NgoMthendeleko wezobuGcisa kunye neNkcubeko yasePacific okanye i-FESTPAC ngaphantsi kweenyanga ezine ngaphandle, abakhomishinala bomcimbi babambe inkomfa yeendaba namhlanje ebhengeza amalungiselelo amaninzi aqhubekayo. I-FESTPAC iya kuqhuba ukusuka nge-10 ukuya kwe-21 kaJuni ngo-2020 kunye neminyhadala ebanjwa kulo lonke elaseHonolulu naseWaikiki. Iya kuba sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba iHawaii isebenze njengomgcini we-FESTPAC.
Amawakawaka abemi beSiqithi sePasifiki kunye neendwendwe kulindeleke ukuba baye kwi-FESTPAC. Umxholo walo nyaka uthi: E ku i ka hoe uli (Bamba iphini lokubheqa).
"Umxholo wethu usebenza njengesikhumbuzo kubo bonke abantu abahlala kwisiqithi sasePacific, ukuba sikhokela iingxoxo zehlabathi malunga nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nefuthe lazo kwisazisi senkcubeko yethu yesiqithi," kusho uSenator IsiNgesi, osebenza njengoSihlalo we-FESTPAC Hawaii. "Sisikhumbuzo kwiinkokeli zethu eziselula ukuba zithobele ikhwelo labadala bethu - ukuba baqhubeke kwaye baqhubele phambili amabali ethu kwaye benze inkcubeko yethu nolwazi lweminyanya."
I-FESTPAC ngumthendeleko ohambahambayo obanjwa rhoqo kwiminyaka emine lilizwe elahlukileyo laseOceania. Yaqalwa luLuntu lwePasifiki njengendlela yokunqanda ukhukuliseko lwezithethe zenkcubeko ngokwabelana kunye nokutshintshiselana ngenkcubeko kumnyhadala ngamnye. Umnyhadala wokuqala wobuGcisa waseMzantsi Pasifiki wawubanjelwe eFiji ngowe-1972. UMnyhadala woBugcisa neNkcubeko yasePacific. Abathunywa abavela kumazwe angaphaya kwamashumi amabini aselwandle kulindeleke ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kulo nyaka.
Kuzo zonke iintsuku ezili-11 kuya kubakho uMnyhadala weLali, utshintshiselwano lwenkcubeko kunye neengxoxo, imiboniso kunye nemiboniso. Imisitho yokuvula kulindeleke ukuba yenzeke e-Iolani Palace; kwaye, imisitho yokuvala iya kuqhubeka eKapiolani Park.
Impilo, izindlu, ukhuseleko, kunye namanye amanyathelo okhuseleko zonke ziyinxalenye yesicwangciso se-FESTPAC. AbaKomishinala be-FESTPAC bavuma ukuba umcimbi awunakwenzeka ngaphandle kwenkxaso eqinile yeNdlu yoWiso-mthetho, ii-arhente zikaRhulumente, i-Honolulu County kunye nabaxhasi abaninzi.
The Igunya lezoKhenketho eHawaii (HTA) uphakathi kwabaxhasi abaphambili be-FESTPAC. UMongameli we-HTA kunye ne-CEO uChris Tatum ubhengeze ulwabiwo lwe-500,000 yeedola zomthendeleko.
"Utyalo-mali lwethu kulo mcimbi wembali kukuqinisekisa ukuba bonke abeza kwi-FESTPAC eHawaii baya kufumana ubuhle belizwe lethu kwaye bafunde ngembali yethu ekhethekileyo ekhokela imilinganiselo yethu namhlanje," kusho uTatum.
AbaKomishinala be-FESTPAC baye basebenza kunye nabanye abaxhasi abaxhasayo kuquka iZikolo zeKamehameha kunye neYunivesithi yaseHawaii ukuncedisa kwizindlu zabathunywa bePacific Island.
Igqiza laseHawaii lithathe inxaxheba kuyo yonke i-FESTPAC ukususela ngo-1976. Umkomishinala we-FESTPAC kunye noKumu Hula Snowbird Bento uphakathi kwabathunywa ababekade bemele iHawaii kwiminyhadala edlulileyo. Wawabiza la mava, “ukuvulwa kwamehlo.”
"Kubalulekile ukuba iHawaii ibambe i-FESTPAC, ukuze sikhumbule ukuba singoobani-ukuba sivela kwilifa elicebileyo ngokwenene, kuba ndicinga ukuba abantu abaninzi baye balahla ezingqondweni zabo ukuba abantu baseHawaii bakhona kuphela kwiindawo ezithile," kusho uBento. Isibhengezo sanamhlanje se-FESTPAC besibanjwe ngexesha lokuphela kwenyanga yokunika imbeko i-olelo Hawaii.
