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Wahi Pana Legendary / Cherished Places |
Source:
Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H., & Mookini, Esther T., PLACE NAMES OF HAWAI`I, University of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, 1974.
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Kalapana
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Land sections, quadrangle, trail, village, and park, Puna district, Hawai`i, famous for its black sand. |
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Pele was attacked near here by Kamapua`a, the pig man. A priest of Pele may have been named for Kalapana. He had vowed that only Pele might cut his hair. Later a woman appeared at the door and said that he would always remain there. He was turned to a stone, said to be still there by a pool not far from a Catholic church. (Update: the rock has been covered by lava, the church, moved upland) |
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I Kalapana i ka niu moe. |
At Kalapana, the coconut palms lie flat. |
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A traditional way to honor a very high chief was to ask the chief to hold on to the tip of the fronds of a young coconut tree while the people bent the tree over and subsequently trained it to grow flat on the ground. Queen Emma was the last ali`i (royalty) to be honored in this way, at Kalapana, when she visited there on horseback a short time before the death of Princess Ruth in 1883. Queen Emma died in 1885. |
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Kaimû
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Kalapana quadrant., Hawai`i, noted for its surf and its black sand beach. (Update: the original beach has been covered by lava, and a new Kaimû is being formed) Click here for a view of magnificent Kaimû. |
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The black sand was formed by steam explosions that occurred when a lava flow entered the ocean in about 1750. The surfing site was formerly called Hô`eu and Kapoho, but now is called Kaimû. |
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Ka oli: A pae a`e i Kaimû, ho`omu nâ kânaka. |
Chant: Landing at Kaimû, people gathered. |
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A love chant by Halemano, an antihero, who who had enjoyed the surfing at Kaimû with his wife. At Kaimû, she deserted him for the chiefs of Hilo and Puna, and he administers " the saddest and most gentle of rebukes": |
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Ke kua `ia mai la i ke kai ka hala o Puna E hala `o`a ana mehe kanaka lâ Lulumi iho la i ke kai o Hilo -- ê. Hânu`u ke keai i luna o Mokuola Ua ola a`e nei loko i kô aloha ê. |
Chopped to bits by the sea are the hala trees Standing up like human beings Drowned in the Hilo sea. Rises up the sea of the Isle of Life. This heart lives upon your love. |
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Queen's Bath
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Formerly a large, spring fed pool, Puna, Hawai`i, now covered with lava. Once off limits to all but the ali`i. Beautiful beyond words. |
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Pâhoa
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Village, school, junction. Kalapana and Maku`u quadrants, Hawai`i. Former logging town, sugar plantation village, anthurium capital of the world, once infamous for its pakalôlô. Referred to as the "wild west". |
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Puna
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District in south east Hawai`i. Poetic: paia `ala i ka hala |
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