Kiʻi akua hulu manu
He kiʻi akua kahiko ka kiʻi akua hulu manu i hana ʻia e nā kūpuna Hawaiʻi. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā hulu manu maoli o Hawaiʻi, e like me ka ʻōʻō, ka mamo, a me ka ʻiʻiwi, no ka hana ʻana i kēia mau kiʻi kapu. He mea nui kēia mau kiʻi i ka hoʻomana Hawaiʻi a me ke aupuni aliʻi o ka Hawaiʻi kahiko.
Hana ʻana
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ua hana ʻia nā kiʻi akua hulu manu ma luna o kekahi kaʻa lāʻau paʻa i ulana ʻia me ka ʻieʻie a i ʻole ka ʻāhiʻa. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hulu manu ma luna o ke kaʻa me ke kaula olonā i ulana ʻia. Ua koho ʻia nā hulu melemele a ʻulaʻula o ka ʻōʻō a me ka mamo no ko lākou waiwai a nani. He kapu loa ka hana ʻana i kēia mau kiʻi a ua hana ʻia e nā kāhuna kiʻi wale nō.
Ka Hale Hulu Manu
[E ho'opololei | edit source]ʻO ka Hale hulu manu kekahi hale kapu loa i ka Hawaiʻi kahiko. Ma kēia hale i mālama ʻia ai nā manu i hopu ʻia no ko lākou hulu, a ua hana ʻia nā kiʻi akua hulu manu ma laila. Ua mālama ʻia nā kānāwai kapu o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hulu manu ma ka Hale hulu manu. He mau kāhuna kūikawā i lawelawe i nā hana ma kēia wahi kapu, a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hale ma kahi mamao mai ke anaina kanaka aku.
Hoʻohana ʻana
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā kiʻi akua hulu manu ma nā heiau nui a me nā hale aliʻi. He hōʻailona lākou no ke akua Kūkaʻilimoku a me kekahi mau akua ʻē aʻe. I ka wā o ke kaua, ua lawe ʻia kēia mau kiʻi i ke kahua kaua e hōʻike i ka mana o ke aliʻi a me kona pilina me nā akua. Ua mālama ʻia nā kiʻi ma loko o nā hale kapu a ua hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻaha hoʻomana koʻikoʻi.
Nā Kiʻi ma nā Hale Hōʻikeʻike
[E ho'opololei | edit source]I kēia lā, aia nā kiʻi akua hulu manu i koe ma nā hale hōʻikeʻike kaulana o ka honua:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi): Mālama ʻia kekahi mau kiʻi akua hulu manu kūʻokoʻa ma kēia hale hōʻikeʻike, me ka moʻolelo piha o ko lākou hoʻohana ʻana.
- British Museum (Lākana, Pelekania): Aia ma kēia wahi kekahi mau kiʻi i lawe ʻia mai Hawaiʻi mai i ka wā o Kapena Kuke.
- Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, Massachusetts): Mālama ʻia kekahi kiʻi akua hulu manu maikaʻi ma kēia hale hōʻikeʻike.
- National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC): Aia kekahi kiʻi kūʻokoʻa ma kēia wahi.
Waiwai Hoʻoilina
[E ho'opololei | edit source]He waiwai hoʻoilina waiwai nui kēia mau kiʻi no ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi a hōʻike i ka noʻeau kiʻi o nā kūpuna. He mea nui ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau kiʻi no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. Ke hoʻomau nei nā hale hōʻikeʻike i ka mālama pono ʻana i kēia mau waiwai kahiko ma o nā ʻano kaʻina hana mālama mea kahiko kiʻekiʻe.
Nā hopena i kēia wā
[E ho'opololei | edit source]Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kiʻi akua hulu manu ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona no ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. Ua lilo lākou i kumuhana no ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana i ka moʻolelo Hawaiʻi kahiko. Eia kekahi, ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ko lākou ʻano kiʻi i nā hana noʻeau Hawaiʻi o kēia au.