Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 1, 1 November 1979 — Hoike Ano KA LEI Na Marie A. McDonald [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hoike Ano

KA LEI

Na Marie A. McDonald

Hoopai a kaha kii ia e Roen McDonald. Hoopuka,ia e Topgallant Publishin-g Co., Ltd. t 845 Mission - Lane, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, 1978 187 na aoao, $35.00 no kekahi kope. ' E hoomanaaiho nei wau no kuu wa-lii i ka a 4 o hiipoi ia e Mane McDonald, kekahi o ka'u kumu a'o hana lima noeau ma ka papahana kauwela o ka City and'County Parks and Recreation Depart'ment. Ma ko'u ikena ma kela wa opio, he wahine ia me kā leo nahenahe a hoohanohanō no hoi. Aka 110 nae, o na keiki malalo o kana hanai ia ana, ano maka'u no nae makou ia ia"o huhu no oia i ka makou mea hewa. Alapuwaleno hoi i kuu haupu mai ana 'no ka mea, i keia manawa e halia wale no 1 ka olelo hoomaikai a hoopaipai ana i walaau mai ai no na hana lima kapakahi a kapulu a makou i hana ia'i. Alaila, o keia olelo oia no ka mea oi aku mamua o na'mea apāu i lluu wa lii a nui. A e mahalo aku ia oe, e Mrs. McDonald no kela wa hauoli. A, olelo aku aū, o oe ka mea wale ho e hoomau ana no ka hana lei iio ka manāwa loihi, a e hoonani ia kau hana maikāi. A eia no hoi ke kaupoo ana o kau hāna ana i kā hoopuka o kau puke hou i kapa iā o' KA LEI. ; r Ua mahele ia keia puke iloko o elua mokuna, oia no hoi, ka mokuna kahi: "Leis of the Polynesian Period M (ka wa mamua) ame "Leis of the Contemporary Period" (o keia ao). A maloko o ua mokuna nei e hoike i na lei huā, pupu ame riā lei pua ameiau. I ka hoomaka o ua mau mokun nei, he moolelo p kaimanawa, ka inoā o na laau ā i ōte ka pua a mahope iho. e hoike i ke ano o ka hana lei. Alaila, iloko o ka puke, he malele e kapa ia u The Lei Making Methods" ame "The Myths and . Legends of Leis." Ua hookomo iā iloko o keia puke.he mau kaha kii maika{ e kaha ia e Roen, ke kaikamahine a Marie. 4 Eiā he mea kiip&inaha, ua kapa ia 4 ka mea e hanā lei, he haku. A o ka~ poe e hai i ka moolēlo ame ua kapa ia no hoi he haku no hoi. Nolaila, he haku o Marie Mcbonald i ka makau-

kau a loea ana i ka hanā lei a moolelo. Penei no: "I- asked Harry about sorrie very small leafed maile. I remembered that, many years ago, mother wrapped a fragrant, yellow freesia. lei " with a single strand of maiie wi.th tiny leaves. Harry smiled"and rodding.his head he said, 'I show you. That maiie lau li'ili'i grows down at a lower e!evation and it's drier there. In April and . May, after the heavy rains that maile ean be stripped easy, but now it's too dry and the maile' is too brittle. I show you anyway.' "Still many years later I made a mental comparison of this maiie, the maile I.had gathered ; at Kaupō Gap in the crater of Haleakala on Mau'i, the maiie, I had often gathe,red in the Wai'anae range on O'ahu . . . Whieh of these did I prefer? I nevercoulddecide. Eaeh wasbeautiful. but the adventures, and the people, that were associated with my maile experierices were far more beautiful." " Ano halike keia puke me na puke hookuke maikai i ke ano kakau a hoike ana. Aka, e aho no ia. no ka mea o ke kumu manao mamua o ke Jcakau puke., oia no ka hooili ana aku 6 kekahi hanauna i kekahi hanau hou e hoomau āi i kela hana ana. Ua olelo mai oia o ka puke: ' * ;■'; ■ " . . because of the !ei. I've begun to discover what was my mother's and her forebears'-, what is mine and what will be my children's heritage, M "My recollections 'of how the lei has influencēd my life are /not untque stories. Anyone who has been born or has grown up or has eome to live in Hawai'i is influenced by the lei in mueh the same rrianner as I ean prōbābfy tell countless mofe stories. And this is the real significance of the lei. It has universal appeal. It will survive any and ali cultural change, for (heje will always be people who will enjoy and need its beauty to express regard for others and self." Eia no ke aloha o ka puuwai. A ua kakau iho kana kaikamahine iloko o ka'u kope me keia mau hua.olelo, penei: "Enjoy and Absorb! M ua like me ka huaolelo Hawaii oia no hdi "nanea." Alaila, 4, He hana nanea ke kui lei" a oia Jca pololei! MNC