Kii: Board of Water Supply Ōpū ʻahuʻawa hānau, born in a clump of ʻahuʻawa [of a humble birthplace]. Ahu'awa he mauu no ke kanana i ka awa. Ahuawa is a sedge or grass found growing in swamps or marsh areas near the sea. It is also found along kahawai, ponds and loi, usually growing in stagnant water. The long green stems are used to make cordage and the famous strainer for awa. Kii: Jupiter Nielson The long green stems of the pua are collected and the flower top cut of

Kii: Emma Lavoie Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore. Vol. 5 Abraham Fornander Honolulu, H. It., B Bishop museum press, 1916/17 pgs. 2-71 https://ulukau.org/ulukau-books/?a=d&d=EBOOK-FORNANDER5.2.2.1.1&e=-------haw-20--1--txt-txPT----------- Legend of Kawelo.

Kii: P.J. Coito This is a look into the layers of protection and power inherent in Indigenous Pacific Island oral traditions. E huli i kaʻōlelo hūnalonalo (hidden or concealed speech). The Power of the Hidden Word In many indigenous cultures, particularly in Polynesia, mana (spiritual power) is not just a general energy; it is often tied to specific knowledge, lineages, and the precise vibration of words. As you noted, the art of concealment serves several vital purposes: S

Photo:From New Zealand Electronic Text Collection Author: Elsdon Best Publication details: A. R. Shearer, Wellington Part of: The Published Works of Elsdon Best pgs:35-38 License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BesGame-t1-body-d2-d1-d8.html Slings and Slinging It is a well-known fact that the Polynesian was, in many places, much given to the use of the sling in war. Many writers have told us ho

Photo: Ku'ialuaopuna Kumu Pono Associates LLC Pre-final: November 6, 2021 (KPA6_21) “HE KAULANA KA ‘ĀINA O PUNA NO KA PUKA MAI O KA LĀ MA KUMUKAHI…” (THE LAND OF PUNA IS FAMOUS FOR THE SUN’S FIRST APPEARANCE AT KUMUKAHI) A RESOURCE GUIDE OF TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF KUMUKAHI, THE AHUPUA‘A OF KULA AHUPUA‘A AND DISTRICT OF PUNA Kepā & Onaona Maly • Cultural Ethnographers He Wahi Mo‘olelo no Kumukahi ma Kula Kumu Pono Associates LLC (KPA6_21) November 6, 2021 pages 62-66....

Kii: www.fokai.tv/fxv/guam-and-its-potential-impact-on-the-global-slinging-community-slinging-org/ https://www.13north144east.com/post/how-to-use-a-chamorro-sling-also-known-as-acho-atupak Kii: ACHO Marianas The sling was one of the first projectile weapons, creatively developed as early as 10,000 B.C . Slingers played a significant role in the Greek, Persian, Roman, and Mesopotamian armies, and were also considered to be equal to or more better than archers. However, it is u

Kii: Metropolitan Museum oF Art Pāʻao was received as a chief by the people of Hawaiʻi. After visiting the island of Hawaii, Pā'ao told the chiefs that they had lowered their bloodlines by interacting with the makaainana or working class of people. Pā'ao returned to Kahiki seeking a chief who would strengthen the Hawaiian chiefs' blood and ties with the gods. The lands of Opoa in Ra‘iātea, Tahiti became the center for the worship of the akua Taaroa of known as Kanaloa. Taaro

Kii: Mario Tama During the last eruptions in Puna, some people dreamed and saw something different from the old stories of Pele. The lava moved faster, with a restless, erratic energy. Its motion felt sharp and forceful. The air filled with booming sounds—explosions that struck the land like a steady, pounding drumbeat. Those who remember the old lore say this was Ailaau, a spirit of Kīlauea said to have ruled the fires before Pele came from Polapola and Taha‘a in Tahiti. Ai

Kii: Ron Dahlquist HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY Martha Beckwith UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS HONOLULU pgs. 26-29 https://ulukau.org/ulukau-books/?a=d&d=EBOOK-BECKWIT1.2.4.15&e=-------haw-20--1--txt-txPT----------- At the time of Cook’s discovery of the Hawaiian group, priests of the strictest religious order followed the Ku ritual. According to the Ku worship any public calamity which threatened the whole people, like prolonged drought, was to be averted by the erection of a special for

Aʻeaʻe mōhala i luna o ke kukui. Streaks of silvery gray showing on the candlenut tree [said of a graying person]. Kii: Kuialuaopuna The kukui trees, can reach over 100 feet tall, creating thick dark growths in the lower mountains and damp gulches. The other term used is kuikui or tuitui, as this is from an older time. Tuitui is still a term used on Kauai, Oahu, Niihau and many other islands of Polynesia for this famous tree of Molokai. Tuitui was brought to Hawaii by older m

Kii: Leilehua Yuen, Kahele Hawaii Kava in Hawai Volume 57 1948 > Volume 57, No. 2 > Margaret Titcomb, pg 106-109 https://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_57_1948/Volume_57%2C_No._2/Kava_in_Hawaii%2C_by_Margaret_Titcomb%2C_p_105-171/p1 The study of the 'awa custom is of interest because it was cultivated in Polynesia wherever it could be grown and its use was of significance. Indeed its presence is an indication of Polynesian influence, and 'awa vies with the betel nu

HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY Martha Beckwith UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESS HONOLULU pgs. 111-117 LEGEND OF KALAIPAHOA kii: Bishop museum Kamakau version. A man of Molokai named Kane-ia-kama (Kane-a-Kama) joins a gambling game at Hale-lono, the gambling place at Ka-lua-koi, and wins the stakes. On his way home, he gambles again at the famous gambling place on Maunaloa and loses everything he has except his bones, which he is afraid to stake. That night, the god Kane-i-kaulana-ula (Kane i

Photo: Kelley Cultural Surveys Ninole 1954 THE POLYNESIAN FAMILY SYSTEM INKA-ʻU, HAWAIʻI by E. S. CRAIGHILL HANDY and MARY KAWENA PUKUI with a concluding Chapter on the History and Ecology of Ka-ʻu by ELIZABETH GREEN HANDY pg 204-205 THE OUTCASTE CLASS. The aristocrats (aliʻi), experts in priestcraft of one kind or another ( kahuna ), and tribesmen of the land ( maka-ʻaina-na ) were proud of being one stock, native to Ka-ʻu. But there was an outcaste group whose origin is sub

Kii: Ku'ialuaopuna In the old times, it was a tradition in Kalapana to pull down a young coconut tree to grow in a reclining position to honor a chief who went there on a chiefly visit. The last two such trees were bent down to honor our chiefess, Ululani, and Queen Emma. On one of Queen Emma’s visits to Puna, she was asked to participate in a commemoration. While mounted on a horse, she held a single coconut leaf growing from a tree, while the people pulled and strained unti

Kii: Getty Image Voyaging Chiefs of Hawai'i . Teuira Henry & Others. 1995. 192 pages. reissued as an online collection in 2000. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dennisk/voyaging_chiefs/paao.html P a ‘ao was a priest, Makuaka‘ u mana a prophet, Pilika‘aiea a chief coming after La‘au-ali‘i in the genealogy of Hema. They were from Wawau [Borabora] and ‘Upolo [Taha‘a] and islands to the west. Ka‘ak o heo was the sea-cliff from which they departed, and Malaia was the mountain ridge in ‘Up

HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE THE HAWAIIANS' ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THEIR ISLANDSAND ORIGIN OF THEIR RACE, WITH THE TRADITIONS OF THEIRMIGRATIONS, ETC., AS GATHERED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES By ABRAHAM FORNANDER Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop MuseumVolume V‒Part I HONOLULU H. I.BISHOP MUSEUM PRESS 1998 pgs. 570-576 Writer S. Kamaka Mokumanamana -ancient lands of our tupuna Kii: Creative Commons WHEN confined with long illness, and death draws near, a person, befo

Kii: ku'ialuaopuna The Molokai Dispatch May 2015 https://themolokaidispatch.com/moolelo-of-laka-and-olohe/ Source of this article: John Kaimikaua, contributed by Halau Hula o Kukunaokala In Molokai tradition, the martial art form of lua evolved from out of the hula. Laka learned the art of the dance from her older sister Kapo`ulakina`u on the hill Pu`u Nana at Ka`ana on the top of Maunaloa, west Molokai. Laka was the older of the twins born into the La`ila`i family. `Olohe

Kii: Luana Naturals The flower and upper part of the olena plant dies off and the hua remains growing underground in the winter months. In Hawaiʻi, this laau is used in medicine, ceremonial practices, and as a yellow ochre-colored dye for kapa. The underground rhizomes have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties and are used to heal the body in various ways, internally and externally. Traditional K.K Ku'ialuao

Kii: herb Kawainui Kane Stories of Life in Old Hawaiʻi Capturing a Tiger shark by Caroline Curtis illustrated by Oliver C. Kinney Kamehameha Schools Press Honolulu 1998 pgs. 91-94 Tomorrow we shall catch a tiger shark! That exciting thought kept Malu awake. The chief's fishermen lay in the house beside ʻAukai's shrine. The others slept. How could they sleep, Malu wondered. Only twice had the young man gone out to catch this fierce fish. Tiger-shark fishing was a sport for

Kii: metmuseum.org The Samoan 'ava ceremony, also known as Ole Saofaiga ma atua, signifies an assembly among the gods and is considered sacred, playing a crucial role in the culture and traditions of Samoa. In ancient times, the 'ava ceremony was held by the matai or chief of the village for two main reasons: to welcome guests, including foreign visitors and those from other villages, and to celebrate the ascension to the matai title. Today, 'ava is an integral part of signi