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| Kahu Curt Kekuna of Kawaiaha'o Church leads the traditional practice of Kūkulu Kumuhana at 5 a.m. at Mauna'ala, site of the royal mausoleum in Nu'uanu. Gathered were trustees of the Ali'i Trusts and members of the Royal Societies. - Photo: Blaine Fergerstrom |
Kūkulu Kumuhana
Let Us Be United and Heard as one
Here in the Islands and across the country, people gathered in vigils in the face of a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to ceded lands. Across time zones, they shared in a long tradition known as Kūkulu Kumuhana to pool their spirits and energies in a meditation timed to coincide with the start of the court's review in Washington, D.C. In Honolulu, the 5 a.m. hour was marked by hula and chant at the state Capitol, where an estimated 200 people gathered.
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O'AHU | Kumu Hula Mapuana de Silva's Hālau Mohala 'Ilima perform a hula in the pre-dawn hours of the vigil at the state Capitol. - Photo: Nicholas Masagatani |
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Pualani Steele of Hālau Mohala 'Ilima dances to 'Au'a 'ia e Tama i Tona Motu. - Photo: Nicholas Masagatani |
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At the vigil at the state Capitol, the sound of pū filled the rotunda. - Photo: Nicholas Masagatani |
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LĀNA'I | Martha Hai'a Evans reading the words of our Queen Lili'uokalani to a gathering outside the Old Dole Administration Building in Lāna'i. - Photo: Courtesy of Onaona Maly |
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