Sunday, September 27, 2009

Aloha Floral Parade

A L O H A
Welcome to Waikiki
click on photos to "love a parade." This lady is a Pa`u (Pah-ooo) rider.
The Pa`u is the garment she is wearing.
It covers her party clothes for the ride.
The horses, too, are garlanded
with lei. (lei is plural - not "leiS")
"Distaining the "side-saddle" position, Hawaiian women preferred long, full riding skirts (pa'u) which enabled them to straddle their horses. They would often spur their mounts to full gallop to make a dramatic arrival at a party."
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Hula Baby in a Bathtub?

"You know, I think that if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watch on TV and more time worrying about what's going on in their kids' lives, this world would be a much better place."
Trey Parker and Matt Stone


Gracious hand gestures of Aloha

"The thing always happens that you really believe in

and the belief in a thing makes it happen."


Frank Lloyd Wright





"Howzit, Brah!"
("How is it, my Brother?")
"A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star."
Edward Chapin








Kam Schools in da HOUSE!
"He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach."
Demosthenes





A reflective moment: parade rest.
"This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson






A Hawaiian cowboy is called a "Paniola"
for the Spanish vanqueros who came to teach the
Hawaiians how to work the cattle that Captain Vancouver had
gifted to King Kamehameha. The Mexican/Spanish also brought the guitar, and (some say) the marijuana. Our cowboys won plenty of
rodeos on the mainland back in the golden age of rodeo too.
Don't let the flowers fool you, these guys are the real item!
"Anonymity is the truest expression of altruism."
Eric Gibson




Well dressed horse!











The Royal Court.


"I believe our longing for an innate harmony runs deeper
than our longing for righteousness."
Evelyn Rodriguez






You no need by young, or thin to be beautiful in Hawaii.











"Hey! How did SHE get to do THAT?!"




Thank you for stopping by, Friends!
Enjoy your day-




A L O H A! Cloudia











19 comments:

wenn said...

wow..that's very interesting..

Charles Gramlich said...

Looks quite a lot like an informal Mardi Gras.

Teresa said...

How come you got so many cool activities happening in Hawaii? I loved the parade!!! The hats on the men in the Royal Court are da bomb!

Fireblossom said...

Horsey sox!! I love it!

You've quoted Emerson here. I learned something interesting about him. Apparently he suffered from what we now would call Alzheimer's at the end of his life. He made reading tours to make money, where he would read from his own works, but with no recollection of having written them, nor understanding of the words he spoke. How sad is that?

Anonymous said...

Beautiful people, beautiful land. Mahalo for bringing the parade to us. DrumMajor

Akelamalu said...

Another interesting and entertaining post Cloudia, thankyou. :)

Lana Gramlich said...

Looks like a really fun event! I love all of the colors.

Elizabeth Bradley said...

Those last two shots made my day. I love the ladies with their green dresses on display. I love a parade!

gigi-hawaii said...

CC, congrats on the great pics. So you actually braved the HOT sun yesterday? Hope you didn't burn...

Feisty Crone said...

Good post, Cloudia! I hope you are having a great day also!

Anonymous said...

Super quotes today. Really, really like the Frank Lloyd Wright quote. Enjoyed the pics as well. I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Aloha.

Marguerite said...

Hey Gal Pal- What a beautiful parade and looks like perfect weather! I love the Frank Lloyd Wright quote. So, so, true! If only people could understand this, the world would be a better place! Aloha

Daryl said...

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are ToonMan's hero's they created South Park so their quote really gets me.

What a fabulous event .. aloha! xoxo

Kay said...

Thanks for showing me what we missed yesterday. Looks like it was a whole lot of fun. Great photos, Cloudia!

robert said...

So nice to see those colours at the end of a grey day - thank you very much indeed.
Please have a nice colour filled new week.

Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades. said...

I just loves me a good parade! Thanks C!
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Hilary said...

It's hard not to love a parade. This one is particularly colourful. Thanks for showing. :)

DeniseinVA said...

What a great parade. Loved all those photos.

Junosmom said...

It's getting cold here, Cloudia. I'm dreaming more of living your life.