Aerial View Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau Honomaele Hana Maui Hawaii is a photograph by Sharon Mau which was uploaded on September 30th, 2014.
Aerial View Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau Honomaele Hana Maui Hawaii
Pi`ilanihale Pailoa Pa'ale Honomā`ele Hāna Maui Hawaii
The largest heiau currently known to exist, Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau, is a massive,... more
by Sharon Mau
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Aerial View Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau Honomaele Hana Maui Hawaii
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Sharon Mau
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Pi`ilanihale Pailoa Pa'ale Honomā`ele Hāna Maui Hawaii
The largest heiau currently known to exist, Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau, is a massive, three-acre platform with fifty foot retaining walls located in Hāna on Maui. Built for Pi'ilani, it dates back to the 13th century
Located in the storied land of Honomā`ele, Kahanu Garden is the home to Pi`ilanihale, a massive lava-rock structure which is believed to be the largest ancient place of worship (heiau) in Polynesia. This awe-inspiring cultural site is registered as a National Historic Landmark.
"The makau (fish hook) holds the past while grasping the thread of the future. We need to reach forward using na mea kapu, those sacred things, those customs and mo'olelo to set the rudder. To look back at the wake of your coming, pick your star in the future and set the steering paddle.
The fish hook, like the cross of Christianity, has both a mundane and a spiritual form. In Hawaii it is the central philosophical and spiritual symbol. It symbolizes the connection between heaven and earth; it helps us reach to the heavens.
Cast a hook and catch a star in heaven; hold it fast so that we may partake of the collective ancestral spirit and wisdom and be spiritually sustained.
In the mundane, the hook fetches up the secrets of the kai hohonu (deep ocean). Cast a hook and partake of the gifts from below so we may be physically sustained on our life's journey....
If you are blinded by the many lights on the byways of Hawaii today, all you have to do is look to the heavens. The stars have shifted constantly, and yet are in the same place upon the appointed hour.
They're solid as the fluid world of Te Moananui (the vast ocean).
Everything is changing and yet everything is the same" - Sam Kaai
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September 30th, 2014