Lahui-kanaka

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Kumu hula proclaim kapu to protect the community from COVID-19

HONOLULU (August 21, 2020) – More than two dozen Kumu Hula joined together today to institute a month-long kapu to protect the Native Hawaiian community and the broader public from the staggering rise in COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi. The Kumu Hula held a press conference today via Zoom to announce the kapu, a traditional Native Hawaiian restriction. Today’s announcement originated in early August as Hawaiʻi saw a sharp increase in the number of positive cases of COVID-19. A call went out for Kumu Hula to gather and discuss a culturally relevant way to respond to the pandemic. The Kumu Hula…

Lāhui Kānaka

Aloha nui on behalf of Huamakahikina. As a proactive response to a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases affecting the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities of Hawaiʻi, a hui of Kumu Hula from across the pae ʻāina, now called Huamakahikina, originally agreed to a 30-day kapu to help stop the spread of the pandemic. This kapu is called the “Lāhui Kānaka”, and it represents a gathering of intentions focused on stopping the spread of COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi. The original kapu began for hula practitioners on August 16th with the rising of the Mauli moon and continued for three anahulu (three…