by DND | Mar 16, 2014 | Culture, Polynesian Voyaging Society
“I started to bring that canoe down here. The first year it was like, just rubber band together. And people said, ʻHo man! How are you going to repair this?ʻ Then we brought it last year, it was a little better, and today I have it here again for its third time,” said...
by DND | Mar 1, 2014 | Culture, Environment, ʻŌiwi TV
Growing up in the ahupuaʻa of Hakipuʻu, Herbert Hoe learned from a young age the value of ʻohana and the ʻāina and the mutual dependence between the two. Following a career in the Honolulu Fire Department, Herbert recognized how the widespread health afflictions of...
by DND | Jul 30, 2013 | Culture, ʻŌiwi TV
Hula Preservation Society has conducted one-on-one oral histories and public panel discussions with over forty beloved hula elders throughout Hawaiʻi, resulting in over one thousand hours of priceless and valuable ʻike or knowledge. Become a part of this movement of...
by DND | Jun 12, 2013 | Culture, Polynesian Voyaging Society
As Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia await their departure from Palekai in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, Keaukaha community members gathered with Hōkūleʻa crew and ʻohana for an ʻawa launch ceremony and at Palekai. “I think especially for us, on Oʻahu, were kind of spoiled because, we...
by DND | Apr 5, 2013 | Culture, ʻŌiwi TV, Language
Hearing the Hawaiian language used in the context of hula is wonderful! Can you imagine hula without our ʻōlelo?? Kumu Hula Uluwehi Cazimero, Manu Boyd and Kalena Silva shares their manaʻo about the significance of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi in understanding the hula being...
by DND | Apr 5, 2013 | Culture, ʻŌiwi TV
ʻOiai holo ana ka hoʻolauleʻa Mele Manaka no nā makahiki he 50, ua ʻike ʻia nō ka puka ʻana o nā hanauna hou o nā ʻohana ma nā hālau, a pēia pū nā hanauna hou o nā hālau kekahi. ʻO kekahi o nā hālau e hōʻea mai ana i ka hoʻokūkū Mele Manaka mai ka wā ma mua mai…a e...
