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Ahupua‘a, Fishponds and Lo‘i
The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food.
Our Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) ancestors...
The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food.
Our Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) ancestors achieved a rare balance between meeting their needs and enhancing the productivity of the land and sea. Their social system ensured sur...
The Hawaiian system of land use allowed access to all resources in the ahupua‘a, a land division that stretched from mountain to sea. Within the ahupua‘a, highly specialized technologies such as fishponds and lo‘i kalo (taro gardens) ensured an abundance of food.
Our Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) ancestors achieved a rare balance between meeting their needs and enhancing the productivity of the land and sea. Their social system ensured survival from generation to generation.
In this series of three half-hour segments, ethnohistorian Marion Kelly, whose research into Hawaiian culture was her life's work, takes us on a tour of six islands to see what our modern world can learn from those who continue to practice traditional ways.
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The Hawaiian Art of Healing
From the age of five, Henry Auwae learned the art of lā‘au lapaʻau (herbal medicine) from his grandmother, a woman whose knowledge extended back to nineteenth century Hawai‘i. In this two-disk documentary series, "Papa" Auwae shares this traditional knowledge.
At a workshop in Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi island, he dem...
From the age of five, Henry Auwae learned the art of lā‘au lapaʻau (herbal medicine) from his grandmother, a woman whose knowledge extended back to nineteenth century Hawai‘i. In this two-disk documentary series, "Papa" Auwae shares this traditional knowledge.
At a workshop in Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi island, he demonstrates the preparation of healing herbs and mineral rock (‘alaea).
In a visit to the Wao Kele o Puna rainforest, he identifies rare...From the age of five, Henry Auwae learned the art of lā‘au lapaʻau (herbal medicine) from his grandmother, a woman whose knowledge extended back to nineteenth century Hawai‘i. In this two-disk documentary series, "Papa" Auwae shares this traditional knowledge.
At a workshop in Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi island, he demonstrates the preparation of healing herbs and mineral rock (‘alaea).
In a visit to the Wao Kele o Puna rainforest, he identifies rare medicinal plants and speaks to the importance of preserving them in their natural habitat. Show more Show less