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The Spirit of Kohala Lives on at the Christmas Lu'au                       Ke Ola Magazine Nov. / Dec. 2016

11/29/2016

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The story of the Hawi Christmas lu‛au is the tale of a plantation community finding and holding its heart. Although sponsored by the Mormon Church, the entire community participated, beginning weeks in advance. You offered what you had whether it was something from the garden, a special skill or the labor of your hands. “The branch president would decide when the lu‛au was going to be and then have a meetings to work on it. Theyʻd go out and ask people and they’d say, ʻNo worry. We take care.ʻ  Everybody knew about it. It was the talk of the town,” says Aunty Audrey Veloria, retired Kohala Elementary teacher. ​
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Aunty Audrey at the Kohala Village Hub Christmas Lu'au.
PictureNiuli'i Church. Original lu'au site
Beginning Traditions
    The first Hawi Christmas Lu‛au was held at the original church site in Niuli‛i, just past Keokea Road on the left, which featured a gym as well as a chapel. “The church always had a lot of activities dances, sports and all that. I came back here and became the branch President in the 60ʻs and they already had the lu‛au going,” says George Hook.
    The Christmas Lu‛au was a time of inclusion and connection. Although plantation life at Niuli‛i was organized around various ethnic camps, the preparations and the events leading up to it brought people out with offerings of aloha. “My dad was telling me before when they had all those different ethnic camps, they would go from camp to camp and it was just a celebration of different traditions. He used to go with Elmer Lim and they would serenade all the different camps. My dad would dress up in one pāpale hat and he would take one of my gram’s mu‛umu‛u and he would sing and dance,” says Gwen (Tita) Sanchez, daughter of Armstrong Yamamoto.
    When plantation life changed, so did the location of the church and the lu‛au. “It had to do with the transition of plantation camps. They used to have camps all over Kohala and then they were moving it out to subdivisions by the main road - Kinerseley, Hala‛ula. Everybody was moving away from Niuli‛i,” says George.
    The community needed a new center and Bill Sproat decided to do something about it. “Bill went to the manager of Kohala Sugar Company, at that time it was Mr. Sterns, to propose a deal that would give the Mormon church the gym (now True Value Hardware) and the property around it,” says George. “Because of the faithfulness and the quality of the LDS workers at that time the management decided to give the church the gym and all the surrounding property for a really good price,” he adds. That was in 1961 and by 1963 a new chapel had been built and dedicated
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PictureAunty Agnes Aniu
​Connecting with Food and Feeding the Soul
       There was more happening than just food preparation. The lu‛au food came from the land and the knowledge and traditions of the kūpuna. “It's a good time to pass on tradition. The Hawaiian way of teaching is to do. They learn to bond with older people by being there,” says Uncle Earl Veloria, retired Kohala teacher and basketball coach.
       Armstrong Yamamoto and his wife Gwendolyn took care of some of the essentials such as laulau and the imu.  “I remember when it was in Niuli‛i in the chapel and my dad, Armstrong Yamamoto, telling us that he learned to make the laulau from his grandfather, Solomon Kapeliela. Before they didnʻt have string or put it in foil so you learn the old way. He would show us how to tie it in. One day, he was given the assignment to do it. His grandfather and his brother came and tried it and said, ‘Okay. It was good’. It had to pass them before it could go out,” says Gwen 
      Agnes Aniu was the maven of Kulolo. “This is something that was so remarkable about this lady. We would make so much of it that they would be in #3 galvanized tubs. She would go from one tub to the other and take a sample and say, ʻOh, this one needs one cup of sugar.ʻ Then sheʻd go to the next one, ʻOh, this one needs one cup of honey.ʻ  How she came to that, I donʻt know, but when it was cooked, it was all delicious. She had a touch. Her own way of identifying and tasting,” says George.
       For lu‛au, according to Earl Veloria, “You need pork and you need poi.” The pork was often supplied by the Sproats who monitored the beach trail where the pigs tended to run.

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Hawi site for Christmas Lu'au, after it moved from Niuli'i
     “We had a source of poi from up in the mountains,” says Earl. This was Rose Loke and Soichi Maeda’s lo‛i. in Pakulea Gulch. “Itʻs a brand of poi thatʻs not served anywhere else. Only Kohala. The taro is called pololū. It goes back many generations. The common name among the Kohala people is bakatade. In Japanese it means hard headed and it’s hard to work with. It feels like wood when you grab a hold of it,” says Earl.
​    The poi was cooked in large drums and ground up several days before the lu‛au. “The bakatade brand stays fresh tasting for days before. Most Hawaiians like it a little bit sour. Itʻs an acquired taste,” says Earl.

    When the taro was harvested the lu‛au leaf tops could then be used for laulau. “Sometimes we had chicken laulau. They cut up whole chickens so you couldnʻt just put it in your mouth without the other hand pulling out bones. No Tyson store bought chickens,” says Earl.
    Along with being the “captain” of the imu, Armstrong harvested the opai. “My father would go up in the mountain in the stream and they would catch the opai in nets. He had the eye to see it and we couldnʻt even see it,” says Gwen. “Mom cooked the crab, the opi‛i and the opai with garlic and Hawaiian salt,” she added.
PictureAlmost every family had some entertainment to share.
Cooking up Stories
     “The cooking took place right here. Right in the back of the chapel here. I used to like that because weʻd stay up all night and talk story. All the different things about parents, grandparents and all the different Hawaiian traditions would come out,” says George.
    The lu‛au leaf stems were chopped and cooked up for a late night snack. “They would cook the lu‛au leaf stems and make kind of a stew. They knew that the laulau would be cooking all night so they would come and sit and visit and that little ono food was there for the work men. Then they had hot water for Hawaiian tea and cocoa,” says Audrey.

Final Preparations as Family and Friends Gather
    The spirit of the Hawi Christmas Lu‛au calls absent family and friends home.  “It was the coming home to what we remembered. The excitement of knowing that your friends, your cousins are all working together. I remember carrying the pakini on the stairway going into the gym and laughing,” says Gwen. “It was a gathering of everyone,” she adds.
    All those away from home organized their lives by the lu‛au, not wanting to miss the chance to reconnect, infusing them with aloha for the next year. “The families would schedule to be here at that time. Wherever they were, they would try to figure out how to get home for Christmas. The true gift was the interactions and the stories that made you feel part of something, that you belonged,” says Audrey. 
    Like the food preparation, folks made use of resources at hand for decorations. Someone cut a tree that was decorated with whatever could be found. Maybe tinsel one year and chains and popcorn. The tables were constructed using the gym’s bleachers placed on horses.
    The center of the tables were adorned with ti leaf, ferns, plumeria and ginger. “Ti leaf with fern evolved over the years and we started looking around the community and worked with what we had. Anything we had. Mac nut leaves, pine cones, pine tree branches. One year Jenny Cheesbro crocheted little ornaments,” says Audrey.
    It wouldn’t be a lu‛au without music and so a stage was added to the preparations. “The stage had a platform, steps up the side, curtains and bamboo and banana for backdrop,” says Audrey. “Every family presented a number and when they started everybody got inspired and it just kept going,” she adds. Inspiration came easy with the plethora of musical families from Kohala: The Lim’s, Poli‛ahu’s, Kupuka‛a,  Pule’s, Sproat’s and Manuel Kapeliela.
    And it wouldn’t be Christmas without Santa. “They would sing to invite him to arrive. Sometimes Jingle Bells five times and then they would hear the bell. The Santa suit was worn every year and whoever helped Santa with it, had to do a little make up work. Maybe it was too long and it was starting to fray or maybe it needed a wash. No matter,” said Audrey. “The gifts were simple in a brown bag. Candies from Nakaharaʻs and maybe a tangerine,” she adds. 
    People brought their specialties to share. Jenny Chesebro made red, green, blue haupio. “Mary Ann Lim, would make her Lincoln pudding. It was a recipe her family kept for years and years,” says George. “You could know the ingredients but you wouldnʻt know the special touch that was in it. Family secret,” adds Earl.  “And then all the mea ono, from the people who made them good. You had the Filipino noodles and Japanese sushi, Chinese red pork,” says Audrey. 

Changing with the Times
    Two years ago Lehua Ah Sam, then Programs Director of the Kohala Village Hub, decided to bring back the lu‛au. “I knew that we needed an event to "friend-raise" in the community so I went to talk with our grandfather Henry Ah Sam. He suggested to me that I look into the Christmas Lu‛au, a fond memory of his as a child growing up. Our first Christmas Lu‛au was successful because all the community groups  came together.
    Much like the previous lu‛au, the Christmas Lu‛au at the Hub is a showcase of year-long endeavors and community activities and includes Hawaiian music, hula and an array of crafts. “It’s an event that brings our Kohala community together. The event was a huge success. We plan to continue to work with our community to throw a wonderful holiday event, celebrating those things that make Kohala, Kohala. 
    This year’s lu‛au will be held on Sunday, Dec.18 from 5:30 til pau. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time at the Hub.

The Stories Don’t End Here
    The Hawi Christmas Lu‛au took place for more than 50 years and there are so many stories to tell. In meeting with Aunty Audrey, Uncle Earl, Uncle George Hook and Gwen Yamamoto, I realized that we were just getting the very tip of a root that goes very deep. We hope to continue with a gathering of stories to create an oral history of this very special event.  
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Christmas Lu'au at the Kohala Village Hub
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November 27th, 2016

11/27/2016

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PictureMakali'i
Rains and wind scour Hawaii Island and Makalii rises in the east at sunset. Lono is afoot. The Makahiki season, a time for connection and rejuvenation, has arrived. In its third year, the Ka Makahiki Pule Aina Holo, a circle island prayer run, will take place from Wednesday evening, Nov. 9 through Sun. Nov. 13. On Wed. Oct 20, an orientation for the run was held at Kanu o ka Aina gym.       ​

PictureKu'ulei Keakealani
     Ku‛ulei Keakealani began the session by sharing the story of Makaiole and Kamiki, heroic brothers who travel from Kohanaiki to Lanimaomao (Lakeland), Mahiki (Mud Lane), Waipio and Lake Waiau, performing astonishing physical feats, orienting the group to the historical significance of places that will be traversed during the run. “I want to try and find or make connections to what will occur in a few weeks. Make connections to some place names, perhaps some pu'u, some lakes, hopefully there will be familiarity.”

PictureLanakila Mangauil and Lono staff
    Ka Makahiki Pule Aina Holo emerged from the experiences of Hamakua cultural practitioner, Lanakila Mangauil as a way to create a contemporary connection with life-sustaining ancestral practices. While astonishing physical feats are very much a part of Hawaiian cultural history, often what is needed is the combined efforts of everyone. This was highlighted by Mangauil through a story of draught and famine in Hamakua, where it was only when all the people stopped complaining and joined in ceremony that the rains finally came.
   
“Don't wait for superman, when we see something that needs to be done, we just get up and do it,” says Mangauil, which was something he experienced during a 2004 cultural exchange program with the Pit River and Hopi tribes.
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“The ancestral run was created by the elders of the Pit River Tribe in the 90's as a ceremony to address the situation of their people. A lot of drug, alcohol abuse was happening in their community. They needed something to bring the people together, traditions, stories, blessings,” says Mangauil.   
   
Mangauil continued to run with the tribes for another five years until one year he gave voice to the idea of holding a prayer run in Hawaii. “I literally went to the fire and said, 'I want to do one like this in Hawaii'.”
   
The seed was planted and in a few months the shoots began to appear. “That first year, back in 2014 was our first Makahiki run, it was literally two weeks before. Just putting out the prayer, putting out the thought and let's just see what we come up with. It was raw,” said Mangauil.
   
Mangauil could find no traditions of prayer runs in Hawaii but when he asked himself, “What other tradition do we have about circling the island?” The answer was, “Makahiki. The traditional practice of the circuit of the high chiefs and the kahuna.”
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The Makahiki procession was always done clockwise beginning in Kealakekua. “They always walked clockwise to cleanse the land. Right hand you receive, left hand you give so it passes in and goes out this side. They were hooking any hana ino (negativity) from the land and casting it out that (ocean) side,” says Mangauil.

PictureMakahiki runners through Kona
      As often when a clear intention is sent out, the universe conspires to manifest it. “It came so quickly, I couldn't ignore. For the staff I thought of a kii and low and behold, Uncle Kanani Kaulu Kukui from Kona carved the kii,” says Mangauil. And the kapa for the Lono staff appeared from a serendipitous encounter. “I met Dalani Tanahy, a kapa maker from Maui, at the Merry Monarch and she made the kapa for the Lono staff,” says Mangauil.
    As the runners travel the Island it’s an opportunity for communities to share their best. “We encourage the communities in the evening, to come out and kanikapila and share food, stories, dance. It’s not necessarily mea (things) Hawaii, but people being able to come out and show what they worked on, be thankful for what they’ve been able to produce,” says Mangauil.
    The Makahiki run is in its third year and the first shoots have grown deeper roots and extended branches.  That first year 20 Pit River tribal members came to join the run and this year there will be 50 guests from various tribes, coming to add their prayers to the growing number of Island runners.
    “We would like to have entire communities represented. We would like to have cross country teams from different schools involved,” says Pua Case, who will be providing orientation sessions leading up to the event, including a special chant and hula. “This is about prayer and purpose and culture and that has to be in everybody's mind when they’re running, footsteps on the ground, Lono on the ground running. Prayers high,” says Case.
    Waimea runners will include the Keakealani family, represented by Ku‛ulei and her daughters Kamehana, Nahenani and Ka‛io, who will receive the Lono staff from the Kohala runners at Lanikepu (upper H.P.A. campus); Kanu o ka ‛Āina middle and high school students, coordinated by Kanoa Castro, Pomai Bertelmann and Chelsey Dickson; and Punanaleo and Alo Kehau Hawaiian emersion schools, who will also provide lunch. 
     Ka Makahiki Pule Aina Holo is a budding tradition with old roots. “Every tradition was created by a person at a time and it only became tradition because it was practiced over and over and over again and it worked. As we create traditions that work that are pono, it will become the traditions for our children's, children's children,” says Manguail. It is an opportunity, “To bring the whole Island into a consciousness of gratitude. When we run we are also giving something. We're offering ourselves, a sacrifice of our best,” he adds.

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