Hawaiian Buddhists Celebrate Buddha's Birthday

May 10, 2003

Source: Honolulu Advertiser

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/May/10/il/il41a.html

On May 10, 2003 the Honolulu Advertiser reported that "about a thousand Buddhists of Chinese, Vietnamese, Laotian, Samoan and Taiwanese ancestry are expected to turn out today to watch a parade from 'A'ala Park through Chinatown [in Hawai]... At the end of the parade, people come to a statue of the baby Buddha to pour water or tea over it. That, Lui explains, symbolizes the purification from sin... Afterward, there will be chants and prayer from various temples, then entertainment."