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At the University of Hawaii Manoa, hundreds of students lined the streets for blocks and, one by one, they passed the stones from the student taro patch of the university's Center on Hawaiian Studies down the human chain to the lawn in front of the office university president, David Lassner, where the stones were used to build an ahu (the altar ...
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.
The 1999 Jeep Oahu Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the bowl game schedule of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.The second edition of the Oahu Bowl, it was the latter part of a Christmas Day doubleheader at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, preceded by the Aloha Bowl.
Pu'uhonua o Wai'anae (Refuge of Wai'anae) is a homeless community of around 200 near Wai'anae Boat Harbor and is the largest homeless encampment on O’ahu, Hawaii. [1] [2] The Village, as the residents call it, although run according to some of the same rules as a homeless shelter, is community-led and intends to foster a safe environment through community for children and families who would ...
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook a remote part of Hawaii's Big Island on Friday. It was felt as far as Honolulu, more than 200 miles away, reports said — likely because of the depth of the ...
Today, the island is composed of the remnants of two extinct and extensively eroded shield volcanoes: the Waiʻanae and Koʻolau Ranges, with a broad valley or saddle between them. [20] The highest point is Kaʻala in the Waiʻanae Range, rising to 4,003 feet (1,220 m) above sea level.
Ahupuaʻa is derived from Hawaiian language ahu, meaning “heap” or “cairn,” and puaʻa, pig. The boundary markers for ahupuaʻa were traditionally heaps of stones used to put offers, often a pig, to the island chief. Each ahupuaʻa was divided into smaller sections called ʻili, and the ʻili were divided into kuleana.
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