broadcast of hiki no on PBS Hawaii are made possible by the support of viewers like you Mahalo and by Bank of Hawaii Foundation investing in Hawaii's future by promoting collaboration critical thinking and other 21st century skills through hiki no Kamehameha schools empowering Hawaiian keiki to explore discover and inspire the kosasa foundation helping to transform education and develop Hawaii's Workforce through bold learning initiatives like hiki no Aloha and welcome to this episode of hiki no on PBS Hawaii my name is Marika ziocita and I'm a sixth grade student at seeks Public Charter School on Oahu I was also a hiki no student at Waikiki Elementary School back in fourth and fifth grades I'm here in the hiki no added suite at PBS Hawaii to host this special episode of the hiki no on PBS Hawaii 2022 fall Challenge and share the winning entries with you for this competition hiki no students were challenged to submit videos based on the prompt where tradition meets today Hawaii's new wave of storytellers found a wide variety of traditions in their community they also met many people who are adding a new Flair to Old customs the student teams had just four days to complete their videos and they had to plan shoot interview and edit their videos with zero Hands-On help from their teachers tonight we'll reveal the winners of the middle and high school divisions scoring was based on how well the students met the prompt where tradition meets today along with the production quality and storytelling finesse in this fall challenge stories in the High School Division received an honorable mention third place second place and first place Awards in the Middle School Division only one award was given and that was for first place now without further Ado let's watch the pieces that wowed the judges thank you the students of Hilo High Spotlight a shop that takes a Hawaiian Focus to its clothes and has been a part of the Hilo Community for nearly four decades every shirt every design everything we do has a function has a purpose has a name and now in the High School Division of the hiki no on PBS Hawaii 2022 fall challenge receiving an honorable mention is Hilo High School on Hawaii Island congratulations for 40 years on the bustling Hilo Bay front Hawaiian Force has been carrying on Hawaiian traditions and values through wearable Arts our aim actually has always been to dress the nation address the nation with Ike and Pono destination with the truth of and the joy of being part of Hawaii the joy of being part of this culture because our business is founded on that it's where every shirt every design everything we do has a function has a purpose has a name you know an understanding like for instance our moon cycles understanding that we can't do a little calendaring you know like a simple thing like the moon calendar and re-educating ourselves and the significance of every moon cycle the things that you can grow or fish or Farm you know the Hawaiian blood for instance you know that was when people are becoming learning you know their their pride in their cultural Roots so that was huge because it was like oh Hawaiian blood you know so that was me because it addressed a certain helping people get back to their the the pride and Aloha you have for just being Hawaiian the Hawaiian flag same thing in an understanding our unique place in history understanding the makings of the Hawaiian flag that actually comes from Kamehameha first is the one that what did the our flag that we see today the one and only flag we ever had this is our height Hawaii but our work is relevant because it's Timeless because it works with who you are today Hawaiian Forest remains influential because of its timelessness in reflecting Hawaii's tradition through their designs this still reminds me of home here and the nowhere else to be from a really young age I was always very familiar with the Hawaiian Forest always wearing the Hawaiian Forest especially in this Modern Age where so many of the things that you're able to see on the designs especially a lot of native wines today are not very familiar with that or don't see that every day so wearing the t-shirts and wearing the clothing is a good way to keep that as a constant in your everyday life to remind you of all those things it supports family that is the function and the foundation of who we are it supports you as a family supports you as a community it supports you as the places the spaces that you want to occupy in a way that is filled with Aloha this is a relevant story it continues it moves forward and to be a part of who we are because you recognize of where we come from it's just all a part of that young people you guys got to take this world man move it shift it this is your coliana the Hawaiian Forest continues to perpetuate Hawaii pride and tradition One Design at a time this is Claire Steele from Hilo High School for hiki no on PBS Hawaii the football team and coaches of Kauai High School take their rituals very seriously according to this story one of the Traditions we've been doing is our Raider Jacks you know doing jumping jacks and and spelling out readers and that brings team pride and now in the High School Division of the hiki no on PBS Hawaii 2022 fall challenge receiving an honorable mention is Kauai High School congratulations College Arroyo the JV head coach at Kauai high school has been coaching for over 30 years so you know coaching you know is a lot it's more than just coaching football with them you know it's about life lesson family values and all of that and see them after they graduate and what they become in a community you know is really important as a coach from player to coach and as an alumni himself coach Micah had team Traditions alive and spirited being a Red Raider you just learn how to grind it out for four quarters you keep swinging all the way to the end and I think that carries over into your adulthood also yeah uh football being a team sport one of the Traditions we've been doing is our radio Jacks you know doing jumping jacks and and spelling out readers and that brings team Pride you know before every game after practice you know we do the Raider Jacks it's just something when you spell out the the Raider's name with the school you know it just builds the kids character I mean just makes them excited and pumped up to go out there and play when you're doing the road jacks with the boys It Feels So unreal because when I was younger I didn't play football but now here I am with the support of their peers and coaches spirit and morale their foundation for the football team to become Inspirations in their communities without without good morale without good spirit games games can be hard games can be long we're always seeing our alma mater I think you know that that tradition is just unreal you know I can honestly tell you that they're the greatest singers but you know they every game they get better and better another tradition that I think that is very important is showing respect among teammates sharing respect in the in the classroom being a student athlete you know that's that's very important you know but when you get team spirit you get morale everything is functioning on the field we're not going to get tough you know you get tougher I always say this working hard not gonna guarantee you a win what it'll guarantee you never give up and we're taking these young boys turning into young men you know shaking hands helping each other out in a weight room on the field I think a lot of this stuff is going to carry them in life I think a lot of them the memories they're going to leave here and as they get older the junior senior year sophomore year you know they're going to remember the friendship that they built among with this team right here and I always think it's important I think the JV program is always important because you're building up for the varsity program and the what they learned from the JV as friendship respecting each other respecting the teachers you know and being role models in a community is always going to be important for these young men where tradition meets today the Kauai high school football team will always stay true to their Traditions through spirit and heart for even more years to come this is Amalia begana from Kauai high school for hiki no on PBS Hawaii the students of H.P Baldwin High School found a local Record Shop that offers tunes and shows for the young and old and for most people throughout their lives music is sort of their soundtrack to their life and we have a lot of things that you would not expect and now in the High School Division of the hiki no and PBS Hawaii 2022 fall challenge taking third place is H.P Baldwin High School on Maui congratulations there's always going to be a desire for music request music was actually started by Vince Mendes uh who's a someone I knew when I was in I met in seventh grade actually and then you know about my first record from him and uh you know got into music when Vince retired from a quest music he decided to sell the business leaving Joe to continue his store requests always had that funky Vibe with things that Vince had collected over the years so we are a music store but we are you know a comic store we have a lot of things that you would not expect just trying to be meet the demands of what the customers wanted but from selling music through records CDs and more request music has another way in connecting an older music selection to the younger generation we do shows here and most of them are Punk and they're all ages shows so kids can come and hang out if they want and listen to music with their friends and then performers like coming here and playing here because the primary thing is it's all about the music and I think that's something unique that you know as far as for our place and it's kind of a funky place to have a band to have a show over the years of working at request music and seeing different customers with different needs pursuing their music tastes Joe has A New Perspective when you think about it records have been around for literally 100 years now so it's still here and so I think it will continue to be here as long as people enjoy it and and I think there's something very unique about it that it has that sound or that perception of a warm sound and for most people throughout their lives music is sort of their soundtrack to their life and it's always going to be integral to their experiences this has been Emma Jane Roy from Baldwin high school for hiki no on PBS Hawaii kapa'a high school students chose to profile the volunteer effort to preserve a historic Valley on Kauai so what I'm doing today it may be for me but it's actually for them in the future it's not going to be about me it's going to be about them in the High School Division of the hiki no and PBS Hawaii 2022 fall challenge taking second places kapa'a High School on Kauai congratulations our goal is to inspire the next generation of kids here as well as young people and families and people everywhere to connect with the land as that which feeds us the wipa foundation is uniquely located within the tropical rainforests on kauai's North Shore it's in which is the high mountain in the clouds and the property boundary follows these Ridge lines on both sides out to the ocean 1600 acre intact ahupua today is our volunteer Day so a lot of the times the community likes to come in and help with whatever we have every fourth Saturday of the month locals and visitors alike Gather in an immersive experience to share in this Hawaiian tradition of embracing the land what use one of the one places that we like to work we like to tell them just like a general story of waipa and why you're here and what you're doing for us and they do it because they love it and we love it because they come and it's like Ohana we especially want to inspire the Next Generation to take care of the land in their home area and and love it so that they will come home and take care of it because every generation is only going to live for so long and we need to perpetuate these traditions and practices these Hands-On experiences help promote the passing on of knowledge and culture to ensure a more sustainable future and as your sibling but we feel like they're also Universal values and that if everyone globally felt that way about the Latin we would all take much better care of the earth basically it would be amazing wouldn't it challenges with commercial expansion that have hindered wipon in the past have been overcome as they continue to grow as a living and learning center today 40 years ago in the early 1980s the landowner Kamehameha schools was going to build a resort community in this Valley and the next Valley over the Hawaiian families and other supporters came together and through activism saved actually both valleys from development and they felt really strongly that it was important to save a space both for Hawaiian people culture plants food and values and language these are the sweet ones Traditions passed one generation to the next rely on education and stewardship that is rooted deep in Hawaiian culture the cake you have to learn from the kupuna because the kupuna have the knowledge and the manao and everything from them are passed down so generation Generations so what I'm doing today it may be for me but it's actually for them in the future it's not going to be about me it's going to be about them this is Bodhi Muma from Kapaa high school for hiki no on PBS Hawaii the students of Maui waena Intermediate School take us to visit a special Maui farm with a unique title Japan my great great grandfather brought over the first purchase of entry from Japan and then my great-grandfather had this Farm then my my grandfather and now my dad in the Middle School Division of the hiki no and PBS Hawaii 2022 fall challenge taking first place is Maui waina Intermediate School congratulations we have this the original trees that my ancestors you know planted here located in Kula Maui Hashimoto persimmon Farm has branched out into its fourth generation so our farm is like 100 over 100 years old my great great grandfather brought over the first participantry from Japan and then my great-grandfather had this Farm then my my grandfather and now my dad and my dad is running it and since I was born I've been working on this farm and now my children worked on this Farm despite their busy schedules it's in their roots to come back and help you know during the season which is really short it's only from October to like end of November my parents are here every day but my family and I are here every Saturday and Sunday we give up our weekends and we spend you know all day together so my dad has worked really hard at keeping up you know the Traditions keeping up with modern times my mom has worked at diversifying the farm by making products you know so we don't just have fresh fruit anymore but we have scones and jams and cookies what started as a hobby has blossomed into a unique and successful business I have tried for Persimmons usually they're imported I haven't ever had Persimmons from Hawaii before so you know they bring them in from Japan usually and from the continent so it'll be exciting to have persimmons from Hawaii customers are so important because if you had no customers you know we wouldn't have anyone to sell to get damaged so we do enjoy when people come and visit and you know people I think enjoy because they come and they see like oh it's the same same Farm same people well one thing is now we do take credit cards that's huge we never did we have a website um we still you know we do mail orders so we we're trying to keep up with the times it's very hard to have a family business it's a lot of work but um you know it's very worthwhile and it's it's the legacy is what's important and family is what's most important and these years of hard work have helped the farm and the family flourish this is Karissa Miguel from Maui waena Intermediate School for hiki no on PBS Hawaii Maui high school students profiled a Maui shop owner who is giving new life to the traditional kimono Fabric and hopes to make their Grandma proud she was very strong she was very loud she was very boisterous she was fun crazy and now in the High School Division of the hiki no and PBS Hawaii 2022 fall challenge taking first places Maui High School congratulations everything in the store is inspired by my grandmother grandma tomiko is the reason that this brand exists nested on the heart of Queen kahumanu Center in Kahului Shannon and Shenzhen Lou owners of mise kimono and grandchildren of Grandma Tamiko open mice first and only all year kimono store in March 2022 although their culture ultimately inspired misei kimono that's grandma tamico's eccentric energy that reflects across all their designs she was very strong she was very loud she was very boisterous she was fun crazy and so you know we embodied that spirit in this store loud crazy prints really fun colors and you know we always think about her when we do something the music kimono started off as a brand that I was making little clutch bags from a reused OB traditionally they're called Nagoya or fukuro Obi and they're more elegant in design a lot of embellishments lots of embroidery and by bringing those things into modern culture younger people or people that are not necessarily connected to their culture will attach to that and even with the regular traditional hachimaki it's the same it's one in the same you know the versatility of this head wrap is super vast the modern aspect of what we do is very important because we understand that today we're living in these times so it's not like we can you know not everybody's going to wear kimono every single day so we want to introduce that traditional aspect to younger people or to more modern people by way of our traditional Japanese pattern wearing it in a modern aspect and so that they can celebrate it that way from elegant handbags to Casual pocket tees Grandma Tamiko will always be the deciding Factory behind each design pattern and Direction of music kimono you know we always think about her when we do something one of the best things I think in carrying on my grandmother's name and how wonderful she was and how powerful she was is that we can use these traditional types of pieces and reuse them and give them New Life by adopting traditional Japanese wear to Modern clothing Shannon Liu has kept his grandmother's memory alive and helped the younger generation connect with their Roots this is Marissa Johnson from Maui high school for hiki no on PBS Hawaii that concludes our special Showcase of the hiki no on PBS Hawaii 2022 fall challenge we hope you've enjoyed the work of Hawaii's new wave of storytellers don't forget to subscribe to PBS Hawaii on YouTube and follow hiki no on Instagram and Tick Tock to enjoy the best stories from Hawaii that's it for our show we'll see you next week for more proof that Hawaii students hiki no can do foreign thank you and now a story from the hiki no archives followed by what the student storytellers learned from their experience producing it Philippians I've read the Bible probably seven times cover to cover so I'm a student of the word of God I mean look where I think it is foreign cleaning up breaking leaves I planted all these plants too everything here I put all these cement cinder blocks in you know I I'm this guy who's always worked I painted all this too started to paint the house I haven't finished yet I used to box I used to do martial arts I know how to fight I I think because my job was so high paced before you know like uh Navy Chief get the job done lead lead and then I had the motorcycle accident lost my leg back ache neck ache stomp ache so dealing with the chronic pain and just trying to do anything I can because if I just sit here alone in my room I get very depressed but I got one leg lots of pain and uh what do I do do I complain about it all day oh that gets old hearing myself complain I'm sick of that what else can I do I can give up I know that whenever the fiery darts come about like oh I wish I was never born crap like that they don't last long there's something inside me that says so I'm gonna fight today the story living with pain was about my dad he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident a few years back and I guess he's just talking about what he does on a day-to-day basis and how he dealt with his the pain living with it first shoot day I had the camera I shot the interview did a lot of b-roll and Molina interviewed her dad when he was talking I was kind of amazed I just saw him as a I guess someone to look up to because not a lot of people go through that kind of hard times so Shanna transcribed it and then together we just looked at like what hit us I guess like powerful sound bites and we just highlighted it grabbed it and pulled it down and then we just try to arrange them in some kind of way that it told a story I was really thankful that she did all the transcribing because the thought of having to go back and like look at what he all he that he talked about kind of made me uncomfortable so I was really glad that I had someone that could I guess help me through that type of Journey I knew that Molina was going to be emotional and I would be too because her dad is telling his story of what happened that changes to all their lives I was glad to have helped her through this time because I would need someone there for me if the roles were in reverse I think doing the story changed my relationship with my dad because ever since like right after I did the story I just felt like I was able to talk to him just about anything and I would just come and talk to him sometimes and like it would just feel normal I guess a little more normal than how it used to before them I think Molina needed to get this story done because she wanted to show other people that the hard times aren't going to last forever and that I think she just wanted to get her story and her father's story out there broadcast of hiki no on PBS Hawaii are made possible by the support of viewers like you Mahalo and by Bank of Hawaii Foundation investing in Hawaii's future by promoting collaboration critical thinking and other 21st century skills through hiki no Kamehameha schools empowering Hawaiian keiki to explore discover and inspire the kosasa foundation helping to transform education and develop Hawaii's Workforce through bold learning initiatives like hiki no