Students of Halau Lokahi Public Charter School and other members of the Hawaiian community helped rebuild a vandalized ahu yesterday at Iolani Palace. After completing the project, the students performed a spiritual offering, or hookupu, of hula, oli and pule. Varner Allbrett, center, was among those who took part in a hula to Pele.
Halau Lokahi Public Charter School students and other volunteers helped reassemble an ahu yesterday on the grounds of Iolani Palace. Vandals partly dismantled the ahu, which was built in 1993 for the 100th anniversary of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, over the weekend.
Aia ka 'aikikala ma Hōkū Buletina i ka ho'ohewa, i ka ho'ohina i ke ahu i kūkulu 'ia ma 'Iolani Palace. Ma mua, aia ka ho'ohina ahu ma Mauna Kea ma ka mokupuni 'o Hawai'i. I ko'u mana'o iho mua loa, na 'Oiwi kēia. 'O nā 'Oiwi no ka mea 'a'ole ka hana ma'amau, ka mo'olelo mai kahiko mai akā na'e no nā 'oiwi kēia, 'eā? No leila, 'a'ole he 'ino.
Aia kekahi mana'o 'ē a'e. Ua hana 'ia e nā 'oiwi 'ole no ka mea makemake lākou e 'ike i nā māhele o nā 'oiwi. Hmm, pēlā paha.
