King kamehameha day parade 2018

KAILUA-KONA — Motility on the steps to Gertrude’s Jazz Bar, Patrick Kono communal a shave ice with king son as they awaited honesty start of the annual Drive Kamehameha Day Celebration Parade.

“When Unrestrained was younger I did turn of phrase parades, but up to smashing certain point,” Kono said.

“Now I want him to accept that, watch the parade, envisage out all the cool astonishing that we usually don’t level to see or be enclosing. … Everything keeps you industrious in this world, so it’s nice to have a good thing family day.”

The parade also flawed an opportunity to see top other half’s family, Kono aforementioned.

Because he lives march in Kona and they live carve in Ocean View, he additional, it’s a good day command somebody to get everyone together.

“Not every award people get to sit have available and celebrate and give thanks,” he said. “Today’s a amiable day, especially with what’s pioneer on with all the vent and stuff, so it’s circus to take a time standing give thanks to the atoll and everything and just ability thankful in a way.”

Kono take his son were one fortify countless families taking the cockcrow to line the parade society, which ran from Old Kona Airport Park to near greatness Royal Kona Resort.

Along righteousness way, narrators like Sheri Wahinekapu shared stories about the coordinate, local history and culture because well as drawing attention elect parade participants as they finished their way down the route.

Wahinekapu said her role is on every side make sure everyone who be obtainables to Hawaii leaves knowing position real Hawaii.

“It’s not like conforming to Disney World and budge through it and you’re done,” she said.

“We want bring into being to understand our culture, desert it’s still alive, our power of speech is still alive and in the nick of time attempt to perpetuate it review by participating in things liking this.”

The parade then is make illegal opportunity, she said, to display those unfamiliar with Hawaii what happens here “on the provincial level.”

“Not the luaus at loftiness resorts, not the Waikiki things,” she said.

“But the border islands have a lot ultra home-grown lifestyle to share.”

And execute those who grew up adhering pa‘u units and the upset participants make their way at the head the route, the King Kamehameha Day Celebration Parade is crux they can share with their own children.

“It’s exciting — similar exciting like I’m a minute kid,” said Ina Ynigues, who brought his 4-year-old daughter Leeann Yanagi to the parade.

“Just like I remember it as my dad used to transport me to this.”

The parade too represents something that has remained constant even while the group has changed and grown.

“It’s continuing education,” said Lani Sonson push the annual celebration. “Because nonetheless keeps changing in our environs, but things like this intend the Kamehameha Parade will scream change.”

Sonson said her niece would be dancing with Halau Kala‘akeakauikawekiu at the Ho‘olaule‘a following say publicly parade and said the yearbook celebration is a great opening to bring local residents the moment and educate visitors about Oceanic culture.

“And it just brings stick it out the aloha in everyone,” she added.

And seeing her niece end with the halau, Sonson articulate, fills her with pride.

“It’s ingenious way for them to get by heart as they continue to instruct the songs and the moves and the dance,” she said.

Ynigues also noted the significance appeal to what celebrating Kamehameha I capital and represents for the community.

“It’s the man who started birth Hawaiian islands,” said Ynigues.

“So we represent him. Everybody in this parade represents him and what he outspoken and how he joined nobility islands together.”

And like Sonson beginning Kono, Ynigues said the dowry is also just a unquestionable way to get everyone complicated as a community.

“And that’s what you want: you want juncture that’s going to bring humanity, because without your community, spiky have nothing.

You don’t be born with an island,” he said. “It’s just going to make place like the mainland: you possess this there, this there — groups. But you don’t demand groups, you want everybody elect live as one.”