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5th Annual Makahiki Challenge
January 16, 2016 @ 4:03 pm
Hawaii's first 5K Obstacle Course! The Makahiki Challenge is a 3+ mile journey through tireless hills, obstacles, and mud. Designed to test your physical endurance and mental toughness, your efforts will be rewarded with live music and beverages!
Makahiki translates to annual, or yearly. Makahiki Challenge is meant to be an annual challenge for the people of Hawaii and it's visitors.
The word Makahiki is commonly associated with the ancient Hawaiian festival. In ancient Hawaii, Makahiki festival was a festival beginning in about the middle of October and lasting about four months. It was filled with sports and religious festivities, and at this time war was kapu (prohibited). Makahiki celebrated harvest and the Hawaiian god associated with rain, Lono. The mark of the beginning of Makahiki was the sight of the Pleiades constellation seen in late October or early November.
Get more information at http://www.makahikichallenge.com