02-24-25

Hoʻokuʻu ʻia aku nei nā makika kāne he nui ma Kauaʻi.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 24 o Pepeluali, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Ma Kauaʻi, hoʻomaka aku nei ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana aku o nā makika kāne he nui lehulehu i mea e emi ai ka malaria manu. He maʻi ka malaria manu e hoʻopau nei i ka manu mūkīkī ʻōiwi. ʻO nā makika kāne i hoʻokuʻu ʻia aku nei, ʻokoʻa lākou, ʻokoʻa ka makika wahine, a no laila, ke moe lākou me ka makika wahine, ʻaʻole nō e hoʻohua ʻia ka hua. E hoʻokuʻu ʻia ana he 500,000 o ia mau makika kāne ma Kauaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule. ʻO kekahi hana e hana ʻia ana i nā makahiki i hala i mea e pau ai ka makika, ʻo ke kau o ka lāʻau make naio ma Alakaʻi. Ke hui pū me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia o nā makika kāne, e emi loa auaneʻi ka makika wahine, ka mea nāna e hoʻolaha i ka malaria manu. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka ʻakikiki, he 20 wale nō i koe a emi mai paha. A ʻo ka ʻakekeʻe, he 50 wale nō koe a emi mai. A ʻo kekahi manu e pilikia auaneʻi, ʻo ia ka ʻanianiau. Ma nā makahiki ʻelima i kaʻa hope aku nei, ua emi ihola he 65%, he 3,000 paha i koe i kēia manawa.

ʻElua mau kānaka hou i hopu ʻia iho nei i ka Lāpule nei e pili ana i ka ulia pauka pahū o kā Lā Makahiki Hou ma Āliamanu. ʻO nā inoa o nā mea i hopu ʻia, ʻo Biet Thi Ho, he wahine nona nā makahiki he 60, a ʻo The Dao, he kāne nona nā makahiki he 59. ʻO lāua nā mea nona ka hale, kahi i pahū ai nā ahikao. ʻElua mau kānaka i make i ia pō, a ʻehā mau kānaka i make ma hope mai. Hopu ʻia iho nei ʻo Ho lāua ʻo Dao ma lalo o ka hoʻohuoi i ka hoʻokomo i nā ahikao me ka laikini ʻole a me kekahi mau hewa hou aku.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Eia iho kō hoa like ʻo Malelewaʻa.

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