Konane...



Elliott and his friends play a game of Konane at Pu'u Honua o Honaunau. The City of Refuge. The game and game stone is also called papamu. Papa being a flat table and mu referring to the mu who chased and procured human victims for sacrifice. The black and white stones alternately chase and eat each other. A game of skill and strategy. A game which is a reminder of a horrific sad past too where you didn't just lose the game. You lost your whole world in an instant...

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