A ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, Gwamna Ige ya ayyana 2018 a matsayin "Ke Au Hawaii: Shekarar Hawai" don girmama tarihi, al'adu, harshe da al'adun mutanen Hawai.
Lokaci na ayyana gwamnan ya dace musamman ganin cewa shekarar 2018 ta cika shekaru 40 da fara shirye-shiryen nutsar da harshen Hawai wanda ya ceci harshen Hawai daga gab da bacewa. Har ila yau, bikin cika shekaru 25 da neman uzuri a hukumance daga Majalisa da shugaban Amurka ga al'ummar Hawai, kan rawar da Amurka ta taka wajen hambarar da daular Hawai a ranar 17 ga Janairu, 1893. Musamman ma bikin shekaru 100 na farko. Hawaiyan Civic Club wanda Yarima Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole ya kafa.
Ana gane Fabrairu kowace shekara a matsayin Watan Harshen Hawai. Don girmamawa ga mahimmancin watan, lura cewa labaran al'adun Hawaii da ke ƙasa suna da hanyar haɗin yanar gizon da ke nuna fassararsu a cikin harshen Hawai.
HTA tana alfahari da himma don girmamawa da dawwamar da al'adun Hawai yayin da muke cika manufarmu na tallafawa yawon shakatawa na Hawaii. An haɗa al'adun Hawaii cikin kowane nau'i na tallan yawon shakatawa namu, duka a cikin haɓaka alamar Hawaii da nuna jin daɗin fuskantar tsibiran mu.
Kalani Kaanaana, daraktan mu na al'amuran al'adu na Hawaii, HTA tana ci gaba da ƙoƙari don ƙara ilimi mai zurfi game da al'adun Hawai cikin duk abin da muke yi, tare da girmama mahimmancin al'ada da mutanen da ke bambanta Hawaii daga kowane wuri a duniya. .
Baya ga Kalani, muna da wasu ma’aikata uku da ke magana da yaren Hawai kuma suke sadaukar da kowace ranar aiki don ƙara wayar da kan jama’a game da al’adunsu na asali ga mutane a nan tsibirin da ma duniya baki ɗaya.
HTA tana kashe kusan dala miliyan 6 kowace shekara kan shirye-shirye don girmama, tallafawa da kuma dorewar al'adun Hawai. Taimakon HTA yana da fa'ida kuma yana faɗaɗa a duk faɗin jihar, kama daga tallafin abubuwan da suka faru kamar bikin sarauta na Merrie da Kukulu Ola shirye-shiryen sa-kai na al'umma don taimakawa ƙungiyar Voyaging ta Polynesia tare da wayar da kan jama'a na ilimi da ɗaukar nauyin kyawawan ayyukan da Baƙin Baƙi na Hawaii ya yi. Ƙungiyar (NaHHA).
Tushen al'adun Hawaii da HTA ke bayarwa wanda kowa zai iya amfani da shi shine kayan aikin Maemae, wanda za'a iya saukewa kyauta daga gidan yanar gizon HTA (www.HawaiiTourismAuthority.org). Wannan tushe ne na tushe don gabatar da al'adun Hawai daidai da fahimtar harshen Hawai.
Duk wannan tallafin yana da mahimmanci kuma duk yana haifar da tasiri mai kyau a cikin yadda ake girmama al'adun Hawaii, girmamawa da kuma rabawa tare da mutanen da suka rungumi ruhun waɗannan tsibiran.
