Lono is the Hawaiian akua of agriculture, rain and fertility, and the Makahiki is his season: four lunar months of harvest, tribute, games and a truce that begins with the rising of the Pleiades (Makali'i) around November. Lono-i-ka-makahiki is his form, and the pig, the taro and the first fruits are his. Captain Cook arrived at Kealakekua in 1779 during the Makahiki and was received with Lono's rites; whether he was taken for the god is disputed (Marshall Sahlins argues yes, Gananath Obeyesekere no), so the entry does not state it as fact. The Makahiki has been revived in the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Modern Practice
Lono is honoured at the Makahiki with the pig, kava, taro and the first fruits, and the practice is the keeping of the season and the truce. The Makahiki revival is a Hawaiian community observance, and the games and the procession are its public form. The rain and the harvest are the offering.