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The Festival of Lights was started by Josie Chansky in Lihue, Hawaii, in 1954 [1] [2] as a way of celebrating Christmas by using recycled materials as ornaments and decorations in her home. In 1996, the tradition was continued by Elizabeth Freeman, who had purchased Chansky's decorations at a garage sale and displayed them at Kauai's Historic ...
Lihue (Hawaiian: Līhuʻe, [liːˈhuʔe]) is an unincorporated community, census-designated place (CDP) and the county seat of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. Lihue is the second-largest town on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, following Kapaʻa. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 6,455, [2] up from 5,694 at the 2000 census.
Lobelia niihauensis, commonly known as the Niihau lobelia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family that is endemic to Hawaii. It is known only from the islands of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and is thought to be extirpated from Niʻihau. [2] It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.
For the purposes of this category, "Hawaii" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), and is constituted by the following archipelagos and islands: Hawaiian Islands; Johnston Island (also known as Johnston Atoll, Kalama Atoll) Midway Islands (also known as Midway Atoll)
Sophora chrysophylla, known as māmane in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. [2] It is highly polymorphic, growing as a shrub or tree, and able to reach a height of 15 m (49 ft) in tree form. Yellow flowers are produced in winter and spring.
It is known as ʻilima or ʻāpiki in Hawaiian [3] and as kio in Marshallese, [4] te kaura in Kiribati, idibin ekaura in Nauruan, [5] and akatā in Tuvalu. [6] In Hawaiian religion, the ʻilima flowers are associated with Laka, the goddess of the hula, and the plant's prostrate form with Pele's brother, Kane-ʻapua, the god of taro planters. [7]
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