Sunday, February 25, 2018

Hawaii Photo of the Day

 A  L  O  H  A !
"Honi Mai"


The Honi is the traditional Polynesian greeting. 
The people of old (and sometimes today) 
greet by pressing noses and inhaling together. 
Thus we share HA, the breath of life,
 and our Mana, our spiritual energies.



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18 comments:

Tom said...

...this past Thursday, PBS Hawaii had a great show 'Mele Murals' with Estria and John 'Prime.'

William Kendall said...

Beautifully done!

Kay said...

It's such a warm greeting. They do this in New Zealand too, don't they?

Michelle said...

A lovely Polynesian greeting.

Adam said...

nice art

Cloudia said...

Mahalo Friends 🎈

eViL pOp TaRt said...

That's a nice custom.

magiceye said...

Beautiful mural of a wonderful form of soul greeting!

Teresa said...

That's a beautiful mural. Thanks for explaining the custom, or I would have thought it was part of an ad for Tic Tacs. Instead is it ever so much more meaningful!!

Iris Flavia said...

Love and respect, that´s very beautiful.

Klara said...

nice art.

s.c said...

The old ways nicely pictured. I like it.

Sami said...

That's nice that tradition is still being followed.
Beautiful mural and thanks for contributing.

Cloudia said...

Thanks, my Dears! <3

PerthDailyPhoto said...

That's a fabulous mural Cloudia! I wonder who the artist is, I feel like I recognize the style. Love the rubbing of noses, fun to do with young grandchildren ☺

rupam sarma said...

Awesome mural. Great click.

Christine said...

How wonderful!

Cloudia said...

For sure!