06-11-2015, 02:14 PM
Rourk, my pleasure.
Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday, and spent time with loved ones. Beautiful day in Hawai'i nei!
And so it goes that Kamehameha was born in 1758, the year Halley’s Comet made an appearance over Hawaiian skies. Kamehameha was born in Paiea on the Big Island of Hawaii. His father was said to be Keoua, a grandson of Keaweikekahialiiokamoku, who once ruled a large portion of the island. Translated, Kamehameha means “the lonely one.”
Another legend tells of a kahuna who prophesized that the man who moved the 7,000-pound Naha Stone would become the greatest king of Hawaii. When Kamehameha was 14, the story goes, he moved the massive rock, and then lifted it and turned it completely over.
As to our Puna, King Kamehameha, it is told, created "Mamalahoe Kanawai" the "Law of the Splintered Paddle", after an incident in Puna:
"Many more battles ensued. During one raid in Puna, Kamehameha slipped and caught his foot in a crevice of lava. Seeing this, one of his fleeing opponents returned and beat him on the head with a canoe paddle until it broke. As a result, Kamehameha proclaimed Mamalahoe Kanawai, or “Law of the Splintered Paddle,” providing protection to unarmed noncombatants in war. “Let the aged, men and women, and little children, lie down safely in the road,” his law decreed."
Ending the day with a little bit of history, as close as it comes to being told by our kupuna:
Kamehameha's iwi (remains), Ho’olulu surreptitiously extracted and removed Kamehameha’s casket from atop the Ahu’ena heiau. He made the trek down to an undisclosed beach where he met Hoapili in a canoe. The two of them, chaperoned by Keopuolani who was known to be Kamehameha’s favorite wife, rowed their canoe to an undersea cave, which until this day, has never been discovered.
The song "Waika" (derived from the original chant linked above), was also dedicated to the King, and his great love for Hawai'i, and his people. A beautiful version of "Waika" by the Brothers Cazimero below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_J-ADVILNo
He Inoa no Kamehameha!
(*Several links to back up some of the above, but peeps tease when I post links, and more links...lol.) So, JMO. [
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ETA: typo; glasses, please!
Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday, and spent time with loved ones. Beautiful day in Hawai'i nei!
And so it goes that Kamehameha was born in 1758, the year Halley’s Comet made an appearance over Hawaiian skies. Kamehameha was born in Paiea on the Big Island of Hawaii. His father was said to be Keoua, a grandson of Keaweikekahialiiokamoku, who once ruled a large portion of the island. Translated, Kamehameha means “the lonely one.”
Another legend tells of a kahuna who prophesized that the man who moved the 7,000-pound Naha Stone would become the greatest king of Hawaii. When Kamehameha was 14, the story goes, he moved the massive rock, and then lifted it and turned it completely over.
As to our Puna, King Kamehameha, it is told, created "Mamalahoe Kanawai" the "Law of the Splintered Paddle", after an incident in Puna:
"Many more battles ensued. During one raid in Puna, Kamehameha slipped and caught his foot in a crevice of lava. Seeing this, one of his fleeing opponents returned and beat him on the head with a canoe paddle until it broke. As a result, Kamehameha proclaimed Mamalahoe Kanawai, or “Law of the Splintered Paddle,” providing protection to unarmed noncombatants in war. “Let the aged, men and women, and little children, lie down safely in the road,” his law decreed."
Ending the day with a little bit of history, as close as it comes to being told by our kupuna:
Kamehameha's iwi (remains), Ho’olulu surreptitiously extracted and removed Kamehameha’s casket from atop the Ahu’ena heiau. He made the trek down to an undisclosed beach where he met Hoapili in a canoe. The two of them, chaperoned by Keopuolani who was known to be Kamehameha’s favorite wife, rowed their canoe to an undersea cave, which until this day, has never been discovered.
The song "Waika" (derived from the original chant linked above), was also dedicated to the King, and his great love for Hawai'i, and his people. A beautiful version of "Waika" by the Brothers Cazimero below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_J-ADVILNo
He Inoa no Kamehameha!
(*Several links to back up some of the above, but peeps tease when I post links, and more links...lol.) So, JMO. [
]ETA: typo; glasses, please!