MOʻOKŪʻAUHAU
Ko mākou moʻokūʻauhau
Mai ka moʻokūʻauhau mai ka mana e kaʻana like ai, ʻaʻole mai ka palapala hōʻoia.
Wehe ʻia kēlā me kēia papahana ma Waipiʻo Cultural Experience me ka moʻokūʻauhau — ka haʻi ʻana i ko mākou moʻokūʻauhau a hiki i nā kūpuna o kēia awāwa. Hana mākou i kēia no ka mea, mai nā kūpuna mai ka mana e kaʻana like ai i ka moʻolelo, ka oli, a me ke kānāwai, ʻaʻole mai kekahi palapala hōʻoia alakaʻi huakaʻi a i ʻole ke kūʻai ʻana.
ʻO ka mea āu e ʻike ai ma lalo, ʻo ia ka moʻokūʻauhau hiki ke kaʻana like ʻia me ka lehulehu. Mālama ʻia kekahi moʻokūʻauhau a me kekahi moʻolelo e ka ʻohana — kaʻana like ʻia ia ma loko o nā papahana, me ka ʻae a nā kūpuna, ma kona kūlana kūpono.
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GENERATION 1
ʻŌpūnui
Kupuna o ke awāwa ʻo Waipiʻo
Hoʻomaka ko mākou moʻokūʻauhau ma ʻaneʻi, me ka pilina i kākau ʻia i nā hanauna mua loa i ʻike ʻia o ke awāwa.
GENERATION 2
Elisai Opunui II
Mamo pololei
GENERATION 3
Emelia Manaiakalani Opunui
Mamo pololei
Lawe ʻia ka moʻokūʻauhau ʻo Manaiakalani ma o kēia hanauna.
GENERATION 4
George Alika Hussey Sr.
Hanauna kupuna
GENERATION 5
Nā mea hoʻokumu
Hanauna o kēia wā — nā hoahānau e holo ana i ka ʻike
Lawe mākou i ka hana i mua me ke kuleana, ʻaʻole me ka manaʻo paʻa o ka mana. Alakaʻi ʻia kēlā me kēia papahana e mākou a i ʻole nā ʻohana pili, ʻaʻole loa e nā limahana.
He aha ka mea i mālama ʻia e ka ʻohana
- Nā moʻolelo kikoʻī i hoʻopili ʻia i nā wahi kikoʻī o ke awāwa.
- Nā oli a me ke kānāwai i hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia no ke aʻo lehulehu ʻana.
- Nā inoa o nā kūpuna a me nā loea i makemake ʻole ʻia e haʻi ʻia ma ka lehulehu.
- ʻIke kikoʻī o ka wahi he weliweli, he kapu, a i ʻole he palena ma muli o ka hoʻoholo ʻohana.
E haʻi mākou iā ʻoe i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke kaʻana like, ma kona kūlana, me ka mālama. E haʻi pū mākou iā ʻoe i ka wā e mālama ʻia ai kekahi mea — a me ke kumu.
No ke aha kēia mea i koʻikoʻi ai
ʻAʻole he māhele ʻike ka hoʻomau moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. ʻO ia ka lawe ʻana i mua i kekahi hana ola e ka poʻe e iho mai ana mai ka hana a me ka wahi. ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka moʻokūʻauhau wale nō i ka mana — na ka hana a me ka pilina ia — akā ʻo ka moʻokūʻauhau ka nīnau paepae. Me ka loaʻa ʻole o ia, ʻaʻohe o mākou kuleana e kaʻana like i ka mea ma ʻaneʻi.
Inā ua hele mai ʻoe me ka manaʻolana no kekahi huakaʻi maʻamau, ʻo kēia ka ʻaoʻao e wehewehe ana i ke kumu i ʻokoʻa ai kā mākou hana, a i ke kumu i hōʻike ai ko mākou kumukūʻai, ka nui o nā hui, a me ka māmā o ka holo ʻana i ia mea.