Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 5, 1 May 2016 — LEARN ABOUT HAWAIIAN RAIN NAMES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LEARN ABOUT HAWAIIAN RAIN NAMES

"Hānau ka Ua" authors Collette Leimomi Akana and Kiele Gonzalez will share mana'o about Hawaiian wind and rain names, using hula, mo'olelo and mele to demonstrate the different ways the kūpuna identified the natural elements. The event takes plaee May 7 from 1 0 a.m. to noon at Nā Lama Kukui, 560 N. Nimitz Highway, second floor. Photo: īreena Shapiro