OLA NA IWI
UH-Hilo student Hulilau Wilson tries his hand at pounding kalo, or taro, which the students picked, into poi for dinner at Kahakuloa, Lahaina, Maui.
I ka la mua ma Ke'anae, Hana, Maui, ue ka lani me ka helele'i o na waimaka nui a ua anuanu no ho'i. Mao a'ela ka ua, 'a'ohe 'u, ho'i hou mai no 'o ia, he ua kolohe. He la hana ia no makou, 'o ia ho'i ka la a makou e 'au ana i na lo'i kalo ma Ke'anae, a 'au pu i ka ua nui. A mud fight brings a scolding
By Keiko Kiele Akana-Gooch
kakana-gooch@starbulletin.comPau ka lole i ka pulu, aka, mau no ka waele i ka nahelehele. Uluahewa 'ia ka lo'i i ka nahelehele. Ma hope, lanakila ka la ma luna o ka ua. Hele a'ela a welawela. Noke akula no na'e makou i ka hana.
No ka le'ale'a paha, nou a'ela kekahi haumana i ka lepo o ka lo'i a i kekahi haumana. Hele kela haumana a oki i ka lepo. No ka haumana kolohe, huli koke kona mau maka i lalo, kohu mea la, 'o ka 'au wale no kana.
'A'ole maopopo i na haumana ke kanaka nana i nou lepo. Ho'omau 'ia ihola ka hana. Nou hou ia haumana kolohe i ka lepo i kekahi haumana, aka, 'ike 'ia kana hana kolohe e kekahi haumana aku. Lilo ka hapanui o na haumana a pau o ia lo'i ho'okahi i ke nou lepo. He le'ale'a maoli no ia pa'ani.
'A'ole 'ike 'ia ka makou hana kolohe e na kumu a me na haumana e hana ana i ka lo'i kalo 'e a'e. Eia na'e, hele maila kekahi kumu i ko makou lo'i a 'ike maka i ka makou pa'ani. Nuku 'ia makou.
Wahi a ua kumu nei, 'a'ole kupono ka makou pa'ani 'ana i ka lo'i kalo no ka mea, no ka lo'i mai ka makou 'ai, a he mea nui ka mea 'ai. 'Oiai he mea Hawai'i ka hana le'ale'a, e hana 'ia ka pa'ani kupono ma ka manawa kupono. Ina 'o ka nou lepo kau hana, 'a'ole paha 'oe e 'au ana i ka lo'i.
He ha'awina maika'i keia. Mai no a no'ono'o he mea 'ole ka lepo. Ma laila mai ka 'ai a ke kanaka. Huli ka lima i lalo, ma'ana ka opu.
Mahalo e na kumu no ko 'oukou alaka'i maika'i 'ana ia makou, na haumana, i ke ala kupono.
The following is a brief summary of the above Hawaiian story; it is not a direct translation:
This story recounts our first day working in the taro patches of Keanae in Hana, Maui.
The morning started off with cold, heavy, off-and-on showers, but the students and teachers dived into the mud to clear the fields of weeds.
The rain stopped, but the work continued in the hot, blistering sun.
Perhaps to pass time, a student decided to throw mud at another student. The other student was hit, but no one saw who threw the mud.
The rascal student threw mud at another student. Soon, almost everyone in that taro patch joined in, slinging mud at one another.
Finally, a teacher, who was working in a different taro patch, passed by and saw the students at play.
The teacher scolded us, explaining that while Hawaiians enjoy having fun, they do so in the appropriate manner in the appropriate setting.
Taro patches, where food is produced, is not the right venue for mud fights. (But it sure was fun while it lasted!)
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