Meri Kirihimete

I te whakatata mai o te wā hararei, ka kī te hau i te harikoa me te tumanako. Ko te Kirihimete, e whakanuia ana i te 25 o Hakihea, he wā e huihui ai ngā whānau me ngā hoa ki te whakapuaki i te aroha, te harikoa, me ngā tikanga tuku iho e arohaina ana. Ka rangona te kupu "Meri Kirihimete" i roto i ngā kāinga me ngā hapori, hei tohu i te wairua o te hoatu me te ngākau aroha e tautuhi ana i tēnei huihuinga whakanui.

Ka taea te whai i ngā takenga mai o te Kirihimete i ngā tikanga tawhito, engari kua whanake hei whakanui ā-ao e hipa ana i ngā rohe ahurea. Ki te tini, he wā tēnei hei whakaaroaro ki te tau kua hipa, hei whakaatu i te whakawhetai, hei titiro whakamua ki ngā tīmatanga hou. He maha ngā tikanga e tohuhia ana i te hararei, mai i te whakapaipai i ngā rākau Kirihimete me te whakairi rama ki te whakawhitiwhiti koha me te whakarite kai hakari.

Ko tētahi o ngā āhuatanga tino mahana o te Kirihimete ko te whakanui i te kotahitanga. Ka huihui ngā whānau ki te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, ki te kata, me ngā hakari reka, ka waihanga i ngā maharatanga e mau tonu ana mō te wa katoa. Ko te mahi hoatu koha, i ahu mai i te kōrero mō ngā Tangata Matau e Toru, he whakamahara i te hiranga o te atawhai me te atawhai. Ahakoa he koha ā-ringa, he mahi whakaaro nui rānei, ko te harikoa o te hoatu koha kei te ngako o te wā.

Haunga ngā huihuinga whānau, he wā anō hoki te Kirihimete mō te wairua hapori. He tokomaha te hunga e whai wāhi ana ki ngā mahi atawhai, e tuku ana i ō rātou wā, e koha ana rānei ki te hunga e matea ana. Mā tēnei wairua aroha me te tautoko e whakaū te whakaaro ehara te Kirihimete i te mea mō te whakanui whaiaro anake, engari mō te whakatairanga i ētahi atu.

I a tātou e awhi ana i te makutu o te Kirihimete, kia maumahara tātou ki te mauri tūturu o te hararei: te aroha, te harikoa, me te noho tahi. Nō reira, i a koutou e huihui ana me ō koutou whānau i tēnei wā, tangohia he wā ki te mihi ki te katoa "Meri Kirihimete," ā, kia whakakīia ō koutou ngākau e te wairua o te hararei ki te mahana me te harikoa.