Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 5, 1 April 1980 — Ka Pu'upa'a ma Moanalua [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ka Pu'upa'a ma Moanalua

Ua ho 1 ! hou maila ka hana hula kahiko ma Moanalua ma ka la 'ewalu o March ma ka halawai makāhiki o ka Moanalua Gardens Foundation. Ua ho 4 o!a*a *Ia he kahua hula ma ka paka Moanalua me ka haipule ho'omana kahiko i kapa 'ia "hea inoa." A ua kapa keia kahua (he pu'u no Ia) 'o Pu'upa'a no ka mea, he pu*u kahua no ka manawa mau loa ma ka paka. A ika awakea o ka la, ho'ike maila ka Halau hula, Ka Pa Hula Hawai'i me ka lakou kumu hula, John R, Kaha'iali'iokaiwi'ulaokamehameha Topolinski. A *o kekahi o na mele ame oli kahiko i mele ai, ua haku'ia e John Dominus Holt a unuhi 1a e Professor Ruby Kawena Johnson o ke kula nui o'HawaH. 'Ukalipu no hol me kekahi mau mele 1 oli la*i e Topolinski ame Ho'oulu Camhra, he kumu hula no ke kula nui o Hawai 1 ! no ka hana ho'ola*a o ua kahua nei ame na mele kahiko a Namakahelu Makaena, kekahi kumu hula kaulana o neia wahi I ka wa mamaua. *Ohl aku la na haumana o ka Halau hula s Pohai Na

Pua o Laka me ka lakou kumu hula, lan Kahuku Yoneda i na la*au *oko'a no ka ho'okupu. Ua 'ohi i ka maile lauli'i» ulu, ka lehua, laua'e, ki, 'ie'ie, halapepe ame ka la'au lama. Mahope iho o ka hana ho'ola'a» ua 4 ai iho la na po'e apau ina mea 'ai ho 4 okupu e like me ka wa kahlko, 'oia no ho'i he pua*€ t moa, i'a 'ula'ula, Hiala, kalo/po!, *alae, limu kala ame limu 'ama'ama. Ua mahele 'ia kekahi mea a i lawelawe aku la ma ka lauki i kau *ia inalalo nie ka pala*a 4 laua'e ame ka lehua. i Hula TII?TORY eame alive atfooanalua Gardenb Foundntion % s Annual onm!arch 8, wilh the rnnrtmrnt of aneienl cefemoniesJto bless and 4 iiame thp prrmanent site for hula performances. The newly site was done by the Tr\istees of the Eslaie I • I

of S.M. Damou. At noou 4 John FvKaha'ialriokaiwiulaokamehameha Topolinski and ialeuded members of his haulau, Ka Pa Hula Hawail performed the appropriate chants of <ledicatins and blessing. One of the chants was composed by Johu Domiuis Ho,lt and trauslated iuto Hawaiiau by Professor Ruby Kaweua Johnson of the University\ Two of the chaats used were fromNamakahelu Makaena, the £amous chanier bf this area» and others were cofiectedby TopolinskL The chants were done by Topoluiski aud Ho'oulu Cambra of the University. Under the leadership of Jan Kahoku Yoneda* members of the halau* Pohai aa Pua o Laka* gathered theofferinggifts of nlaile lauli'u ulu, redlehua 4 laua'e* ti. 'ie'ie, halapepe and Xfter the ceremomes were over, a meal \vas offercd &liowuu traditional ceremoiuat ways to ,the audience, This consisted of pork» ehieken, red fish* ulu* sweetpotato. taro, rcd salt and seaweeds, _ . -• ~ /- W* - _--

Na haumana u ka Pa Hula Haw.aPi ma ka Pu'upa'a > Moanalua

Kumu.hula John Kaha'i Tupoliuski wilh ho'okupu afferias