Carlos Andrade
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824831196
- eISBN:
- 9780824868826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824831196.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
This chapter explores the relationships between ancestors and 'āina in Hā'ena by focusing on stories attached to the land, including those involving underwater places. As younger siblings, Hawaiian ...
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This chapter explores the relationships between ancestors and 'āina in Hā'ena by focusing on stories attached to the land, including those involving underwater places. As younger siblings, Hawaiian people inherit a kuleana (responsibility) to mālama (keep, obey, pay heed to, care for) 'āina and kalo. These primary values were to become the foundation for the system of living patterns developed by the ancestors. This chapter considers the ancestral relationship to place by explaining Hawaiian-language terminology and how Hā'ena is situated geographically within the Hawaiian Islands. It begins with a discussion of mokupuni, the word for island, and proceeds with other storied places such as “Kaua'i o Manokalanipo,” Makana, Makua, Maniniholo, Mānoa, Lae o Ka 'Īlio, Poholokeiki, Pu'ukahuanui, and Kalua'āweoweo.Less
This chapter explores the relationships between ancestors and 'āina in Hā'ena by focusing on stories attached to the land, including those involving underwater places. As younger siblings, Hawaiian people inherit a kuleana (responsibility) to mālama (keep, obey, pay heed to, care for) 'āina and kalo. These primary values were to become the foundation for the system of living patterns developed by the ancestors. This chapter considers the ancestral relationship to place by explaining Hawaiian-language terminology and how Hā'ena is situated geographically within the Hawaiian Islands. It begins with a discussion of mokupuni, the word for island, and proceeds with other storied places such as “Kaua'i o Manokalanipo,” Makana, Makua, Maniniholo, Mānoa, Lae o Ka 'Īlio, Poholokeiki, Pu'ukahuanui, and Kalua'āweoweo.
