Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 11, 1 November 2004 — Kalo implements [ARTICLE]

Kalo implements

A free demonstration of traditional

Hawaiian implements used in kalo farming and poi making will be presented on Nov. 7 at 'Iolani Palaee. The program, featuring Hawaiian tool craftsman Dennis Kana'e Keawe, is the final event of the Living Heritage 2004 series sponsored by the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (HSFCA) and the Friends of 'Iolani Palaee. Keawe's work has been commissioned by the Bishop Museum, Lyman House Museum and Kamehameha Schools. Kalo cultivation and poi making are included in a Hawaiian Ethnobotany class that Keawe teaches at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. At the program, Keawe and his apprentice Hōkūao Pellegrino will present such tools as poi pounders, poi boards, digging sticks and calabashes. The program is free to Hawai'i residents and will be held on the 'Iolani Palaee grounds from 11 a.m.-l p.m. For more information, eall HSFCA at 586-0306, or 'Iolani Palaee at 522-0832.