02-03-23

He 700 kālani ʻaila i kulu hewa ma Haleakalā.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 3 o Pepeluali, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.          

Ua kulu ihola he 700 kālani wāwahie a ʻoi aku a emi mai, mai loko mai o ke Kikowaena Kilo Lewa o Maui ma luna o Haleakalā i ka Lāpule nei. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ma muli o kahi pilikia, ʻaʻole i pio ka pāuma ʻaila. E kulu ana ka wāwahie mai ka pō Lāpule a ka hola 8:00 o ke kakahiaka Pōʻakahi, ka wā hoʻi i ʻike ʻia ai ke kulukulu ʻana. No ke aha lā i hana ʻē ʻole ʻia ai ka mea e pale aku ai ke kulu hewa ʻana, i ka wā i kūkulu ʻia ai ua kikowaena lā?

E kau ana ka Lunamakaʻāinana Patsy Mink i hala i ka hano hāweo. Aia ana kona kiʻi ma ka hapahā ma ka makahiki iwakālua iwakālua kūmāhā. He polokalamu hou kahi e hoʻohanohano ʻia ai ka wahine o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO Mink ka wahine mua, ʻaʻole he ʻili puakea, i lilo i luna kau kānāwai ma ka ʻAha ʻŌlelo Lāhui. ʻO ka wahine mua o Hawaiʻi nei i kau ma ka hapahā, ʻo ia ʻo Edith Kanakaʻole.

ʻO ka palaoa i pae aku nei i uka ma Wailua ma Kauaʻi i ka hopena pule nei, ua nui loa nā ʻupena, nā ʻeke ʻea a me ia mea aku ia mea aku ma kona ʻōpū. A ʻo ia paha kekahi kumu ona i make ai. Ma ka ʻōpū o ia palaoa, he ʻeono pai, he ʻehiku ʻano ʻupena, ʻelua ʻano ʻeke ʻea, ke aho lawaiʻa, a me ka mouo. Ma muli o ka nui o nā mea ʻē, ʻākeʻakeʻa ʻia ihola kahi e holo ai ka mea ʻai. ʻO kekahi mea i hōʻoia ʻia ai ka ʻākeʻakeʻa ʻana, ʻo ia ka loaʻa o ka iʻa a me ka heʻe i hoʻonapele ʻole ʻia.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Kū i ke Kīpuʻupuʻu.

ʻO ia hoʻi, ua ʻeha ka naʻau.

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