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The Hawaiian words lāʻau and lapaʻau mean plants or vegetation and treat, heal, or cure respectively in 'Olelo Hawai'i. [1] Lā'au lapa'au follows a belief system that physical illness is a result of a loss of mana (energy) or pono (righteousness) within oneself. [ 2 ]
The easiest recorded Hawaiian name of the stones was "Ka Pohaku Kahuna Kapaemahu," or the Healer Stones of Kapaemahu, correctly interpreting "Kahuna" as an expert in any field, in this case healing; however, the translation given at that time was the "Wizard Stones," which seems disrespectful by current standards.
Although the word hoʻoponopono was not used, early Hawaiian historians documented a belief that illness was caused by breaking kapu, or spiritual laws, and that the illness could not be cured until the sufferer atoned for this transgression, often with the assistance of a praying priest (kahuna pule) or healing priest (kahuna lapaʻau).
A surviving monument to this history are the Healer Stones of Kapaemāhū on Waikiki Beach, which commemorate four important māhū who first brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi. [9] [10] These are referred to by Hawaiian historian Mary Kawena Pukui as pae māhū, or literally a row of māhū. [11]
The wildfire that killed scores of people in Lahaina leveled historical landmarks that made the town a center of Hawaiian culture. Mourning the catastrophic loss of Hawaiian culture and history in ...
Due to the Hawaiian orthography's difference from English orthography, the pronunciation of the words differ. For example, the muʻumuʻu, traditionally a Hawaiian dress, is pronounced / ˈ m uː m uː / MOO-moo by many mainland (colloquial term for the Continental U.S.) residents. However, many Hawaii residents have learned that the ʻokina in ...
The loss of a female is a particularly hard blow to conservation efforts because she could have grown up to give birth to pups of her own. Hawaii residents fined $20K after Hawaiian monk seal pup ...
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