ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa
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'O wai kou inoa? What's your name?
ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa - ʻOhu no nā hoa pili Hawaiʻi, a i ʻole Sam no nā mea namu haole.
No hea mai 'oe? Where are you from?
No ke awāwa momona o Nuʻuanu mai au. Aia ʻĀlewa ma ke ahupuaʻa o Nuʻuanu, i ka lihi komohana, ma ke kualono holo i uka mai Kapālama a hiki i Lanihuli.
ʻO wai ke ahupuaʻa āu e noho nei? Where do you live?
ʻO Nuʻuanu i ka ua Hāʻao; Nuʻuanu pā mākāhā na ka makani; Nuʻuanu nani i ka lau o ke kāwelu...

ʻO wai la kēia mea ʻimi mau?

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E huli ma lalo ā loaʻa i ka pō a me ke anahulu pololei no kō luna kiʻi mahina: hawaiian lunar calendar anahulu moon phase phases ------------------------

Aloha kākou ma kēia AoMaoli nei! 'O Sam 'Ohukani'ōhi'a Gon III kēia. He kālai kaiaola au no ko'u oihana hoʻonaʻauao, a he kahuna kākalaleo i hoʻomākaukau 'ia ai i ka papa oli o Nā Waʻa Lālani Kāhuna o Puʻu Koholā. He makuakāne au (elua mau keikikāne maikai ko'u) a ʻimi loa au i nā ʻaha aumākua a me nā leo kahiko e hāwanawana nei i ka makani ma ke kualono a ka nahele o ia pae ʻāina. Ma nā piko ā pau o kēia mau mokupuni i piʻi nō hoʻi au, ua kāhea aku au i ka ikaika o nā akua mai ka pō mai o Hawaiʻi. E lawe mau lākou i a'u i ke alo o Wākea, ke hoʻomanamana au iā lākou i nā pule maikaʻi a me nā hoʻokupu pinepine -- he hana pono no ke kāne Hawaiʻi. E hoʻolohe mai nei: ʻO ke kani ʻapapane, ʻiʻiwi, ʻamakihi, kēia, me kekahi mau kani manu ʻē aʻe; i kō i ala mau leo nā ha'i a'o pono o nā kia'i o ka pō.
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Na mea i hoihoi i a'u:
Mea Hawaii (leo, hula, oli, lua, hana haipule, hana noeau, mea ola maoli, kaiaola maoli, a pela aku), na hana kupanaha o na mea ola (mai ke kahiko loa a hiki i keia ao), o ka holoholo ma na alahele wawae o Hawaii, o ka malama pono o na wahi pana o Hawaii, na heiau kapu i ka laahia, a me ka wao akua o na mokupuni a pau, na pule kahiko o Hawaii, a me ka ike pono o ia pae aina.
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Makemake au e hoolauna pu me na mea olelo Hawaii, mea imi naau o Hawaii kahiko, mea imi i na meaola maoli o Hawaii ma ka aina a me ke kai (a ma lalo pono iho o ka honua hoi!), mea hanai aumakua Hawaii, mea hoolono i na kupuna. Ina he haumana o ia mau mea, e kahea mai i a'u no. E lilo kakou i mau hoaaloha.
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pipi holo ka'ao
'Ohu

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Hana Hoʻomanaʻo no Ke Kaua o Nuʻuanu

COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONIES FOR THE BATTLE OF NUʻUANU



Each year since 1995, Nā Papa Kānaka o Puʻu Koholā has presided over the ceremonies at the Pali Lookout, on the last Saturday of April. In this blog, I share the thoughts of a first-time participant of this annual event, Reverend Ryan Kalama, President of the Kailua Hawaiian Civic Club:



COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF NU'UANU 2009



I awoke at 3:00 a.m. full of excitement… Continue

Posted on April 28, 2009 at 9:59am

Hana kūpono - Hawaiian protocol

Hana hoʻolaʻa - Blessing protocol, Waikīkī

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What is hana kupono (Hawaiian protocol)?



» It is the right behavior,

» conducted at the appropriate time,

» by the proper people,

» presented to the correct recipients,

» toward a positive and significant end.



Protocol almost always involves words, presented usually in the form of oli, or chant. Chant takes the power of words,… Continue

Posted on March 29, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Puʻu Kukui i ka ʻiuʻiu

Eia hoʻi au me kuʻu papale hāhā-ʻai-a-ka-manu. Here I am indeed, with a native Hawaiian lobeliad as my hat.



Ina lele ʻoe i ka mokulele Hawaiian, ina nana paha oe i keia kii onioni e pili ana o ka uka wao akua o Puʻu Kukui.

If you fly Hawaiian, you will see this video about the sacred forest upland at Puʻu Kukui.

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E nana i ia kii… Continue

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 8:15pm

Hana pōhaku, hana kūpuna, hana haipule

Komo na kahuna i ka hana komo ʻapana. The priests enter to perform their appointed rounds.



E heluhelu i keia atikala ma lalo. O makou na mea i hana haipule no na kanaka hana pohaku me na pule akua, pule aumakua, pule pale, pule hoikaika, pule hoomalu, me ka mao ole mai ka hoomaka hana a ka pau hana, i keia me kela la o ka hana pohaku heiau. Read this article below. We are the folks with the prayer duty for the kanaka who do… Continue

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 6:00pm

Hoʻolaʻa o ka hale pili

Ma ka la 27 o Ianuali, o ka hana hoolaa ʻia e ʻOhu Gon, Hanalei Marzan a me Mahealani Wong, no ka hale pili ma ka Hale Hawaii o ka Hale Hoʻikeʻike Bihopa.

On Jan. 27th, ʻOhu Gon, Hanalei Marzan and Mahealani Wong offered oli in dedication and blessing of the Hale Pili in Hawaiian Hall at the Bishop Museum.



Ua noho malie keia hale pili kahiko, kuʻai ʻia ma Kauaʻi i ka… Continue

Posted on March 27, 2009 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Hōkūleʻa ma Palamila

Noho malie o Hokulea i ke kai malie o Palamila - Hokuleʻa rests in the calm sea of Palmyra.

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I ka po nei, ua hoʻi mai au i Oʻahu nei me kekahi o na mea waʻa o ka holo iho ana mai Hawaii i Palamila. Ua holoholo makou i ke kai a me na alahele o na moku, e huakaʻi a nana aku i ka nahele uluwehiwehi o ia moku, me na manu kai like ole ko laila. Eia kekahi mau kii o Palamila mai na holoholo nei:



Last night, I… Continue

Posted on March 22, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

O ke kaua nei o Pele me Namakaokaha'i ma Tonga

I keia la, ua holo na akeakamai e nana kokoke i ka hua'i nui a Pele mai loko mai o ka moana o Tonga i ke kai Pakipika Hema.



Scientists sailed out to have a closer look at the eruptions of an undersea volcano off the coast of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean today.



Wahi a ke poo o na hulihonua o Tonga, o ia ho'i o Kelepi Mafi, aohe mea poino no na kanaka noho ma Nukualofa a me na kanaka e a'e a pau o ka mokupuni… Continue

Posted on March 19, 2009 at 10:06pm — 2 Comments

He iwi moa wale nō! - Only a chicken bone!

I am transfering a blog I posted elsewhere here:

Mai ka DNA mai loko mai o nā iwi moa kahiko loa i loaʻa mai ai mai Chile, ka hō'ailona hō'ike o ka hana kūpaianaha o nā hoʻokele waʻa o ka wā kahiko.

From the DNA in the bones of very ancient chicken bones found in Chile, is evidence demonstrating the amazing exploits of navigators of ancient times.



Mai Amelika Hema mai ka uala a me ka ipu a kākou. Mai Polinetia ka… Continue

Posted on March 8, 2009 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Oli Kāhea no Kawainui

As a board member of the 'Ahahui Mālama i ka Lōkahi (Hawaiians for the Preservation of Native Ecosystems), I am asked to provide guidance and protocols for cultural approaches to our conservation and revegetation/restoration work. I would like to share here the entrance chant composed for work at Kawainui, O'ahu:

Oli komo no Kawainui

Entrance chant for… Continue

Posted on March 7, 2009 at 8:07pm — 1 Comment

Kanaka ʻai pōhaku



In the Hawaiian "Stone Age"



Archeologists refer to the material culture of ancient Hawai'i as neolithic, since its basis was via the use of stone tools. In a volcanic setting, metal-bearing ores were unavailable, so the development of tools and weapons was based on a foundation of available materials that included coral-derived limestone, sedimentary sandstone, and a variety of volcanically-derived rocks such as pumice, dense,… Continue

Posted on March 7, 2009 at 7:39pm — 2 Comments

Ma ke ala kupuna i Kona Hema

Aia au ma ke ala kupuna, ma Kipahoehoe i ka moku o Kona Hema, moku o Keawe. Ku i ke ala maa i ka hele no ka po'e pohaku o Kona...

I remember standing there, and feeling the heat pouring from the 'a'a flow around me, and being thankful for the thick boots that kept the hot water-worn stones from my feet, and I thought on both how tough the kanaka of this district had to be, and on how the trail of boulders across the 'a'a must have… Continue

Posted on March 7, 2009 at 7:13pm — 2 Comments

Ka Mauna a Wākea



Aloha wale au i ka mauna kapu a Wakea,

Such aloha have I for the mountain of Wakea



hale noho loa o ka wahine Poliahu,

the longtime home of the woman Poliahu



wekiu kiekie loa o ka pae aina nei,

the summit highest in the archipelago



kahi i hana loa ‘ia ai e na kanaka koi,

the place long worked by the adze makers



kahi Waiau… Continue

Posted on February 20, 2009 at 8:06am — 1 Comment

Oli Kāhea no Hōkūle`a ma Palamila

I Malaki e holoholo ana ka waa kaulua kaulana loa o Hokulea a hiki i ka moku o Palamila (Palmyra) i ka moana hema o Hawai`i nei. Ia lakou na mea waa e nee mai i ke one o kela moku, pono lakou e kahea aku i na mea noho ma laila. Haku ia keia oli na lakou e Ohukaniohia (o wau no hoi):



In March the famous double hulled voyaging canoe Hokulea will sail until it reaches the island of Palmyra, in the seas south of Hawaii nei. When they, the… Continue

Posted on February 9, 2009 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments

Signs of Lono in the heavens...

Here is an oli dedicated to Lono, presented during the Makahiki. My favorite line in this one is "Amoamo ke akua laau nui o Lono!" (Resplendent is the great wooden image of Lono!) As we see in the image below, when the great staff of Lono was up, the people are prepared for wildness and games of skill and strength.



[Kahuna:]

Ou kino e Lono i ka lani

He ao loa, he ao poko

He ao kiei, he ao halo

He ao ho'opua i ka… Continue

Posted on November 28, 2008 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

E ʻIo e, e Kū e manu e!



I ka pule aku nei, ua hana haipule makou ma ka heiau o Mailekini, aia i lalo koke o Puʻu Koholā ma Kawaihae. Ua pule mākou, a ua hana pōhaku kekahi mau kane mai Maui mai, i alakaʻi ʻia e Francis Sinenci ko lākou poʻo. He hana hoʻopaepae hou ʻana i nā pā pōhaku heiau i naka a hina i kēlā ʻōlaʻi nui i ka makahiki aku nei. Hana makou mai ke kakahiaka nui a hiki i ka auinala, a i keia me kela ahiahi, ua haalele nā kāhuna i uka i Waimea, e moe i… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2008 at 2:30pm

Huaka'i Aotearoa

This past Tuesday, 16 September 2008, after papa oli and papa hula at Kamakakuokalani, Chaz Doherty, of Tuhoe, Te-Ika-a-Maui, Aotearoa, offered mo'olelo in preparation for our upcoming huaka'i to Aotearoa. It fed our excitement to visit and live for a short time with our kin of the southern outpost of Polynesia, and to reconnect Havaiki Nui to Aotearoa. Subject of olelo ranged from pounamu to flea markets, glow-worms to giant trees, living cold to the… Continue

Posted on September 17, 2008 at 4:31pm

Off to Brazil!

Tomorrow I head off for a grueling day of travel that will take me through Chicago and Miami and end in Manaus, on the equator in Brazil. I have been asked to serve on a multi-agency assessment team to critique conservation efforts in the Amazon. I find myself both dreading and eagerly anticipating the trip. Dreading the 100 degree weather that Manaus has been receiving lately, eager for the views of a new country, far from my previous brushes with South America: Rapanui (Chile) and Galapagos… Continue

Posted on August 14, 2008 at 8:15pm

Hānai Akua

FEED YOUR AKUA



Ma kuu hana a ma kuu nohona, lilo au i kekahi manawa i uka loa, no laila a'u i loaa mai ai i na mea kupaianaha elieli a keu; eia kekahi: ua kau poo me he papale la i na mea ulu kakaikahi, a ua hui pu mai me kuu mau aumakua a me na akua ho'i, e kahua pu me a'u i ke kuahiwi.



My work and life take me out into the middle of nowhere sometimes, so I get my share of awesome experiences, like wearing… Continue

Posted on July 3, 2008 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Oli Kāhea no Kauaʻi

Kauaheahe ka hanu mokihana

i ka Wailehua o uka

Lana hele mālie ka ‘ohu i ka malu koa



Ho‘olohe pono i ka leo o ke anianiau

Nianiau ho‘i nā kahu i ka mālama ‘ana



Lālā hākuma Alaka‘i

i ka laulā lapalapa ‘oliliko



Ke liko a‘ela ka ua i ke kuahiwi

Molokala a‘e i nā liko lehua makanoe



E pae, e pae mālana i ke ao pinao, e



The breath of the mokihana moves… Continue

Posted on June 22, 2008 at 10:19pm

Oli Kāhea no Waikamoi

Kiʻi i luna: Hanakauhi, i ke kapa a ka noe

Pictured above: Hanakauhi, clad in mist



Pi‘i kolo i luna, ka maile pākaha i ka malu koa

Malu hāpu‘u, i ke alo o Pu‘u o Kāka‘e e



Muimuia i ka manu ‘ākohekohe ka ma‘ukele o Waikamoi

Manu ha‘u ko‘eko‘e kākala i ke po‘o



He po‘o wai ulupō, Pi‘ina‘au ko luna

Po‘o lena ‘alauahio, kūwili kia‘i



He panepo‘o kilo kuamauna ‘o Hanakauhi

Uhi iho i… Continue

Posted on June 11, 2008 at 12:00am

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At 3:08am on September 20, 2010, ʻŪlōlohi said…
Nani no ka ike ana i ka papa po ma luna nei. O au kekahi o na "keiki ike ole i ka helu po," aka, nui ko'u makemake e hoopaa i keia mau ano ike iau.
At 9:39pm on July 31, 2010, lisa chang said…
Mahalo Kumu 'Ohu for Tuesday's class. It's something I definitely want to continue. Here is my email address: kaionagirl@mac.com.

Pls let me know how I can download or access the chants.
Aloha,
Lisa
At 6:59pm on July 21, 2010, lisa chang said…
Aloha Ohu,
My friend Kiha Pimental suggested I contact you. I'm very much interested in taking part in the oli class on Tuesday nights. May I please join your group? I'm a beginner and I can be there for the July 27th 2010 class, if it's going on.
Mahalo, Lisa
At 6:10pm on April 22, 2010, Ikaika said…
e kala mai, 'a'ole maopopo au.

i'm still in the learning stages of 'olelo hawai'i in college.

but i remember a while ago i had asked you about finding my 'aumakua...you were referred to me through a mutual friend on myspace.
At 10:26am on February 24, 2010, Kauhi Hoopii said…
Aloha Ohu, e kala mai, i haven't been on the site for a while. I am still interested in Oli. Have been so busy with work and other things I haven't had much time to think about adding more to my plate, but I am still definitely interested. Was it still on Tuesdays that you held class? If that is correct that might work perfectly for me as I am off work on tuesdays early and may be able to attend. Let me know.
Aloha,
Kauhi
At 3:54pm on February 3, 2010, Kaapuikinaea said…
Aloha mai e 'Ohu,

Pehea? Oia mau no maanei, hoomau i ka hanaole, loaa unemployment, maikai no, ea? :)
At 12:20am on January 13, 2010, Kumiko Ariga said…
Malalo nui e Kumu ʻOhu a me nā haumāna,
Iʻm afraid Iʻll be a great encumbrance to you and your students.
However,todayʻs first class was so much excited to me and I really appreciated to be allowed me to join in. I am looking forward to seeing you in the next class, too!!
At 12:20pm on January 9, 2010, keonaona said…
BEAUTIFUL! WHAT TIME TUESDAY ARE THE CLASSES?
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At 6:50am on November 17, 2009, Kauhi Hoopii said…
I see your profile and am so interested in learning much from you. I was born and raised on O'ahu in Kalihi. I left for the mainland and was gone for 18 years. I just returned this past August and hope to stay home for good. I am a lomilomi practitioner, and I don't mean to say it in a boastful manner. Iwould just like to learn more of my culture especially oli, and olelo Hawai'i. I love my culture but have been away for so long that I feel I need to learn. Better late then never. I would like to keep in touch.

Mahalo,
Kauhi

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