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Artwork of Hawaiians honoring Lono during the Makahiki festival with offerings, games, and the Akua Loa procession under a rain-touched sky.

Makahiki: The Hawaiian New-Year Festival in Hawaiʻi

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November 15, 2025
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Makahiki is an ancient Hawaiian festival dedicated to Lono, the god of agriculture, rain, fertility, and peace. Celebrated for roughly four lunar months during the wet season, it marked the Hawaiian New Year. The festival’s timing followed the rising of the Pleiades in the evening sky, a celestial sign that the season of rest and renewal had arrived. Makahiki signaled
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