e ku i ka ohia lehua: culture significance of a dominant hawaiian tree
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A powerpoint presentation on the cultural significance of our dominant tree in native Hawaiian forest.TRANSCRIPT
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E Kū i ka ʻōhiʻa lehua
An introduction to the biocultural significance of our dominant tree Metrosideros polymorpha
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Sam ʻOhukaniʻōhiʻa Gon III
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The ‘ōhi‘a lehua is the dominant tree in Hawaiian wet forest on all islands.
Its nectar-rich flowers provide the mainstay for Hawaiian honeycreepers, such as this ‘apapane.
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ʻŌhiʻa lehua carries immense significance in native Hawaiian culture.
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Kinolauphysical
manifestationof:
• Kū• Laka• Pele• Hiʻiaka• Kāne• Kapo
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Noho ana
Laka i ka ulu-wehiwehi, ka ʻōhiʻa kū i luna o Mauna Loa
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Kuahu a Laka
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kiʻi akua(god images)
An ʻōhiʻa tree carved into the
likeness of Kū
Possessed such high mana (spiritual power)
that it required a human sacrifice to take it from the wao akua
(upland sacred realm)
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ʻŌhiʻa lehua was the preferred wood for the lele (offering platform)
and the ʻānuʻu (oracle tower)
on the heiau (temple)
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It was considered the best wood
for the pā (exclosure)
surrounding sacred sites & structures
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• lehua is the first warrior
• to fall in battle
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lehua is the fiery symbol of Pele
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lehua is the term
for a paramount expert
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Lehua ʻāpane = ʻapapane = red
Lehua mamo = mamo = yellow
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He kumu lehua muimuia i ka manu(A lehua tree crowded with birds)
A lehua tree in bloom draws birds as an attractive person draws the attention of others
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E ola i aʻu, ka pouhana o ke aupuni, a me nā aliʻi ā pau(Life to me, the support post of the government, and all the chiefs)
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ʻōhiʻa lehua is a preferred wood for weapons such as
lāʻau (clubs) and
pāhoa (daggars)
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In
hulaʻōhiʻa wood
creates fine
kālāʻau (dancing sticks)
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In the realm of
ornamentationLei lehua among the most exalted of lei
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In lāʻau lapaʻau (medicine)
Liko lau & aʻa lewa
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No Puna lehua ʻula i ka papa, i ʻula i ka papa ka lehua o Puna…
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Ua-kani-lehuaMoaniani-lehua Līlī-lehua
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Lāʻau ʻohi wai(Forest that gathers water)
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mahalo!