Filming the Story of the Storyteller: Filmmaker Keith Nealy and “Kindy Sproat: A Gift of the Heart”
By Hadley Calatano Keith Nealy will start any conversation off with a good story. With more than 30 years of experience in the art of filmmaking and production, Nealy has become a living library of narratives. Gathering personal anecdotes, tales…
A Dream To Reality: The First Kona Jazz Festival—Brittni Paiva and Cyril Pahinui Talk Story
By Colin John Wouldn’t it be wonderful if…” is an oft-heard phrase when people are dreaming or thinking about possibilities. One such dream that has become a reality is the First Annual Kona Jazz Festival, set to take place at…
Kava Culture—Facts and Fiction
By Barbara Fahs In Western culture, the herbal supplement Kava Kava, was popular as a sleep aid and anti-anxiety remedy during the late 1990s, until the negative results of a European study were widely publicized. (Some say pharmaceutical companies initiated…
Crafting the Sacred Pahu Drum
By Fern Gavelek The drum selected him—not vise versa. Kumu Hula Aloha Victor of Halau Kala‘akeakauikawekiu recalls when he purchased his first pahu (drum) from Rodney “Uncle Kala” Willis as if it were yesterday. It was October, 2005. “We were…
Walking In the Footsteps of a Kahuna Elder
By Marya Mann “There is no separation between one lifetime and the next lifetime, so therefore, it’s time for all of us to wake up.”—Kupuna Hale Kealohalani Makua, Native Hawaiian Elder Elder’s Council Meetings in Bali & Hawaii, 2002-2003 You…
Zen Hostess, Keeper of Sacred Spaces
By Kim Cope Tait If you are just looking for a place to lay your head for a night or two, Akiko Masuda might just send you on down the road. She will do it with love and a casual…
Feng Shui Hawaiian Style: Earth Energy for Stability and Success in a Changing World
By Marta Barreras, Master Feng Shui Practitioner Have you noticed a rising sense of anxiety in the air lately? Changes in jobs, changes in economic status and especially changes in our Earth’s atmosphere are provoking millions of people to be…
‘Ae, Poni Mō’ī ‘o Kalākaua
Na Kumu Keala Ching Aia ho’i (‘o) Ka’ōnohiokalā I ka hale o ha’eha’e ē Pi’i a’e ka manu, ‘Iolani Kaulana ia, he hale Ali’i ē Holo ka moku, puni ka honua E ō mai he Ali’i o Hawai’i nei Palapala…
New School for Native Hawaiian Fine Arts is Born
By Kauanoe, HOEA Project Director PIKO, a gathering of over 100 indigenous visual artists, held during the summer of 2007 in Waimea and two other Big Island locations, awakened many to the realization that there are too few venues for…
Pu’uhonua – A Foundation of Peace
Na Kumu Keala Ching, Nā Wai Iwi Ola, Hawai‘i Āpuni ka honua, he ola Ola ke Akua Mana Loa, he kia‘i Kia‘i ka ‘ike kapu, he Akua Akua mālama Ali‘i Ali‘i mālama Kanaka Kanaka mālama ‘āina ‘Āina hānai Kanaka Kanaka…
Motifs in Polynesian Design
By Ma‘ata Tukuafu From the earliest European voyagers who traveled the vast Pacific Ocean in the 1500s to the vast numbers of visitors who spend their savings on touring the Pacific islands, the lure of Polynesia has always been present.…
‘O ka hula ke ola kanaka
‘O ka hula ke ola kanaka, ‘a’ole nā kānaka āpau ka hula (Hula is the life of the people, not everyone is hula) Na Kumu Keala Ching ‘O ka hula ke ola kanaka, ho’onui ‘ike ke ola pili i ka…
Remembering Hawai‘i’s Future by Recognizing Its Traditions at Kahalu‘u and Keauhou
By Matt Hamabata, Executive Director, The Kohala Center Hanau ka ’Uku-ko’ako’a, hanau kana, he ’Ako’ako’a, puka (Born was the coral polyp, born was the coral, came forth.) Thus recounts Martha Warren Beckwith’s translation of the Kumulipo, the chant of Hawaiian…
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