Royal Hawaiian Feather Cape and helmet
HO’OKĀHI NO HULU LIKE O IA PO’E
roughly translated means:
“These people are all of the same feather”
Another Hawaiian Saying
25 03 2012Comments : Leave a Comment »
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Plants of Hawaii: Ki
10 03 2012
Hawaiian
Ki Plant
Cordyline fruticosa in Hawaiian Ki may be best known to mainlanders as Ti.
Ti, or Ki, is a member of the agave family its scientific name is Cordyline terminalis. The plant originated in either southeast Asia or Australia. It has a woody base and stalks, and grows from 3 to 12 feet high. The leaves are blade shaped and grow 1 to 2 feet long, in a spiral cluster at the top of each branch. The leaf has a strong central vein.
There are several varieties of Ti. The most common is green, but red Ti is found often in Hawaii. Many other colors are found through Polynesia and Micronesia, including yellow, green, black and purple. Ti produces small red or yellow flowers that become red berries. However, it is rarely grown from seeds, but instead propagated from stalks cut from plants. These cuttings can be put directly in the soil, or rooted first in water.
Ti berries
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Categories : Natural History of HI
Extinct Hawaiian Birds: Laysan Rail
5 03 2012
The Laysan Rail or Laysan Crake (Porzana palmeri)
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Categories : birds, Natural History of HI
Quotations in Hawaiian: King Liholiho’s words
25 02 2012
NA WAI HO’I KA ‘OLE O KE AKAMAI,
HE ALANUI MA’A I KA HELE ‘IA E O’U MAU MĀKUA?
This is what King Liloliho said when someone applauded his wisdom.
It means roughly “Why shouldn’t I know, when it is a road often traveled by my parents?”
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Categories : Hawaiian Language and sayings, Hawaiian Royalty, Historic Figures
Aloha Shirts: Send a Postcard Today!
18 02 2012
Hawaiian Shirt: the 2012 postcard stamps
The US Postal Service has put out some terrific Hawaiian stamps in the past few years and none will bring a smile like this new strip of thirty two cent stamps for postcards.
In this age of emails and texting take a moment to send a sunny postcard to a friend and adorn it with one of these so called Aloha shirts. You will be sending love and aloha to someone’s mailbox where a hand written message is now as rare as a four-leaf clover.
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Hawaiian Kindness
8 01 2012
E`ōpū ali`i
This is a little reminder that means it is important to remember to “Have the heart of a chief.” Be kind, generous, and even tempered like a chief.
Perhaps this is the ancient way of saying: Live Aloha.
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Man & the Land : Who Serves Who
8 12 2011
He ali`ka `āina; he kauwā ke kanaka
The land is a chief; man is its servant.
This means that the land has little use for man, but man needs the land for sustenance and livelihood. This is an important reminder for modern man to remember just who is in charge–Nature.
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