Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 40, Number 6, 1 June 2023 — Keahualaka ma Ke'ē [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Keahualaka ma Ke'ē

V KA NA'AUAO O NA KUPUNA V ^ THE WISDOM OF THE KŪPUNA *

Na Kalani Akana, Ph.D. Ika mahina 'o Malaki aku nei, ua huaka'i au me ka'u mau haumāna hula i Ke'ē e hula i hula pahu ma Keahualaka, kāhi kaulana loa no ke a'o 'ana i ka hula. He

mēheuheu kēia 'ano huaka'i kipa 'ana me ka hō'ike hula i ho'okuluma 'ia no nā moho e ho'omākaukau ana i ka uniki hula. Wahi a Henry Kekahuna, ka mea nāna i kaha ki'i i palapala 'āina o ia wahi pana kaulana o Kaua'i, ua kipa 'ia kēia wahi e nā po'e hula no waho e 'ailolo ma lalo o ka 'olohe hula o ia wahi. Aia a pau ke a'o 'ana, ua pono ke ho'ā'o 'ia 'o ia e kekahi mau hō'ike. 'O ka hō'ike nui ka 'au'au 'ana i ke kōā kai 'o Kohola ma kai o Ke'ē. Aia kekahi manō e kali ana ma waho o ka hāpapa a inā ua hehi kekahi moho hula i kekahi kapu a laila ua po'ipū 'ia 'o ia e ke kia'i manō a make. Laki no mākou, 'a'ole i pono ka hō'ike 'au'au kai!

'O Laka ke kumu hula mua o ia wahi kapu a he kumu ia no ke kapa 'ana i kēlā heiau pili pali 'o Keahualaka. Aia ma lalo o ia heiau hula, ke kahua 'o Kauluapaoa. A ma lalo o Kauluapaoa kekahi pōhaku nui 'o Kilioe ka inoa. Pa'apū ua pōhaku la 'o Kilioe me nā poho no nā piko o nā keiki i hānau 'ia o nā 'ohana o Hā'ena. Eia kekahi, Kilioe ka inoa o ka mo'o i kia'i i ke kupapa'u

o Lohi'au akā wahi a Wiliama Laiki, 'o Kilioe ke kaikuahine o Lohi'au a he kumu hula ho'i 'o ia. 'O ia paha ke kumu o ke kapa 'ana o ia wahi 'o Kauluakilioe ma mua e Thomas T. Thrum, ka mea kākau mo'olelo. Wahi a Henry Kekahuna, 'o Wahinekeoli (Wahineikeouli Pā) ke kumu hula hope o Keahualaka. 'O kēia Wahineikeouli kekahi o nā mea oli a Helen Roberts i ho'opa'a ai ma ka līpene. Eia kekahi, he wahine haku mele 'o ia a ua ho'ouna i kāna mau mele i nā nūpepa Hawai'i e ho'opuka. 'O Jacob Maka ke alaka'i no Kekahuna ma Ke e. 'O ia ho'i kekahi o nā haumāna hope loa ma Keahualaka i puka ma lalo paha o Wahinekeouli. Ua hele a kaulana na'e 'o Maka i pu'ukani a puni o Kaua'i. '0 E Ke Akua Ola kekahi o nā hīmeni āna i haku ai. Eia kekahi 'o kēia kanaka 'o Maka kekahi kamaaina i ha'i i nā mo'olelo Hawai'i iā Fred Wiehman, ka mea i kākau iā Kauai Tales.

I ka'u kipa mua i Keahualaka ma 1979, 'o Roselle Bailey me kāna haumāna nā kahu o ia wahi. I kēia kipa aku nei, 'o Kamealoha Forrest me kāna mau haumāna nā kahu. He mea nui kā lākou mālama 'ana iā Keahualaka me Kauluapaoa ma hope hō'ino 'ia e nā po'e 'ae'a e ho'ohauka'e i kēlā wahi u'i hanohano. Ua olelo 'o Kekahuna he "kula nui." Ma kēia ho'omana'o 'ana i nā kūpuna hula no'eau o ia wahi pana o Keahualaka, ua 'oia'i'o nō kā Kekahuna olelo. ■ ILalani Akana, Ph.D., is a kumu ofhula, oli and 'ōlelo Hawai'i, and a research analyst at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. He has authored numerous articles on Indigenous ways ofknowing and doing.

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Palapala 'aina a Kekahuno o Keahualaka lōua 'o Kouluapooa.

Keahualūkū lōua 'o Kauluapooa mai luna iho. - Courtesy Photo