I ka makahiki 1975 a me kekahi o nā hana nui o nā wāhine ma ka honua nei,ʻo ka mele kaulanaʻo Michigan Womyn's Festival i hoʻonani i kona 40 makahiki i 2015; ua hoʻolaha pū nā mea hoʻolālā hoʻokūkū i ka makahiki hope loa o kaʻahaʻaina.
E like me ka inoa e'ōleloʻia nei,ʻo ka mele ka mea paʻa maʻamau i huki ai i nā tausani o ka poʻe i kahi 650 ekaʻeka kahi i hūnāʻia ma ka mākauʻo Manistee National Forest.
ʻO nā hana maʻaneʻi, no ka poʻe lono kahiko ke kīkī i nā kaula grrrl. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, he nui nāʻano hana i hanaʻia ma kaʻahaʻaina,ʻo Marga Gomez,ʻo Sista Otis, Ferron, Bitch, Toshi Reagon, Patty Larkin, Melissa Ferrick, Issa (ʻo Jane Siberry kēia), Chix Lix Flix, Poppy Champlin, Drumsong Orchestra me Ubaka Hill, Holly Near, Cris Williamson, Ruth Barrett, Anais Mitchell, Betty a me nā kaikamāhine Indigo. Hiki iāʻoe ke nānā aku i nā pāʻani, keaka, a me nā hana maʻamau, nā hana hoʻonāukiuki.
I kaʻahaʻaina i ka makahiki hope loa,ʻo CC Carter,ʻo Marga Gomez,ʻo Laura me Big Bad Gina,ʻo Jill Sobule,ʻo Betty, Medusa, Reina Williams,ʻo Cris Williamson,ʻo Holly Near, Elvira Kurt, Bitch, Ferron, Melissa Ferrick, Chix. Lix, Staceyann Chin, Hanifah Walidah, a me nā hui mele Mimi Gonzalez, Julie Goldman, a me Karen Williams.
Maanei i ka nui o nāʻahaʻaina likeʻole,ʻo ka manawa kūpono e nānā ai i nā mea hoʻokani mele, he wahi ia o ka hauʻoli.
Ua hoʻokipa kaʻahaʻaina i nā hanana ākea e hoʻokipa ana i nā kumu waiwai - e pili ana i nā mele a me nā seminar i nā mea a pau mai ka pahu mele a me ka hula hula e hīmeni ma ka pōʻai, akā hiki iāʻoe ke kākau inoa no nā papa hoʻokoʻa me nāʻano likeʻole e like me ka umauma no nā wāhine wahine o kaʻili, nā'ōpiopio eʻimi i kaʻike kilokilo, Amazon archery, hana hoʻomalu o ke kaiaulu, haʻi i ka maʻihumahu, a me ke aloha me ka yoga a me ka massage Thai.
Aia kekahi hoʻolauleʻa kiʻi, hoʻonohonoho i nā hoʻolālā, a me kaʻoihana kūʻaiʻoihana ma ke kūʻaiʻana i kahi kūʻai o 150 mau mea hanahana.
Ua hanaʻia ka hanana Michigan i waho a ma nā halelewa a holo e like me ka mīkini i hoʻoluʻuʻia - nā poʻe i hoʻonohonoho i ko lākou mau halelewa, e hāʻawi manawaleʻa aʻelua paha i nā hola hanaʻehā (ma muli o ko lākou heleʻana i kaʻahaʻaina no nā lāʻelua wale nō. lōʻihi lōʻihi), a hāʻawiʻiaʻekolu mauʻai (meaʻaiʻai) i kēlā lā i kēia lā. Aia kekahi lawelawe kālepa no nā poʻe i loaʻa me ke kino kīnā, a me nā kau o ka lā no nā kamaliʻi, nā keiki 5 a hiki i 10 mau makahiki, a me nā kaikamahine 5 a piʻi. ʻO ka palapala kōkua nui loa o kaʻahaʻaina no nā mea mua i paneʻia e pili ana i nā nīnau a pau i hiki iāʻoe ke hele.