Aloha Na'au Pa'ako Hana kalai Makena i Ki'i Mau Mau Ki'ie'
Featured Art 15 September 2009
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Aloha Na’au is Love from your heart, the very depths of your being, the essence of you.
i ki’i Mau Mau Stand together, forever
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He Lei no ke Koholā
A Lei for the Whale by Keonaona Kapuni- Reynolds
“Ma ka moana nui o ka Pākīpika e noho a ola ana he mau koholā. ‘O ka pilikia ma waena o kēia mau koholā, ‘o ia ho‘i ko lākou makemake i nā mea u‘i a ho‘onaninani i ko lākou kino. ‘O ka mea i ‘ike nui ‘ia ‘o ia ho‘i ka pī‘oe. ‘Ike ‘ia nā koholā he nui wale i ho‘onaninani ‘ia me nā pī‘oe a puni o ko lākou kino. I kekahi manawa ua ‘ike ‘ia nā ‘ano pūpū like ‘ole e pa‘a pū ana i ke koholā. ‘O ke koholā waiwai loa ‘o ia ho‘i ke koholā me nā pī‘oe a limu he nui wale. A ma kēia ‘ohana koholā ‘o ia ke koholā kahiko loa, me ke alaka‘i o ia ‘ohana.
In the great big Pacific Ocean lived and dwelled some whales. The only problem between these whales was that they liked to wear beautiful and decorative items on their body. The most common thing seen was the barnacle.
Lots of whales were seen decorated with barnacles all over their bodies. Sometimes different shells were also seen attached to the whales. The richest whale was the one with the most barnacles and seaweed. In this pod of whales it was the eldest whale that was also the leader of the pod.
Ua ho‘oholo kēia koholā, inā e makemake ana nā koholā e noho ma kēia ‘ohana, pono lākou e ho‘onaninani i ko lākou kino. ‘A‘ohe koholā ma kēia ‘ohana i kaula‘i ‘ole ‘ia e ka limu a i ‘ole kekahi ‘ohana pī‘oe ma ko lākou kua. Hō ka nui o ka ‘aka‘aka ma ka moana i ka wā i holo ai kēia ‘ohana a puni o ka moana.
This whale decided that if the other whales wanted to live in this pod they had to decorate their bodies. There was no whale in the pod who wasn’t decorated with limu and who didn’t house a family of barnacles on his back. There was an immense amount of laughter directed at the pod whenever they went around the ocean.
I kekahi lā, ua ‘ōlelo ke alaka‘i, inā ua hiki i kekahi o lākou ke ho‘onaninani aku iā ia iho i ‘oi aku kona u‘i ma muli o ke alaka‘i, e lilo ana ia koholā, i alaka‘i, ‘oiai he koholā kahiko loa ‘o ia. No laila i kēlā me kēia lā ua ho‘ā‘o nā koholā e ho‘onaninani iā lākou iho a paikau i mua o ke alaka‘i. Ho‘okahi wale nō pilikia, ‘o ia ka hiki ‘ole o ke koholā ke paikau hou no ka mea inā ‘a‘ole i ‘oi aku kona u‘i ma mua o ke alaka‘i, ua pono ‘o ia e ha‘alele a noho i kahi ‘ē
One day, the leader said if one of them could dress up and be more magnificent then he was, then that whale could become the leader, since the leader was getting older. So everyday one of the whales would try and dress themselves up and parade in front of the leader. There was only one problem; the whale didn’t have a second chance. When the whale lost because he wasn’t more beautiful than the leader he had to leave and live somewhere else.
Ma hope o kekahi manawa ua ha‘alele nei ka nui o nā koholā a ua emi mai nei ka nui o nā heluna koholā o kēia ‘ohana. ‘Ōlelo koke kekahi o lākou, inā ‘a‘ole lanakila kekahi o kēia mau keiki e pilikia ana ka ‘ohana a ‘a‘ole e lawa ana ka heluna o kākou e pi‘i hou i uka. No laila puka aku kekahi o nā luāhine koholā a ‘ōlelo aku i kona mau hoa aloha, ‘o ia ho‘i nā i‘a umaumalei. Nīnau aku ‘o ia iā lākou e lei aku i kāna mo‘opuna ke holo aku ‘o ia i mua o ke alaka‘i. I kekahi lā a‘e i kona mo‘opuna e holo ana i mua o ke alaka‘i, holo pū mai kekahi mau i‘a umaumalei a kaula‘i aku i ka ‘ā‘ī o ke koholā. He lei umaumalei kona. Me ka ihu o ka i‘a e pa‘a ana i ka hi‘u o kekahi i‘a a pēlā wale aku a ‘ike ‘ia ka hinuhinu o nā i‘a a puni ona. Lua ‘ole maoli kona u‘i a ua lanakila ka mo‘opuna.
After awhile most of the whales of this pod were leaving. One of them quickly said, if one of these children don’t win the pod wouldn’t have enough numbers to migrate up north. So one of the old woman whales talked to her friends who were the Umaumalei. She asked them to lei her grandson when he parades in front of the leader. The next day when her grandson was swimming in front of the leader, the Umaumalei swam around and formed themselves as a lei around the neck of the whale. It was an Umaumalei lei. The nose of a fish was attached to the tail of another and it continued on in this fashion until the whale was surrounded with glittery fish. There was no comparison to the beauty of the grandson and he won.
Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua ho‘i hou nā koholā i hā‘ule i ke alaka‘i a laila ua holo hou ka ‘ohana i ka ‘ākau me ka palekana.
After awhile the whales that lost came back and the family migrated north safely.”
Kekahi ‘Ike Hou A‘e
More Information
Inoa Hawai‘i: ‘Ōkohekohe, Pī‘oe, Pī‘oe‘oe
Hawaiian Name: ‘Ōkohekohe, Pī‘oe, Pī‘oe‘oe
Inoa Pelekānia: Barnacles
English Name: Barnacles
Inoa ‘Epekema: Class Cirripedia
Scientific Name: Class Cirripedia
Kona ‘ano: Ke makua ka pī‘oe, pili pa‘a lākou i ka pōhaku a i ‘ole kekahi ‘ano mea ma kai no ko lākou ola holo‘oko‘a. Mālama ‘ia ka na‘au a me nā ‘āpana kino i loko o ka pūpū. Inā ho‘opilikia ‘ia ka pūpū, komo nā mea a pau i loko o ka pūpū a ho‘opili nā ‘ao‘ao ‘elua o ka pī‘oe a pa‘a.
Description: When the pī‘oe is mature it attaches itself to rocks or other things in the sea for their whole life span. The organs and limbs are inside of the shell. If the shell is in bothered, everything goes into the shell and the two shells of the pī‘oe clamp together until it is closed.
‘Ikepili Hoihoi: ‘Oi aku ka pili o ka pī‘oe i ka ‘ohana ‘ōpae ma muli o ka ‘ohana ‘opihi. Ke pēpē ka pī‘oe, he mau ‘ōpae li‘ili‘i lākou e holo ana ma ke kai.
Interesting Fact: The pī‘oe is more closely related to the shrimp family rather than the limpet family. When the pī‘oe are babies they look like little shrimp swimming in the water.
Ku’ula
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Shooting Date/Time 01 June 2009 18:49:19
Tv Shutter Speed 1/60 Av
Aperture Value 5.6 ISO 100
exposure bias F/1.0
Shutter Speed 1/60 second
Focal Length 28.0mm
Metering Mode: Pattern
f5.6
White Balance Cloudy

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Jan Timmons
While I must admit that your title didn’t draw me in, Sharon (grinning here, and no, I haven’t learned Inpuiq either), this photo certainly did and does capture my admiration! The light on those waves makes me long to hear the ocean and see such beauty. Lovely work.
Cora Wandel
Lovely work, Sharon!
Rodney Campbell
Beautiful scene. Wonderful work Sharon.
lorilee
Beautiful!!!!!
Angie McKenzie
goregous light and detail!! wonderful capture! love it!!
Earthmonster
Sharon…yet another gorgeous scene…you lucky, lucky girl.
RonnieGinnever
Another gorgeous image!
Angel Gold
Stunning capture..love the lighting
BarbaraManis
Beautiful capture, Sharon!
Scott d'Almeida
brilliant work always
PJS15204
Maui is amazing one of the most beautiful places the world has to offer :) Great work!
Lyn Evans
So very beautiful Sharon :-))))
sfmilner
Greetings Sharon; Beautifully creative and oh so stunning, nice!
steve
RichardIsik
Nice work, Sharon. perfect lighting.
Sonya Byrne
This is just beautiful Sharon
photoloi
Beautiful!
Rainy
Beautiful capture!!
Charuhas Images
Amazing capture Sharon.
RajeevKashyap
Fantastic Work…...!
BigD
Lovely image, Sharon
Margaret Shark
Alright, now I want to go to Hawaii. Wow!!!
LeilaniMelayna
Gorgeous Hawaiian Beach Scene, dear Sharon!
Smiles Leilani :o)
Lindsay Oram
Very nice
Jason Asher
Gerat composition Sharon!
webbie
love2shoot
Gorgeous!!!!! Congrats on your feature! :)
Jan Fijolek
Beautiful dramatic capture, lovely composition Sharon!
Rita H. Ireland
wow so awesome!
Arrowman
This is superb work !! – Colin

vadim19
Awesome, Sharon! Wonderful setting for some kind of fantasy!
kathy s gillen...
Fantastic capture
Paul Thompson ...
Fantastic shot!
sendao
simply stunning!! outstanding work!!!
Ellen
What a beautiful surrounding, Beautiful image!
carlosramos
Wow, Sharon this is fantastic !
Barbara Burkhardt
You are in unison with your environment Sharon ~ B-)
Sean Jansen
Simply stunning Sharon….such a beautiful capture : )
John Beamish
Awe inspiring.
EarthGipsy
A wonderfully dramatic image.
Tatum Wulff
Wow, this is so breathtaking Sharon!! Makes me want to visit beautiful Hawaii again!!
artisandelimage
such a beautiful scenery…
my best, francis.
rodeorose
Superb. A masterpiece!
dhphotography
Awesome shot.
Shanina Conway
You found paradise;)
Magical capture Sharon:D
Eugenio
:)) Lovely work, Sharon !! Beautiful composition !!
Brian Dodd
Beautiful Shot!!!
Trudi's Images
Wonderful capture and great lighting Sharon lovely work
LynnEde
Gorgeous. so much in this.
Stuart Chapman
The lighting on this is just beautiful Sharon – really like how the light lights up the palm tree and clouds. Very nice indeed
janice( jinne...
Ohhh-Beautiful Sharon…lovely capture!
-jinneyxx
kkphoto1
So beautiful!!!
Jeff Burns
Gorgeous
Bill vander Sluys
beautiful light & colors, great compo…
inglesina
Stunning! :)
Hans Goepel
Beautiful . Wonderful work Sharon.
My Fave!
Lanis Rossi
Beautiful…makes me want to be there! Well done Sharon!
Alessandro Pinto
wonderful image…
Kathy Nairn
Aloha whoa! :)
tori yule
stunning view
Mukesh Srivastava
Wonderful golden light falling on the palm tree and great composition,Sharon!!!!!!
J.K. York 25 days ago
this looks like it should be used by travel logs to advertise this beautiful place. wonderful view. Cheers!
Vida 25 days ago
Outstanding image !
Kartoon 25 days ago
Solomon Walker 25 days ago
so wonderful!!
Portrait Paradise 1 day ago
This is just beautiful
Kymie 1 day ago
Fabulous as ever Sharon, you always allow the viewer to leave where they are and enter your photograph – truly beautiful :-)
anisja 1 day ago
Beautiful !!!
DonDavisUK 1 day ago
WOWeeeeeeee Sharon, this is just so stunning. A great capture with excellent light. Don.
Sinisa Saratlic 1 day ago
Wonderful image !
Hans Bax 1 day ago
Wonderful series, Sharon! Wow!
Heather Rivet... 1 day ago
well done
Teresa Zieba 1 day ago
stunning shot my sweet friend as always. Congratulations on you well deserved features. I would love to spend some time in exactly this spot (sigh…).
Carolina Matthes about 18 hours ago
Love that, will be there..
Backflash to Kailua, Big Island…..
lacitrouille about 4 hours ago
What a wonderful scene, with great colours and clarity. The stuff of dreams! :)
Sharon Mau about 3 hours ago