Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 11, 1 November 2011 — Kalaupapa in pictures [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kalaupapa in pictures

By Valerie Monson Aphoto exhibit sponsored by Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa will open Friday, Dec. 2, at the East Hawai'i Cultural Center in Hilo with a blessing and weleome from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The free puhlie exhibit will run through Dec. 28 at the center, located at 141 Kalākaua St. The exhibit, Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa: E Ho'ohanohano a E Ho'omau, will feature 100 historical and contemporary photos of the residents of Kalaupapa and their family members along with scenes from Kalaupapa. The eontemporary photos were taken by acclaimed Hawai'i photographer Wayne Levin, who began his work at Kalaupapa in 1984. The historieal photographs were culled from various sources. Exhibit hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m. The exhibit will move to O'ahu in

March. The exhibit is made possible by grants from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawai'i Tourism Authority, the Atherton Family Foundation and IDEA, the International Association for Integration, Dignity and Eeonomie Advancement. A panel discussion featuring descendants of those sent to Kalaupapa with ties to the Big Island will be held Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m., also at the East Hawai'i Cultural Center. The puhlie is weleome. For more information, eall (808) 961-5711. Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring and remembering the estimated 8,000 individuals who were sent to Kalaupapa because of government polices regarding leprosy (now known as Hansen's disease). For more information, visit kalaupapaohana.org or eall Coordinator Valerie Monson at (808) 573-2746. ■

Aulani Shui and Dayton Kupele offer ho'okupu at a field in Kalawao that contains nearly 2,000 unmarked burials. Both Shui and Kupele are actively involved in Ka 'Ohana 0 Kalaupapa to ensure their kūpuna who were sent to Kalaupapa are always remembered. - Courtesyphoto by I /Vayne Levin