Spotted Pufferfish
Identifying the Fish of Hawaii: Spotted Pufferfish
27 11 2009Comments : Leave a Comment »
Categories : Natural History of HI, fish
Learning Hawaiian Words: Laulau
15 11 2009Early laulau contained pork and local fish rubbed with salt, wrapped in young taro leaves called lu`au. When the whaling industry brought salted butterfish and it became the “traditional” fish to use in laulau. The meat, fish and lu`au bundles were carefully wrapped in ti leaves then baked in an imu.
Hungry yet, feeling adventurous? Here are some laulau recipes.

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Categories : fish, hawaii
`Uli `Uli
7 11 2009
The `uli uli are gourd rattles used as hula implements. They can be used singly or in pairs, by all genders, from the most playful `auana to the fiercest kahiko dances.
Small gourds often from the la`amea tree are hollowed out and filled with ali`i poe seeds and topped off with colorful traditional feather-work.

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Categories : Hula, art