2022 Maunaloa Eruption | Dr. Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele

With the recent eruptions on Moku o Keawe, we asked Dr. Pualani Kanaka‘ole Kanahele to share some mana‘o with the lāhui about how we might connect to and reflect upon the activities on Maunaloa and Kīlauea. Her lifetime of contemplating and becoming one with these elements and energies created a flow of messages that blew us away. Her words continue to reverberate in our thoughts and settle deeply in our naʻau.

E ka lāhui Hawaiʻi, nā mamo o Hawaiʻi, nā poʻe aloha ʻāina, we invite you to listen in and hear what she has to share.

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0:00 Who is Dr. Pua Kanahele Kanakaʻole?

1:10 What's happening on Maunaloa?

2:45 What are we talking about when we talk about akua?

3:58 Who is Kāne-ka-ʻohoni-o-ka-lā & Kāne-kumuhonua?

5:30 What is taxonomy and how did our kūpuna use it?

7:32 Who is Pelehonuamea?

8:02 What are some differences between female and male akua?

9:00 How do we honor our environment through oli?

10:38 What is a Hulihia chant?

11:28 How should we frame our thinking around eruptions?

12:40 What is a Kūlia chant?

12:58 How should we orient ourselves as people who live on islands?

13:54 Who is Pele & Haumea?

14:25 Who is Kamohoaliʻi and where can he be found in nature?

16:00 Who is Hiʻiaka and where can she be found in nature?

16:55 Why did our kūpuna try to understand their environment?

18:25 What is the significance of Pahu Manamana o ʻUmi?

19:24 How does Pahu Manamana o ʻUmi work?

20:15 How are volcanoes connected to Pahu Manamana o ʻUmi?

23:10 Where was Pahu Manamana o ʻUmi built and why?

26:00 How can we honor eruptions as kānaka?