Makahiki festival
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The Makahiki festival is an ancient Hawaiian New Year season marked by religious ceremonies, feasting, games, and a kapu (prohibition) on war in honor of the god Lono.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Makahiki | 2 |
| Hawaiian New Year | 1 |
| Makahiki festival canonical | 1 |
| Makahiki possibly related to makahiki year or makahiki harvest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4351125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Makahiki festival Context triple: [Lono, associatedWith, Makahiki festival]
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A.
Hatsu-uma Festival
The Hatsu-uma Festival is a Shinto celebration held in early February to honor the deity Inari, marking the first “day of the horse” of the lunar year with prayers for prosperity and good harvests.
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B.
Honolulu Festival
The Honolulu Festival is an annual cultural celebration in Hawaii that showcases Japanese American and other Asia-Pacific traditions through parades, performances, and community events.
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C.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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Kamiari Festival
The Kamiari Festival is a major Shinto religious event in Izumo, Japan, during which it is believed that all the gods from across the country gather at Izumo Taisha Shrine for an annual divine assembly.
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E.
Atsuta Festival
The Atsuta Festival is a major annual Shinto celebration in Nagoya featuring traditional rituals, processions, and performances that honor the deities enshrined at Atsuta Shrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Makahiki festival Target entity description: The Makahiki festival is an ancient Hawaiian New Year season marked by religious ceremonies, feasting, games, and a kapu (prohibition) on war in honor of the god Lono.
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A.
Hatsu-uma Festival
The Hatsu-uma Festival is a Shinto celebration held in early February to honor the deity Inari, marking the first “day of the horse” of the lunar year with prayers for prosperity and good harvests.
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B.
Honolulu Festival
The Honolulu Festival is an annual cultural celebration in Hawaii that showcases Japanese American and other Asia-Pacific traditions through parades, performances, and community events.
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C.
Sagicho Festival
The Sagicho Festival is a traditional fire festival in Omihachiman, Japan, featuring elaborately decorated floats that are paraded and then dramatically burned to mark the coming of spring.
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D.
Kamiari Festival
The Kamiari Festival is a major Shinto religious event in Izumo, Japan, during which it is believed that all the gods from across the country gather at Izumo Taisha Shrine for an annual divine assembly.
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E.
Atsuta Festival
The Atsuta Festival is a major annual Shinto celebration in Nagoya featuring traditional rituals, processions, and performances that honor the deities enshrined at Atsuta Shrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hawaiian cultural practice
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New Year celebration ⓘ harvest festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| associatedDirection | south and west ⓘ |
| associatedStarCluster | Pleiades ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hawaiian New Year
ⓘ
linked to:
Makahiki festival
agricultural abundance ⓘ fertility ⓘ harvest ⓘ peace ⓘ |
| beginsWith | appearance of the Pleiades at sunset ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | Hawaiian lunar calendar ⓘ |
| category |
Hawaiian festivals
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New Year celebrations ⓘ religious holidays ⓘ |
| continuedIn | post-contact Hawaii with modifications ⓘ |
| culture | Native Hawaiian culture ⓘ |
| etymology |
Makahiki possibly related to makahiki year or makahiki harvest
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linked to:
Makahiki festival
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| features |
feasting
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games ⓘ offerings to Lono ⓘ processions ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ sport competitions ⓘ tax collection rituals ⓘ |
| hasMainDeity | Lono ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
akua loa image of Lono
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staff with crosspiece and white kapa streamers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-contact Hawaii ⓘ |
| honors | Lono ⓘ |
| includes |
athletic contests
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hula and chant performances ⓘ island-wide circuit of Lono image ⓘ kapu on large-scale labor ⓘ kapu on war ⓘ presentation of tribute to Lono ⓘ ritual cleansing ⓘ |
| influences | contemporary Hawaiian cultural identity ⓘ |
| language | Hawaiian ⓘ |
| practicedIn | Hawaiian Islands ⓘ |
| prohibits |
certain types of work
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warfare ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | harvest thanksgiving ⓘ |
| relatedDeity |
Lono-i-ka-makahiki
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linked to:
Lono
|
| religion | Hawaiian religion ⓘ |
| revivedAs | modern cultural celebration ⓘ |
| season | winter ⓘ |
| timePeriod | approximately four lunar months ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Makahiki festival Description of subject: The Makahiki festival is an ancient Hawaiian New Year season marked by religious ceremonies, feasting, games, and a kapu (prohibition) on war in honor of the god Lono.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Makahiki festival
linked to: Makahiki festival