Ku'i...

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There was another ku'i kalo event at the Capitol today. Here 'ohana clean cooked kalo corms (kalo pa'a) in preparation for smashing them with poi pounders on poi boards to make pa'i'ai. Add some water and you have poi. The staple of the Hawaiian people. I pretended that I was a bird soaring over the beloved people...

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Unknown said…
i love the kukui leaf, top left. a sign of life amongst all that overbearing concrete.
February 11, 2010 at 11:19 PM
Ka`iana said…
Good catch! I hadn't really noticed...Kamapua'a in the Rotunda... : )
February 11, 2010 at 11:21 PM
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