06-30-2016, 07:43 AM
quote:Actually, the quarries were sacred places. Remember, the English word "sacred" is being used here in place of kapu. The christian meaning of sacred is not the same as the kapu meaning. The quarries were strictly for the ali'i, kahuna and warriors. The rest, the makaaina'na, the common people, would be executed if they were found on kapu aina.
Originally posted by PaulW
It was a logical and sensible thing to do. Obviously rocks weren't all that sacred to them, only to mainlanders that come here and try to be more Hawaiian than the Hawaiians.
Everybody is makaaina'na under the kapu unless you are a pure bloodline descendant of ali'i, kahuna or warriors.
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