Hanamatsuri 2023

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Celebrating Buddha�s birth with service in-person and through live streaming.

???� Hanamatsuri at Makawao

We celebrated in-person and via live streaming for this year�s Hanamatsuri, festival of flowers, honoring the birth of Siddhartha Gautama who grew up to be the Awakened One, The Buddha.��Rev. Kerry Kiyohara officiated the service.� The Scouts of Troop 18 and Cubs of Pack 18 raised the flags.� �

Maui�s Mayor Richard T. Bissen issued a proclamation naming April 2 to 9, 2023 as Hanamatsuri Week throughout Maui County.

Inside the Hanamido, the flower pavilion representing Lumbini Garden where the baby Buddha was born, we bathed a statue of the baby Buddha with sweet tea.��Please enjoy the photos below.�

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We enjoyed watching the video �Birth of the Buddha� created last year by the amazingly talented young people of the Makawao Hongwanji Dharma School and remarked about how much our video�s stars had grown.� Showing the video could become an annual temple tradition!

In addition to Buddha�s birthday, we celebrated April birthdays for Makawao Sangha members with cake and song.