Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year!
Another year passing and a brand New Year is open to all sorts of wonderful possibilities.
Two of my favorite fireworks available in Hawaii for celebrating the New Year are the Chinese Happy Lamps and the paper Frienship Pagodas.
Tonight, we set up a rope across a section of the yard and had fun with our Happy Lamps, lighting several at one time.
The Happy Lamps signify guidance and light for a good year.
The Happy Lamp
The Friendhip Pagodas are lit in memory of a friend, living or dead.
Friendship Pagoda
Happy New Year to all!
May your New Year be full of light and friendships!
Aloha y Hola, Terri! I was just signing up at your website to receive your (occasional) newsletter!!!
;-)
Thank you!...and I hope to keep up with your career!
Posted by: Sonia | January 03, 2008 at 07:48 PM
Hi Sonia,
Thank you for the kind email (re:Gather) I followed your link here...awesome post about the lamps! That's very cool! I love hearing about traditions like that.
A belated Very Happy New Year to you!
Posted by: Terri Molina | January 03, 2008 at 07:41 PM