Hōʻikeʻia ka mālaʻo Wuertz no ka uluʻana o nāʻano o nāʻano a me nāʻano nui. Akā, i ka lā Pepeluali, hoʻolauleʻaʻo Wuertz Farm i kekahi Hui Nui Gourd in Casa Grande, Arizona . I kēlā me kēia Pepeluali mau mea aloha a me nāʻohana i ka manawa maikaʻi wale nō, e mālama i kaʻahaʻaina Gourd ma ka Pinal County Fairgrounds.
Keʻimi nei i ka Plain County Fair Grounds
Mai Phoenix: Holo ma ka hikina ma Interstate 10, e lawe i ka puka 194. E hele i ka hikina 7 mau mile ma Hwy 287.
E huli hema ma Eleven Mile Corner Rd. Palapala'āina
Nā lā a me nā hola
ʻO kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Fepeluali. Hāʻawiʻia kaʻahaʻaina i ka Pōʻono a me ka Lāpule Loaʻa nā hola: Pōʻalima & Pōʻalima: 9 am-5pm a me ka Lāpule: 10 am-3pm Lāpule: 10 am-3pm
Ka uku
ʻO ka komoʻana he $ 6.00 no kēlā me kēia kanaka. ʻAʻohe uku no ka kaʻa.
Ka mea eʻike aiʻoe
Ma mua o 100 mau mea hana a me nā mea kūʻai aku e hōʻike i kā lākou mau waiwai. Eia hou, e loaʻa kaʻai a me ka hoʻokipa no kaʻohana a pau.
ʻAi
I ko mākou haʻaleleʻana i ka hale hoʻolimalimaʻana, ua kūkulu mākou i kahi pōloli. Heluhelu mākou i nā hōʻailona ma luna o nā meaʻai no ka hānaiʻana i ka puaʻa, "puaʻa ma kahi lāʻau," nā'īlio kānana, a pēlā aku, a hoʻoholo ihola he meaʻokoʻa ka mea kanu o kā mākou hui. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi ka lawelaweʻana o ka pā waina i nā nīnauadilla. Ua hauʻoli mākou i kahiʻaina maloʻo a ua maikaʻi ka heleʻana i kahi hale nui e hele ana ma waho o ka lumi waho i kahi e hoʻomākaukau ai nā hula hula Hawaiʻi e hoʻokō.
Ke kūʻaiʻana i nā kiʻi Gourds
ʻO nā kiʻi nani ia i hoʻokipa iā mākou.
Ua hauʻoli mākou e kamaʻilio pū me nā mea hana kiʻi a loaʻa, nui no kā mākou hopohopo,ʻo kā lākouʻoihana iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻonohonohoʻana i kahi kiʻi. Ua kūʻai wau i kahi lio hihiu nani i kāhiʻia e Kristy Dial o Gecko Gourds. He akamaiʻo ia i ka hopuʻana i kaʻuhane o ka hema o kāna mau hue.
ʻO ka Buffalo Gourd
Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola o nā papa kukui hoʻomaʻemaʻe, ua hoʻokomoʻia koʻu mau hoaaloha i kaʻoihana a Phyllis Sickles o Tucson.
Ua aʻoʻo Phyllis i kaʻoihana ma New Jersey a ua hoʻokōʻo ia i keʻano o nā kiʻi kālaiʻia a me ka penaʻana a hiki i kahi o ka hukiʻana i kahi poʻe e puni ana i kona hale. Ua kūʻaiʻia kāna hana nani ma ka Cobalt Fine Arts Gallery "ma Tubac.ʻO ka mea nui loa o kāna mau mōhai i kaʻahaʻaina, he kiʻiʻo ia ka pukeʻo ka buffalo a me nā kikola nani. iloko o ka hōʻiliʻili pono'ī o koʻu mau hoaaloha mai Phoenix West Valley.
Kaʻike a me kaʻike hou o ka Gourd Festival
ʻO ka mea mua āu eʻike ai i kou wā e hoʻohuli i ka I-10 a hiki i ka Pinal County Fairgrounds,ʻaʻoleʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale. He wahi kaiaulu kēia, kahi mahiʻai. ʻO ka Gourd Festival, i kākoʻoʻia e kahi o Wuertz Gourd Farm, e mālama mau ana i kaʻono o kahi hāʻina kauhale e hoʻonāukiuki ana i kekahi mau mea akamai akamai i ka hana, kahi o lākou e hōʻike ana i nā kiʻi kiʻi ma ke kūkulu hema.
Ua mākaʻikaʻi mākou a hele i ka puka, hauʻoli nā mele kani mele a Zach Farley o Patagonia, Arizona. Uaʻike mākou i kahi laina o nā kānaka ma waho o kekahi o nā hale. ʻO kēia ka hale i kahi i hoʻokolokoloʻia ai. ʻOiaʻiʻo ua makemake mākou eʻike i nā mea a pau i kākauʻia ai a hoʻokomo mākou i ke laina a hoʻopaʻaʻia e Los Primos, kahi hui i hōʻikeʻia mai ka mele mai mariachi i jazz.
Ma loko o ka hale hana hoʻokipa o ka mokupuniʻo Arizona Gourd Society uaʻike mākou i ke kumu i loaʻa ai kahi laina. Nui nā mea eʻike ai a makemake ka poʻe malihini eʻoliʻoli i kaʻike a me ka hana hoʻohālike o kēlā me kēia kiʻi a me kiʻi hoʻi i nā mea punahele. I ko mākou neʻeʻana mai kahi papahana no kaʻoihanaʻoihana, ua loaʻa mākou i ka mahalo i ke kālaiʻia a me ke penaʻana i nā hue.
Ua hanaʻia ka hale kūʻai me ka hana. ʻEhā lālani o nā hale kūlapa e hōʻike ana i nā lako hana a me nā lako lako me nā nani nani i hoʻonaniʻia. Ua kū mākou ma kēlā hale a me kēlā hale kaʻa aʻike mākou i ka nui o nā kiʻi i hanaʻia. Aiaʻo ka makuahine a me ka pop i hoʻolālā i nā gourd de vacances, nā kumukūʻai o Peru a me ka luna o nā kiʻiʻoihana, e hōʻike i nā mea āu eʻike nei ma nā kiʻi ma Tubac a me Scottsdale.
I ko mākou hele wāwaeʻana i nā kahuaʻahaʻaina, ua hauʻoli mākou i nā mea'eneʻeneʻe nui loa, ua lawe mākou i ka lio mālie a me ka mea hoʻokele waʻa a paʻi kiʻiʻia ka keke kaʻa. ʻAʻole eʻikeʻia kahi kipaʻana i kahi hale hoʻokipaʻo Weurtz Gourd Farm kahi eʻike aiʻoe i nā kukuna makaʻole a nānā i nā mea hana kiʻi e koho i nā hue no kā lākou mauʻoihanaʻoihana'ē aʻe.
Mahalo nui wau i ka Festival Gourd Festivalʻoʻoe paha he mea hauʻoli pahaʻoe a makemake paha e hauʻoli i kahi lā ma ka'āina. He hauʻoli, meaʻai, hoʻouluhua a me nāʻano hue eʻike ana iāʻoe. Ua haʻalele mākou i kaʻahaʻaina i piha i ka'anā-humorā a me ka noʻonoʻoʻana i kahi hoʻoloheʻoluʻolu e hoʻolohe ana i ka mele kani kani kani a me ka nānāʻana i nā ao o Arizona e lele ma luna o ke kahua papa.