Moloka'I: Where I Live

By Julie Stewart Williams

Book Id: WPLBN0002096916
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File Size: 10.19 MB
Reproduction Date: 8/2/2011

Title:	Moloka'I: Where I Live
Author:	Julie Stewart Williams
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Language:	Hawaiian
Subject:	Non Fiction, Education, Hawaiian Education
Collections:	Authors Community, Education
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Publisher:	Kamehameha Schools

Member Page:	Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center
Citation APA MLA Chicago Stewart Williams, B. J. (n.d.). Moloka'I: Where I Live. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Ahupuaa is a section of land most often running from the mountains to the sea. Within most ahupuaa were three areas: uka (upland), kula (plains and fields), and kai (sea and nearby land). These areas contained almost everything people needed to survive. Two words are in the word“ahupuaa:” “ahu” for altar and “puaa” for pig. An altar of stones was built on the ahupuaa boundary in honor of the god Lono. Lono was the god of peace, rain, clouds, winds, the sea, agriculture and fertility. An image of a pig’s head was carved of kukui wood and placed upon the altar. During the yearly Makahiki Festival the people brought their hookupu, or gifts, to this altar.