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The name means "Meeting house near the long slide" in the Hawaiian Language. [2] There might have been a wooden church on the site from about 1825. A coral lime and stone building, of about 30 by 60 feet, was finished by 1855, under the supervision of Reverend John D. Paris. It was in continuous use until the 1940s.
Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau, near Hāna on Maui Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau Heiau, Mānoa Heritage Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2022-1025 An illustration of a heiau at Kealakekua Bay at the time of James Cook's third voyage, by William Ellis. A heiau (/ ˈ h eɪ. aʊ /) is a Hawaiian temple. Made in different architectural styles depending upon their purpose ...
Hawaiian religion refers to the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of native Hawaiians, also known as the kapu system. Hawaiian religion is based largely on the tapu religion common in Polynesia and likely originated among the Tahitians and other Pacific islanders who landed in Hawaiʻi between 500 and 1300 AD. [ 1 ]
Entry to the public is not allowed, since there are believed to still be bones buried in the site. About 170 feet west of Puʻukoholā is the ruin of the earlier Mailekini Heiau. John Young later converted it into a fort to protect the harbor. Just offshore is Hale o Kapuni, an underwater structure dedicated
Ahu A ʻUmi Heiau means "shrine at the temple of ʻUmi" in the Hawaiian Language. [2] It is also spelled "ahu-a-Umi", or known as Ahua A ʻUmi Heiau , which would mean "mound of ʻUmi". It was built for ʻUmi-a-Liloa , often called ʻUmi, who ruled the island of Hawaiʻi early in the 16th century.
Daijingu Temple of Hawaii is the only shrine in American territory with a recorded history of holding worship services for a Japanese war hero before the start of the Pacific War. Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō was worshiped by members of the Imperial Japanese Navy and local Japanese-Americans.
Former religious buildings and structures in Hawaii (1 C) C. Churches in Hawaii (13 C, 8 P) H. Heiau (27 P) P.
Halekiʻi-Pihana Heiau State Monument is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) park containing two important luakini heiau on a high ridge near the mouth of ʻIao Stream in Wailuku, Maui.Both Halekiʻi and Pihana were associated with important Hawaiian chiefs, have been closely studied by archaeologists, [3] and overlook the fertile Nā Wai ʻEhā ('Four Waters') region irrigated by the Wailuku, Waikapu ...