Tsiku lobadwa labwino la 55 ku Polynesian Culture Center yomwe imadziwikanso kuti PCC. PCC ndi malo okopa alendo pachilumba cha Oahu ku Hawaii koma sizopanda mikangano. Kuyambira 1963 Polynesian Cultural Center yasangalatsa ophunzira ndi kulimbikitsa mpingo wa Yesu Khristu kwa alendo oposa 40 miliyoni. Iyi ndi bizinesi yayikulu, ndipo yakhala yopanda msonkho. Chowonjezera pa izi ndi chikhalidwe cha tsankho lapoyera.
Kulawa kokakamizika kwa chipembedzo cha Mormon kwakhala chizolowezi mwakachetechete kwa alendo ambiri ku Waikiki ndi ulendo wokwera mtengo wopita ku Polynesia Culture Center. Ulendowu uyenera kukhala ndi chithunzithunzi cha Kachisi wa Mormon ku Laie. PCC ndichinthu chokopa alendo omwe amapita pachilumba cha Hawaii.
Kuyenda kwa ola limodzi kuchokera ku Waikiki kupita ku tawuni ya Laie ku Northshore kudzasintha malo kuti alendo azitha kumva phokoso la Hula la ku Hawaii, chiuno chothamanga kwambiri cha ovina aku Tahiti: The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) amazipereka zonse kwa alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi. Amabwera kudzasangalala ndipo amachoka ndi maphunziro atatengera miyambo ya ku Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Marquesas, ndi New Zealand.
Masiku ano bungwe la Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) likukondwerera zaka 55 lakhazikitsidwa. M'mawu atolankhani omwe aperekedwa ndi PCC, likululi lidalimbikitsanso kudzipereka kwake kuwonetsa miyambo, zaluso, nyimbo, ndi zikhalidwe zaku Polynesia ndi anthu ake.
Polynesian Cultural Center idaperekedwa mu 1963 koma idayamba pomwe-LDS Mtumwi David O. McKay anapita ku tauni ya minda ya Amormon ya Laie, Hawaii, mu 1921. Iye analimbikitsidwa pamene ankaonerera gulu la ana pa mwambo wa mbendera—ana a mafuko osiyanasiyana ochokera m’mayiko osiyanasiyana. Anachoka ali ndi masomphenya opangitsa tauniyo kukhala “likulu la maphunziro a anthu a m’zilumbazi”
Zaka makumi atatu ndi zinayi pambuyo pake Purezidenti wa Mormon McKay anapereka Church College ya Hawaii, yomwe tsopano ndi Brigham Young University-Hawaii. Anaperekanso tauni ya Laie kuti “idzakhala ntchito ya amishonale” ndi kusonkhezera anthu mamiliyoni ambiri.
Kuyambira mwezi wa April chaka chino Mpingo wa Yesu Khristu wa Otsatira a Masiku Otsiriza sukufunanso kuti anthu ake azitchedwanso a Mormon. Malinga ndi kalozera watsopano yemwe adatulutsidwa mu Epulo, tchalitchi nawonso sichikufuna kuti dzina la mpingo lifupikitsidwe kukhala LDS. Imafuna kuti anthu azinena kuti “mpingo” kapena “mpingo wa Yesu Khristu.” Liwu lakuti “Mormon” liyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito m’dzina loyenerera monga “Buku la Mormon.” Izi zikugwiranso ntchito kwa mamembala 70,000 a tchalitchichi ku State of Hawaii.
Masiku ano PCC imatanthawuza bizinesi yayikulu yokhala ndi kupotoza kwakukulu kwachipembedzo komanso cholinga chofalitsa Bukhu la Mormon kwa aliyense amene abwera kudzalumikizana ndi bungweli. Anthu ena amawona LDS ngati gulu lachipembedzo. Utawaleza wa anthu okhala pachilumbachi ukuchita sikufanana ndi utawaleza wovomerezeka ku State of Hawaii, makamaka pankhani ya LGBT.
Ophunzira omwe akuchita, akugwira ntchito komanso akugwira ntchito ku PCC nthawi zambiri amakhala ochokera ku zilumba zambiri za Pacific. Popanda thandizo la Tchalitchi cha Mormon, ophunzirawa sakanakhala ndi mwayi wophunzira maphunziro awo. Izi ndizabwino, koma zimabwera ndi mtengo wokwera wamalingaliro komanso wauzimu.
"Zaka makumi asanu ndi zisanu zapitazo, Polynesia Cultural Center idayamba ulendo womwe oyambitsa athu adauwona ngati mwayi wapadera wophunzitsa dziko lapansi za anthu okongola a ku Polynesia," adatero Alfred Grace, purezidenti, ndi CEO wa Polynesia Cultural Center. "Timakondwerera chaka chino ndikutsimikiziranso kudzipereka kwathu kuti tipitilize kukonza momwe alendo athu amachitira ku Polynesia polumikizana ndi anthu onyadira kugawana nawo chikhalidwe chawo komanso cholowa chawo."
Ili ku Laie komanso pafupi ndi PCC pali hotelo yatsopano ya Marriott Courtyard (The Marriott Family is Mormon), ndi Brigham Young University-Hawaii, yunivesite yapayokha yomwe ili ndi ntchito ndi The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU-Hawaii idakhazikitsidwa mu 1955 ndipo imapereka mapulogalamu mu masamu, zaluso zaufulu, ndi kasamalidwe.
Ophunzira ayenera kudzipereka ku code code ndi mfundo za Tchalitchi cha LDS. Malamulowa akuphatikizapo kusamwa, kusasuta, kusatukwana, kusagonana musanalowe m’banja.
Ophunzira 1.5% okha ndi ochokera m'zipembedzo zina ndipo nthawi zambiri amakakamizidwa kuti atembenuke kuti apeze maphunziro ofunikira kuti akaphunzire ku Brigham Young University. Ndi kutembenukaku kumabwera maola ambiri ovomerezeka a maphunziro a tsiku ndi tsiku ndi miyambo. Iyi ndi njira yomwe imakhala chizolowezi kwa zaka zambiri. Mwachionekere cholinga chake ndi kufalitsa chiphunzitso cha Tchalitchi ku mayiko awo, mabwenzi, ndi anansi awo.
Kuchoka mu Tchalitchi kulinso vuto lalikulu lamalingaliro lomwe kuchoka ku Mormonism kungatenge. Anthu amtundu wa Mormon ndi ogwirizana kwambiri ndipo amadalirana wina ndi mzake, choncho kutuluka m'gululo kungakhale kokhumudwitsa kwambiri.
Kuti mupeze ndalama zolowera ophunzira a BYU amagwira ntchito ku Polynesian Culture Center kuvina, kuchita ndikuwonetsa cholowa chawo.
Iyi ndi bizinesi yayikulu. Mu 2015 ndalama za PCC zinali:
| Ndalama zonse ($) | 67,979,552 |
| Ndalama zina ($) | 3,107,132 |
| Ndalama zonse zogwirira ntchito ($) | 55,347,208 |
| Mzinda wa bungwe | LAIE kutanthauza dzina |
| Ndalama zonse ($) | 12,632,339 |
Monga tchalitchi, ichi ndiye chokhacho chokopa ndalama ku Hawaii chomwe chimalandira ndalama zonse zopanda msonkho.
Mu Epulo 2018 gulu lotchedwa "Ufulu Wofanana Ufulu" woyendetsedwa ndi womenyera ufulu Fred Karger adalemba madandaulo amasamba 283 otsutsa tchalitchi cha Mormon ndi Polynesian Cultural Center.
Karger akuti Tchalitchi chimagwiritsa ntchito mwayi wake wosapereka msonkho. Iye akuti akuluakulu apamwamba a Polynesian Cultural Center amagwiritsa ntchito malowa kuti apindule ndi ndalama zawo. Ananenanso kuti mpingo umasankha anthu a LGBT ndi ena ochepa.
Mneneri wa Polynesian Cultural Center panthawiyo adati malowa akukana kuyankhapo koma adatumiza imelo: Chikhalidwe cha Polynesian chikhalidwe ndi bungwe lopanda phindu, 100 peresenti ya ndalama zake zimapita kuntchito za tsiku ndi tsiku ndikuthandizira maphunziro a ophunzira ake ogwira ntchito kuchokera. Brigham Young University-Hawaii.
Ponena za LGBT, Mpingo wa Yesu Khristu wa Otsatira a Masiku Otsiriza umaphunzitsa kuti kukopeka ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha si tchimo, koma kuchitapo kanthu. Lamulo lokhwima la Honor Code la sukulu ya Mormon limaletsa “kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso mitundu yonse ya unansi wapamtima umene umasonyeza malingaliro a kugonana kwa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha.”
Anthu amene amaphwanya malamulowa amayembekezeredwa kuti alangidwe. Amene amachitsatira amanena kuti n’zosavuta kuchita manyazi kapena kuti ndi wosayenerera.
Lipoti lopezedwa ndi eTN linati: Wophunzira wa master mu ntchito yothandiza anthu amene ali gay, Schilaty anayesa kukhala “mndandanda wa Mormon.” Iye ankaganiza kuti kupita ku mishoni kukanakhoza kumuwongola iye. Koma sizinatero. Ngakhale sanadzipereke ku kachisi, kapena kuwerenga Baibulo, kapena kuyesa chibwenzi ndi akazi m'dera lake kapena kupita ku BYU. Iye anati: “Ndinkaona kuti ndili m’ndende kapena kuti ndakodwa mumsampha ndi ziphunzitso za tchalitchi. "Panali nthawi zambiri ndikadakonda kukhala wakufa komanso wowongoka kuposa kukhala wamoyo komanso wachiwerewere."
Chikhalidwe cha Polynesian Cultural Center chakula pang'onopang'ono kukula kwake ndi zokumana nazo za alendo pakapita nthawi ndikukwaniritsa cholinga chake choyambirira. Amazingidwa ndi midzi isanu ndi umodzi ya zisumbu zowona pa maekala 42 okongola, omwe amadutsa ndi nyanja yokongola. Kumidzi, alendo amasangalala ndi ziwonetsero, ulaliki wochititsa chidwi, ndi zochitika zina pamene akucheza ndi nzika za ku Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji, ndi Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Zochitika zatsopano za alendo zikuperekedwa mosalekeza, kukwezedwa ndi kukonzedwa. Posachedwapa, chiwonetsero chatsopano chamadzi, Huki, chinavumbulutsidwa mu Ogasiti panyanja yomwe ili ndi mabwato osiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza waka wautali (bwato la Maori) ndi mabwato otuluka kunja, ophatikizidwa ndi zombo zapadera zokhala ndi zida ziwiri zonyamula oimba, ovina, oimba, ndi okamba nkhani.
