Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 6, Number 4, 1 April 1989 — OHA Sponsors Second ʻAha Kupuna Gathering [ARTICLE]
OHA Sponsors Second ʻAha Kupuna Gathering
Calling all kupuna. . .the second annual 'Aha Kupuna — Ku'ikahi A Na Kupuna," invites you to participate in this OFiA-sponsored conference on being kupuna. Space is still available and registrations will be accepted to May 5. For information eall the OHA Education Division at 946-2642. This year's theme is "Ho'oulu I Ka 'Olelo Makuahine: Let the Mother Tongue Flourish." It will be a bilingual conference on how kupuna ean help spread use of Hawaiian language. The weekend conferenee begins with a Friday evening weleome dinner and overview, then on Saturday there will be workshops on such topics as mo'olelo, oli, mele, lei hulu and pule 'ohana (story-telling, chant, song, feather lei making and family prayer). Saturday evening features a dinner show. Sunday will include a final meeting of kupuna, a pule 'ohana and a farewell brunch.