Kahuna man clothed in a holoku.—This past Thursday, Kealakaa, a student from Lahainaluna, possessed by an evil spirit, practicing medicine in the uplands of Nuuanu without a license, was arrested. Continue reading
Huc M. Luquiens Appreciates Carved and Feathered Deities of Ferocious Mien and Lost Symbolism
By LORIN TARR GILL
“If we were forced to choose a single specimen to represent the characteristic art of Polynesia, it might well be one of the extraordinary wooden gods of Hawaii,” Huc Luquiens, assistant professor of art at the University of Hawaii, asserts in his paper on “Hawaiian Art,” soon to be published by the Bishop museum. Continue reading
A Procession to Worship.—On the first of this Nov, that was a Wednesday. When I appeared outside of my home, I saw a great procession of horses towards the west. Continue reading
“Kumamalohia puna i ka awa,
Awa inu kahela ia na ka lani,
Kilihau wale iho no i ka ua, Continue reading
Place Names About Kilauea Crater
Another attempt to destroy Pele and her volcanic fires crops up in a little known legend which comes from the Island of Kauai.
After the death of the Chief Kaha-wali in a lava flow at Puna, Hawaii, the Kauai chiefs determined to make an end to Pele and her antics.
Kauai in those days was famous for having Kahunas (priests) of great spiritual powers. The people of Kauai believed they were strong enough to cope with Pele. So six priests were selected and sent to Hawaii with instructions to go to Kilauea and surround Pele. Continue reading
By Clarice B. Taylor
THE PRIESTS PLOT AGAINST KOIHALA
From being a respected and beloved ruler, Koihala became the most hated when he forced his men to climb Mauna Loa and fetch a great ohia log for the heiau he was building at Makanau.
During the wretched trip up into the forests, the Kau men had eaten fern roots, starvation food ordinarily fed pigs and dogs.
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It was during this trip that the priests in charge took pity upon the Kau men doing this forced labor.
The priests had a foreboding that no good could come of the construction of a heiau under these unhappy circumstances. Continue reading
I Maui au a huli hoi mai,
Loheia mai ana ua meahou,
Ma ka leka au a i ike iho ai,
Na hana hakuepa a ka lokoino;
Owau ka i lawe olelo ia,
He kahuna lapaau hoopunipuni,
O ko’u Makua lani maluna,
O ko’u mua ia ma ka’u hana.
O Kona mana piha ko’u aahu,
O Kana olelo ka’u ai ia,
Ka Uhane Hemolele ko’u Alakai,
A kuu kino a e haaheo nei. Continue reading
