Hui Nohona
In an innovative effort to bridge cultural understanding through school gardens, our own June “Pua” Aquino has made a significant contribution to “Celebrating Cultural Inclusion in the School Garden,” an…
The Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts held the 2021 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Awards and honored PIDF’s very own Hawaiian Cultural Specialist, Aaron Mahi.
Our Na Makamae for June is a face familiar to many: Aaron Mahi, a Hawaiian cultural specialist assistant with our Hui Nohona team.
Our Hui Nohona culture team stayed busy through the month of October, giving several trainings, webinars, and demonstrations to staff and program families.
Jan Dill, President of Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF), received the Angels in Adoption recognition, an award from a program hosted by the Congressional Coalition of Adoption Institute.
Now days it’s uncommon to see people cooking in an imu, but Partners In Development Foundation plans to keep the ancient Hawaiian tradition alive. The Hawaii Tourism Authority has granted funding for PIDF to offer an new program called Ka ʻIke Nohona (the understanding of cultural practices).
In Hawaiian culture, mana is a spiritual quality that is considered to have supernatural origin, a sacred force. It is a form of a spiritual energy in addition to healing power, which can be found in places, objects as well as within people.
Figuratively speaking in English, using “kai nō” in this manner can be seen as a colloquial way of saying something like, “I thought we were supposed to work on Friday, but it was a holiday,” as compared to the more formal example, “I had no prior knowledge that there was a holiday last week.”
‘ōlelo: Language, speech, quotation, statement, utterance, quote, converse, tell
Rider Levett Bucknall staff participated in Partners In Development Foundation’s servant leadership program.
Honi ihu (the touching of nose to nose) is a traditional form of greeting one another. It is the practice of hanu, taking in the essence of another, and respectfully acknowledging the presence of his/her ancestors.