ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau, he ʻahaʻaina kuʻuna Kina ia e hāʻule ana ma ka lā ʻumikūmālima o ka malama ʻewalu o ke kalena lunar. I kēia makahiki, ʻo ka ʻahaʻaina ʻo ʻOkakopa 1, 2020. He manawa kēia e hui pū ai nā ʻohana e hoʻomaikaʻi no ka ʻohi ʻana a mahalo i ka mahina piha. ʻO kekahi o nā kuʻuna kaulana loa o ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau, ʻo ia ka ʻai ʻana i nā mooncakes, he mau mea ʻono i piha i ka paʻi pīni ʻono, ka paʻi lotus, a i kekahi manawa ka yolk hua manu paʻakai.

He moʻolelo waiwai ko kēia ʻahaʻaina a pili pū me nā moʻolelo kaʻao a me nā moʻolelo hoʻokalakupua he nui. ʻO kekahi o nā moʻolelo kaulana loa ʻo ia no Chang'e lāua ʻo Hou Yi. Wahi a ke kaʻao, he haku ʻo Hou Yi i ka pana pua. Ua pana ʻo ia i ʻeiwa o nā lā he ʻumi i puhi i ka honua, a lanakila i ka mahalo a me ka mahalo o nā kānaka. Ma ke ʻano he uku, ua hāʻawi ka Mōʻīwahine Makuahine o ke Komohana iā ia i ka elixir o ke ola mau loa. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻai koke akā ua hūnā ʻo ia. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua ʻike kāna haumāna ʻo Peng Meng i ka elixir a hoʻāʻo e ʻaihue iā ia mai ka wahine a Hou Yi ʻo Chang'e. I mea e pale ai iā Peng Meng mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka elixir, ua lawe ʻo Chang'e i ka elixir ponoʻī a lana i ka mahina.

ʻO kekahi moʻolelo kahiko e pili ana i ka ʻAhaʻaina o ka Mid-Autumn ʻo ia ka moʻolelo o Chang'e e lele ana i ka mahina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma hope o ka lawe ʻana o Chang'e i ka elixir o ke ola mau loa, ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho e lana ana i ka mahina, kahi āna i noho ai mai ia manawa mai. No laila, ua kapa ʻia ka ʻAhaʻaina o ka Mid-Autumn ʻo ia ka ʻAhaʻaina o ke Akua Wahine o ka Mahina. Manaʻo ka poʻe i kēia pō, ʻo Chang'e ka mea nani loa a ʻālohilohi hoʻi.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina o ka Mid-Autumn kahi lā no nā ʻohana e hui pū ai a hoʻolauleʻa. He manawa kēia o ka hui hou ʻana, a hele mai nā kānaka mai nā wahi a pau e hui hou me kā lākou poʻe aloha. ʻO kēia lā hoʻomaha kekahi manawa e hōʻike ai i ka mahalo a me ka mahalo no nā hoʻomaikaʻi o ka makahiki. He manawa ia e noʻonoʻo ai a mahalo i ka waiwai o ke ola.

ʻO kekahi o nā kuʻuna kaulana loa o ka Mid-Autumn Festival ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mooncakes. Hoʻolālā pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea ʻono me nā kaha nani ma luna, e hōʻike ana i ke ola lōʻihi, ke kuʻikahi a me ka laki maikaʻi. He makana nā mooncakes i nā hoaaloha, ka ʻohana a me nā hoa ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he ala e hōʻike ai i nā makemake maikaʻi a me ka laki maikaʻi. ʻOluʻolu pū ʻia lākou me nā mea aloha i ka wā o nā ʻahaʻaina, pinepine ʻia me ke kīʻaha kī ʻala.

Ma waho aʻe o nā mooncakes, ʻo kekahi kuʻuna kaulana o ka Mid-Autumn Festival ka lawe ʻana i nā ipukukui. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā keiki a me nā pākeke e hele ana ma nā alanui e lawe ana i nā ipukukui kala o nā ʻano a me nā nui like ʻole. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau ipukukui e hoʻomālamalama ana i ka lani pō he ʻāpana nani a hoʻohiwahiwa ia o ka ʻahaʻaina.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Waena o ke Kau he manawa no nā hōʻikeʻike a me nā hana moʻomeheu like ʻole. Ua hoʻohui ʻia nā hōʻikeʻike hula deragona a me ka liona kuʻuna i ka lewa ʻahaʻaina. Aia kekahi hālāwai moʻolelo e haʻi hou ana i nā moʻolelo a me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i ka ʻahaʻaina e mālama i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.

I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua lilo pū ka ʻAhaʻaina Mid-Autumn i manawa no nā wehewehe hana noʻeau a me nā mea hou o nā kuʻuna kuʻuna. Hoʻopaʻa nā kūlanakauhale he nui i nā hōʻike kukui e hōʻike ana i nā hōʻike kukui nani a me nā mea noʻeau, e huki ana i nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua. Hōʻike pinepine kēia mau hōʻikeʻike i ka hoʻolālā hou a me nā mea hana like, e hoʻohui ana i kahi ʻano hou i ke kuʻuna kahiko o ke kukui.

Ke kokoke mai nei ka ʻAhaʻaina o ka Waena o ke Kau, a ua piha ka lewa i ka pīhoihoi a me ka manaʻolana. Hoʻākoakoa nā ʻohana e hoʻomākaukau no ka ʻahaʻaina, e hana ana i nā hoʻolālā no nā pāʻina a me nā ʻahaʻaina. Ua piha ka lewa i ke ʻala o nā keke mahina i hoʻomoʻa hou ʻia, a ua hoʻonani ʻia nā alanui me nā kukui a me nā kukui kala, e hana ana i kahi lewa ʻoliʻoli a ʻahaʻaina hoʻi.

ʻO ka ʻAhaʻaina Kaulahao waena he ʻahaʻaina e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka nani o ka mahina piha, e hoʻomaikaʻi no ka ʻohi ʻana, a e mālama i ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea aloha. He manawa ia e hoʻohanohano ai i nā kuʻuna a me nā moʻolelo i hoʻoili ʻia mai kēlā hanauna a i kēia hanauna a hana i nā hoʻomanaʻo hou e mālama ʻia no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Inā paha ma o ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā keke mahina, ka paʻa ʻana i nā kukui a i ʻole ka haʻi hou ʻana i nā moʻolelo kahiko, ʻo ka ʻAhaʻaina Kaulahao waena he manawa ia e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka waiwai o ka moʻomeheu Kina a me ka ʻuhane o ka lokahi.