ʻO ka Mele Kalikimaka ma ka Hema Hema i ka manawa maikaʻi loa. He nui nā huakaʻi e hele i nā wahi e like me ka Grand Canyon, e noho ma nā hale nohoʻo Taos, a hele i ka holoʻana o ka mokuʻo San Antonio River no ka hoʻolauleʻa kūikawā no ka lā hoʻomaha. Ma muli o ka nui o nā wahi i loaʻa ka mahana wela ahiahi, ua lilo nā hoʻokipa o waho i mau hana hoʻomana. ʻO ka hoʻomālamalamaʻana i ke ala i kekahi manawa leʻaleʻa ma ke komohana hema e komo pū ana kahi moʻomeheu kaulana e pili ana i nā luminarias aiʻole nā farolitos .
Ke waiho wale nei,ʻo kēia nā kukui i hoʻonohonoho ponoʻia i loko o ke one ma loko o keʻeke, e hāʻawi ana i kahi anuanu maikaʻi i ka pō.
I ka hoʻomakaʻana, nā huakaʻi i hala i ke ala
Ua loaʻa kēia mau kukui i ka makahiki 1800. Ua hoʻohanaʻia nā pōpili liʻiliʻi, e like me nā lālā o ka lā i nā kihi o ke alanui Canyon i Santa Fe, e alakaʻi i nā kānaka i ka Christmas Mass. Ua pinepineʻia lākou i ka pō hope loa o Las Posadas,ʻo ia ka hōʻailona o ka manawaʻo Maria aʻimi iholaʻo Iosepa i kahi malumalu i Betelehema, i ko lākou heleʻana mai kahi home aku i ka home ma mua o ka hānauʻana o Iesū. I nā lā ma hope, kiʻi nā keiki i nā perolitos liʻiliʻi i ka wā i hoʻopau houʻia ai lākouʻo Las Posadas. Hanaʻia nā hanana likeʻole ma Santa Fe i kēlā me kēia pō, noʻeiwa mau pō i mua o ka Mele Kalikimaka, a me nā hana e like me ka mele, pule, a me kaʻai.
Pehea e hoʻohana ai i ka Luminarias a me Farolitos
Hoʻomaopopo nā kānaka i ka luminarias a iʻole nā farolitos i kēia lā e hoʻonani i ke ala i ko lākou puka a wehewehe i ka piko o ko lākou home me nā kukui uila a me nāʻike.
ʻO ka poʻe i Albuquerque e kapa aku i nā lama kukui pepa "luminarias," akāʻo nā kamaaina mai Santa Fe e koi i ka'ōlelo pololeiʻo "farolitos." ʻO ka mōʻaukala,ʻo ka luminaria maoliʻo ia keʻano o nā pōkole liʻiliʻi e uhi ana i nā alanui,ʻoiai he lapaʻau kahi kukui pepa liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole paha, hoʻohanaʻia nā hua'ōleloʻelua i ka lahui.
Hana i kou mau kukui
He maʻalahi ka hanaʻana i ka luminarias a iʻole nā farolitos. Hiki i nā kānaka ke kūʻai i nāʻeke pepa, nā kukui'āpana koho, a me ke one ma kā lākouʻoihana limahana a me kaʻoihana kūʻai. Hoʻokipa pinepine nā kānaka haʻalulu i nāʻano hoʻolālā i loko o nāʻeke no kahi pāʻani pākiki hou. E hana i kāu mau kukui, e hoʻopihapiha i kēlā me kēiaʻeke me nā'īnihi o ke one a kāomi i ke kukui koho i waenakonu o ia mea iʻole e paʻi ka lapalapa i ka pepa. No ka paleʻana i ka pilikia o ke ahi, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā kukui kukui.
No ka novice, e hoʻomaka i ke pale o kou ala hele, ma mua o kou hale. E aho e koho i kahi pō maloʻo me ka makaniʻole no kēia papahana. ʻO ka Luminarias me nā koho koho, aiʻole nā kukui kukui, e puhi mau no ia no kahi oʻehā hola ma mua o ka pukaʻana.
E nānā i nā Hōʻailona Hōʻike o nā Lā Lā Hikina Hema
ʻO nā wahi ma lalo iho nei i hoʻokomo i kahi hōʻike no kekahi o nā'ōpana hoʻonani o nā mālamalama o ka mālamalama o ka Pākīpika:
- Canyon Road in Santa Fe
- ʻO Rio de Las Luces:ʻO ka muliwai o nā kukui ma kahiʻo Botanic Albuquerque's
- Noches de Las Luminarias ma ka'Āina Botanical Desert ma Phoenix, Arizona
- ʻO Santa Ana Pueblo: Hōʻailona Luminariaʻo New Mexico
- ʻO ka Tlaquepaque Luminaria Festival ma Sedona, Arizona
- ʻO ka Luminaria Festival ma Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico: Ma kaʻAno Mele Kalikimaka, aia nā mālamalama i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma loko o ke awāwa e hiki ai i nā malihini ke hele aku eʻike.