驶IE HOLO 膾

November 14, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Mānoa Campus, 好色先生网站ian and Pacific Collections Reading Room, 5th Floor, Hamilton Library, 2550 McCarthy Mall

Kumu Hula Pi驶ilaniwahine Smith shares a part of her intimate journey to k奴kulu kuahu hula (establishing her hula altar) where she dedicated one year of her life to weaving with 驶ie驶ie (Freycinetia arborea). She relied on the wisdom of Indigenous methods of traditional knowledge such as dreams, chants, ceremony, and he alo a he alo (face to face engagement) to guide her weaving. 驶Ie holo 膿, is a visual and functional material culture account of Pi驶ilaniwahine鈥檚 lifelong conversation with her ancestral guides, producing traditional h墨na驶i (baskets and traps) featured in this exhibit. The culmination of her focus called forth the manifestation of perhaps the only known ki驶i akua hulu manu (woven feathered deity) in modern times to be created for traditional and sacred purposes. The name of this exhibit comes from a saying of Hi驶iakaikapoliopele (the youngest sister of Pele), meaning to elevate and expand like that of the 驶ie驶ie, to reply and proceed. 驶Ie holo 膿 reclaims Indigenous space of its people to a sacred place and practice, and honors the wahine akua (female deities), Hi驶iakam膩lamalamapi驶opi驶ookal膩pukakakahiaka and Laka (deity of hula), to which Pi驶ilaniwahine is a devotee.


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Free and open to the public during Collection hours

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好色先生网站ian and Pacific Collections, Hamilton Library, Mānoa Campus

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Stu Dawrs, (808) 956-9779, dawrs@hawaii.edu

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