Men cut cloth to wrap around the handles of a hand-carved Papaholua (Hawaiian Sled) up a hill during the Makahiki season celebration - or the Hawaiian New Year festival. Hölua sledding is still practiced both on grassy hills, as well as down mountains made of volcanic rock. In the Hawaiian language, the word Makahiki means "year" as well as the change from harvest time to the beginning of the agricultural season.
