Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 5, 1 May 2015 — OHAIN THE COMMUNITY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHAIN THE COMMUNITY

OHA RECEIVES THE GIFT 0F A QUILT Patricia Lei Murray, right, a practitioner of many Hawaiian art forms, including quilting, recently presented a quilt to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees. The quilt is a tribute to Oueen Lili'uokalani, Hawai'i's last reigning monarch. Emblazoned with Hawaiian flags, the quilt bears the patriotic phrases "Ku'u Hae Aloha Mau," my beloved flag endures, and "Ua Mau Ke Ea 0 Ka 'Āina I Ka Pono," the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness, famous words uttered in 1 843 by King Kamehameha III upon restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom after a five-month-long takeover by a British lord. Murray, an author and award-winning quilter, gave the quilt to OHA in hopes that it could be displayed for other Hawaiians to see. It has not yet been determined where the quilt will be displayed. Helping to unfurl the quilt at the April presentation at Nā Lama Kukui is Trustee Rowena Akana, far left, Trustee Hulu Lindsey foreground, and OHA staffers Matthew Kodama, left, and Jonathan Ching. - Photo: Helson Gaspar

MARKING THE END OF THE MAKAHIKI SEASON

I A man performs a traditional I blessing during Makahiki closI ing ceremonies at Hālawa CorI rectional Facility as inmates I look on. About 30 pa'ahao, or I prisoners, participate in MakaI hiki ceremonies held twice a I year at the facility to mark the I beginning and end of the tra3 ditional Hawaiian season of I peaee, games, harvest and I relaxation. The ceremonies I instill a sense of peaee, healing I and forgiveness for all involved. t Participation by pa'ahao is a result of years of litigation J by the Native Hawaiian Legal I Corp. on the exercise of Native Hawaiian religion in correctional " facilities. OHA has been work- . ing with the state Department | of Public Safety, Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center and I Native Hawaiian Church to eonI duct ceremonies in the mediI um-security facility with inmates I desiring to practice their eulture. The April observance was I attended by Hawai'i Supreme I Court Associate Justice Miehael I Wilson,- Photo: Kai Markell

HONORING A PRINCE The 0ffice of Hawaiian Affairs participated in the Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole Commemorative Parade in WaikTkT on March 28. The parade honored Prince Kūhiō, known as The Citizen Prince, for his accomplishments as founder of the Hawaiian Civic Club movement and proponent of the Hawaiian Homestead Act of 1 920. The parade was part of the monthlong Prince Kūhiō Festival on O'ahu, sponsored by the Hawai'i Tourism Authority, OHA and Kamehameha Schools. 0ther events included a choral concert, ho'olaule'a in Kapolei and lei draping of the prince's statue fronting Kūhiō Beach in WaikTkT. - Photos: Pmneine Murray

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