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Last night my Oli papa from the University of Hawaii Maui College performed our last performance of the semester. It was such a humbling experience. We waited outside the student lounge until it was our turn to go on. Our papa was blessed from another hoapapa from our olelo class who did an oli to give us wisdom. From that point on I felt the mana grow between all of us hoapapa. We went on and performed all our oli and it was amazing to oli to our Hawaiian people. The last oli that was done was by Mahi'ai a hoapapa. The last oli was wa 'ekahi of the kumulipo. He was courageous to performed the wa 'ekahi kumulipo by himself. I'm so proud of him and when he reached Po---no the last line everyone stood up clapping. People were so moved some were tearing up. My heart was so full of love for my hoapapa this experience brought us even closer together. I will never forget last night for it will be one of my most memorable nights being so proud to be a kanaka hawaii with my oli papa.