ka Pākīpika a me nā malihini e hele i FESTPAC. ʻO ke kumuhana o kēia makahiki: E ku i ka hoe uli.
"He mea hoʻomanaʻo ko mākou kumuhana i kēlā me kēia mokupuni o ka Pākīpika, ke alakaʻi nei mākou i nā kūkākūkā honua e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me kona hopena i ka ʻike ponoʻī o ko mākou mau moʻomeheu mokupuni," wahi a Senatoa English, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻomalu o FESTPAC Hawaii. "He mea hoʻomanaʻo ia i ko mākou mau alakaʻi ʻōpio e hoʻolohe i ke kāhea o nā kūpuna - e hoʻomau a hoʻomau i kā mākou moʻolelo a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko mākou moʻomeheu a me ka ʻike kupuna."
He ʻahaʻaina huakaʻi ʻo FESTPAC i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻehā makahiki e kekahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe o Oceania. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia e ka Pākīpika ma ke ʻano he mea e hoʻopau ai i nā hana kuʻuna kuʻuna ma ke kaʻana like ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka moʻomeheu i kēlā me kēia ʻahaʻaina. Ua mālama ʻia ka South Pacific Arts Festival ma Fiji i ka makahiki 1972. I ka makahiki 1980, ua lilo ka hanana ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina o ka Pākīpika Arts & Culture. Manaʻo ʻia nā ʻelele mai ʻoi aku ma mua o iwakālua mau ʻāina moana e komo i kēia hanana o kēia makahiki.
I loko o nā lā he 11 e loaʻa kahi Hale Hōʻikeʻike, hoʻololi moʻomeheu a me nā kūkākūkā, nā hana a me nā hōʻike. Hoʻomaka ʻia nā ʻaha wehe ma ka Hale Aliʻi o Iolani; a e malamaia na hana pani ma Kapiolani Paka.
ʻO ke olakino, ka hale, ka palekana, a me nā mea mālama ʻē aʻe he ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā FESTPAC. Ua ʻae nā Komisina FESTPAC ʻaʻole hiki ke hana ʻia kēia hanana me ke kākoʻo ikaika ʻole o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, nā keʻena mokuʻāina, ke Kalana ʻo Honolulu a me nā kākoʻo lehulehu.
ka Ka Hui Hoʻokipa Mīkini ʻo Hawaiʻi (HTA) ʻo ia kekahi o nā kākoʻo nui o FESTPAC. Ua hoʻolaha ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o HTA ʻo Chris Tatum i ka hāʻawi ʻana i $500,000 no ka ʻahaʻaina.
"ʻO kā mākou hoʻopukapuka ʻana i kēia hanana mōʻaukala e hōʻoia i ka poʻe a pau e hele mai i FESTPAC Hawaii e ʻike i ka nani o ko mākou mokuʻāina a aʻo e pili ana i kā mākou moʻolelo kūʻokoʻa e alakaʻi ana i kā mākou mau waiwai i kēia lā," wahi a Tatum.
Ua hana pū nā Komisina FESTPAC me nā hoa kākoʻo ʻē aʻe e like me nā Kula ʻo Kamehameha a me ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā ʻelele o ka Mokupuni Pākīpika.
A Hawaii delegation has participated in every FESTPAC since 1976. FESTPAC Commissioner and Kumu Hula Snowbird Bento is among the former delegates who represented Hawaii at past festivals. Ua kapa ʻo ia i nā ʻike, "ka wehe ʻana o ka maka."
“He mea nui ia Hawaii e hookipa i ka FESTPAC, i hiki ai ia kakou ke hoomanao owai kakou – no ka mea, no ka mea, ke manao nei au ua nui ka poe i manao i ka noho ana o na Hawaii ma kekahi mau wahi,” wahi a Bento. Ua mālama ʻia ka hoʻolaha FESTPAC o kēia lā i ka pau ʻana o ka mahina o ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
