The Na Koa Cohort has been volunteering with Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai‘i since 2013. The cohort was started as a program to promote resiliency among members of the Hawai‘i National Guard. Former Hawaii State Adjutant General and Retired Major General of the U.S. Air Force and Hawaii Air National Guard — Darryll Wong and Retired […]
News that the Shinnyo lantern floating ceremony will return as an in-person event this Memorial Day, May 29 (“Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii to return as in-person event,” Star- Advertiser, Top News, March 28), prompts me to suggest that holding this ceremony on our country’s traditional Memorial Day may detract from the original reason for our national holiday.
Håfa adai! An armada of tiny, glowing proa outrigger canoes was launched on the windy waters of Tumon Bay during a drizzly Saturday evening Sept. 17. It was the cathartic
A large crowd returned for the in-person 39th annual Arcata Lantern Floating Ceremony on Saturday evening at Klopp Lake in the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife.