Kanaloa

Kanaloa

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The sacred island of Kanaloa, also known as Kaho’olawe Island is in view on the horizon from Pi’ilani Highway overlooking Ahihi Kinau, also known as La Perouse Bay, the sight of the last volcanic lava flow on Maui.

Kanaloa is one of the four great gods of Hawaiian mythology, along with Kane (pronounced Ka-ney), Ku, and Lono. He is the local form of a Polynesian deity generally connected with the sea.

In the mythology of old Hawai’i, Kanaloa was the god of the ocean, a healer god, and the close companion of Kane, the god of creation. They would journey together, share the sacred drink of ‘awa, and use their staves to strike the ground and cause springs of fresh water to burst forth.

Rare statues of Kanaloa feature him with round eyes, unlike those of any other representations of the gods. In the Hawaiian language, “kanaloa” is also used as a word that means “a sea shell; the young stage of a certain fish; an alternate name for Kaho’olawe Island; and secure, firm, immovable, established, unconquerable.”

A root translation of the word, ka-na-loa, means “the great peace, or the great stillness.” The word also has the connotation of total confidence. In the esoteric tradition of Huna Kupua, Kanaloa represents the Core Self, or the center of the universe within oneself.

“She whose gentle footfall and radiant face Hold the power to charm more than a vision Of chariots and the mail-clad battalions Of Lydia’s army.”

The gleaming stars all about the shining moon
Hide their bright faces, when full-orbed and splendid In the sky she floats,
flooding the shadowed earth with clear silver light.” Quoted by Eustathius of Thessalonica in the twelfth century

“In the midst of all the reminiscing, some of the “warriors” chatted about plans for the new era of peace. Noa Emmett Aluli, chairman of the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve Commission, and Stanton Enomoto, a former commission chief of staff, reflected on plans for restoring some of the 2,500 archaeological features and ongoing work of reforestation. Noa Emmett Aluli The island will become a place to relearn old traditions, Aluli said, and will become the “piko” (center) of Hawaiian sovereignty. “This will be a place where the culture will continue to be seeded and grow,” he said. Kaho’olawe Embraces Voyagers
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Shooting Date/Time 15 September 2008 11:55:44
Shutter Speed 1/160 Aperture 8.0
ISO 100 Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

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