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Aloha (/ ə ˈ l oʊ h ɑː / ə-LOH-hah, Hawaiian:) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians , for whom the term is used to define a force that holds together existence.
Hawaii began observing Hawaiian Standard Time on January 13, 1896, at noon. [3] [4] On May 19, 1947, the Hawaii Territorial Legislature approved a bill to change Hawaiian Standard Time to UTC−10:00, which would go into effect on June 8, 1947. [5] After the Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966, Hawaii was placed in the new Alaska–Hawaii Time ...
As a political term, it came into wide use during the late nineteenth century through the Aloha ʻĀina Party, which transformed into the Home Rule Party of Hawaii in 1900, [5] after the annexation of Hawaiʻi in the last decade of the 19th century. Since that time some connotations of Hawaiian nationalism are associated with the term.
Lei Day has been celebrated in Hawaii for almost 100 years, but the importance of leis can be traced back to ancient times. ... the time and energy to put into this art. There’s more than just a ...
Such designations can be ambiguous; for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+08:00), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−05:00), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST (Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era; in ...
As the Maui wildfires continue to test the resilience of the island's community, the outpouring of support and solidarity -- the extension of aloha -- serves as a beacon of hope.
"Hawaiʻi Aloha," also called "Kuʻu One Hanau," is a revered anthem of the native Hawaiian people and Hawaiʻi residents alike. Written by the Reverend Lorenzo Lyons, (1807-1886), also known as Makua Laiana, a Christian minister who died in 1886, to an old hymn, "I Left It All With Jesus," composed by James McGranahan (1840-1907), "Hawai‘i Aloha" was considered by the Hawaiʻi State ...
Aloha ceased service in 2008 after seeking bankruptcy protection twice in five years. The shutdown of the airline, founded in 1946, resulted in 1, 900 employees losing their jobs.