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WWW.THEPARADISEPOST.COM THE PARADISE POST •APRIL 1 THE PARADISE Merrie Monarch Festival VOL. VI APRIL 2014 NO. 68 April 20 - 26 Photography by Alan Houghton Cards and prints available from www.islandartstore.com 2 •APRIL THE PARADISE POST WWW.THEPARADISEPOST.COM Ho`i Hou I ka Mole EVENTS Return to the Source students of Ke Ana La`ahana festive attitude encouraged. David H. Kalama Jr. will also be on display. Recep- Regular gallery hours: Tues- Ronald Kanakanui tion will be held at HMOCA, day through Friday from 9am Moses Kealamakia 141 Kalākaua St., on Satur- – 4pm and Saturday, 9am – Greg West day, April 4th. the exhibition 5pm. For more information Bruce Lum Ho will run through April 30th. call 961-5711 or 982-6692. Nelsen Makua `Ākoakoa {Gathering} and Curators: Natalie Mahi- Kainoa Makua Kāhea {Calling of Ances- na Jensen & Lucia Tarallo Punawai Rice tors} will begin promptly at Lalepa Ah Sam Lehua Ah Nee Waipa 5:30pm. Entertainment and Pam Barton Kala Willis refreshments will be served. Erik Kalani Flores Students from Ke Ana Aloha attire, flower lei and a Frank Tarallo Jensen La`ahana Dr. MARCEL HERNANDEZ Dr. CONNIE HERNANDEZ Compassionate Naturopathic Medicine On the Big Island for 12 Years General Family Medicine including Overall Preventive Medicine and Health Optimization, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Pediatrics, Bio-identical Hormones, Men’s Hormones, Prostate Health, Breast Health, Cancer Counseling, Nutrition and Weight Loss, and more. he year 2014 will fundamental belief in that By Appointment in Honokaa: 808-775-1505 not only mark the they are also structured to 38th anniversary create art not only to educate of the iconic Hale but to embrace and encour- ALVITA SOLEIL OMD., LAc., NCCAOM Doctor of Oriental Medicine TNauā III, Society of Maoli Art, age community participation Facilitating physical, emotional and spiritual health with an integrated and compassionate approach {aka as Society of Hawaiian and support. Arts}, an indigenous collec- All of Hale Nauā’s ex- Women‘s health, Degenerative Disorders, Chronic and Acute Pain tive founded by Living Trea- hibitions are themed based. Stress management, Weight loss, Allergies, Headache, Gastrointestinal and more. sure and Master Artist Rocky Using mixed mediums, or- Ka`iouliokahihikolo`Ehu ganic and synthetic, with this Emphasis on prevention, detoxification and immune enhancement. Jensen and author Lucia exhibition, the group intends Tarallo in 1976, but also cel- to define the Island’s many Aloha Health Clinic in Kamuela (808) 889-0770 ebrates its renewed collabora- Elements – those nature- tion with EHCC/HMOCA, based anthropomorphisms Hawai`i Museum of Contem- that continue to mystify and porary Art, having had its confuse not only the general first exhibition at their gallery public, but the native popu- on Moku Keawe {Hawai`i}, lace as well. fifteen years ago; followed by For instance, if an artist four more. The foundation of chooses to paint Pele, known the contemporary Hawaiian popularly as the “Fire God- Art Movement, Hale Nauā dess,” depicting “her,” story- III has been invited by artist book persona, the artist’s extraordinaire and director artwork or statement must Lourdan Kimbrell to partici- explain metaphorically the pate during the island’s Mer- transition from “her,” nature- rie Monarch festivities, after based reality to “her fireside which they hope to travel the version,” so popular with our exhibition to Honolulu, the present-day culture. island of Māui {Shaeffer In- In way of explanation, ternational Gallery} and then the verb pele means “to swell to San Francisco {Palace of out, to be fleshy, fat, to have Fine Arts}. a large belly.” As an adjec- Since the impetus of Hale tive it means, “Swelled out; Nauā and HMOCA’s phi- enlarged; fleshy, soft, swollen, losophy is similar, “to bring fat,” {p. 298}. art into the community and The exhibition will be cu- the community into the arts,” rated by award winning artist Ho`i Hou I ka Mole: Return Natalie Mahina Jensen and to the Source exhibition in- award winning author Lucia tends to fulfill that very same Tarallo. Selected art from the WWW.THEPARADISEPOST.COM THE PARADISE POST •APRIL 3 EVENTS 04.14 waiian culture through the arts and the artists who cre- ENLIGHTENING • EDUCATING • ENTERTAINING Editor & Publisher David Bennett ate them.” Design & Production Hilo Bay Printing The Merrie Monarch Research Norman Spaulding As well as the diversity Advertising Sales Ron Johnson and uniqueness of the crafts Invitational Hawaiian Arts Fair ROVING REPORTERS and vendors, the Merrie Our Taro Patches Jimmy Toyama Monarch Invitational Hawai- Magical Hawaii Serge King Imagination Dolly Mae A Celebration of Hawaiian Culture and Art ian Arts Fair features cultural Plantation Days John Cross Potpourri Richurd Somers demonstrators who share Oriental Medicine Alvita Soleil BY Nelson Makua their mana‘o about their Ha- Inspiration Norma Menzies What’s Going On Up There? Carol Barbeau waiian craft or skill. Various Hawaiian Host Culture Paul Neves Health Anita Cawley, Marcel Hernandez Hawaiian arts are demon- Connecting Cultures Angie Libadisos strated such as kapa making, Epicurean / Inns & Spas Liz Sanders Spiritual Healing Kellyna Campbell ohe kapala (bamboo stamp- Kama’aina Corinne Quinajon ing on kapa), hula implement All rights reserved, copyrighted 2013 no articles can be reprinted without permission. The making, pahu drum carving Paradise Post is not responsible for the images and statements of advertisers and authors. as well as coconut leaf and Submissions due the 5th of the month. lauhala weaving, lomi mas- sage and information about For annual subscriptions, native Hawaiian plants. send name & A new addition this year address with $30 to: THE PARADISE POST will be hands-on workshops P.O. Box 1816 where you can make your Honokaa, HI 96727 own Ni’ihau shell lei or also 775.0033 learn the art of ohe kapala [email protected] (bamboo stamping). HAWAII’S For the first time in over DIVERSE 15 years, Mama Ane Ka- UNIVERSE nahele, Ni’ihau’s eldest liv- CONNECTS ing resident and Master lei maker will attend the Mer- CULTURES rie Monarch Invitational Native Hawaiian Hawaiian Arts Fair. Mama Caucasian Ane, the mother of Kele Ka- Polynesian nahele, Volcano resident and Indonesian Kumu Ha'amauliola Aiona with her students from Ke Kula 'O Nawahiokalani'opu'u. a regular fair participant, will Micronesian offer the instructional work- very Easter Sunday Melanesian marks the begin- shops on all four days at the Native American ning of a week long fair. Seven Master lei makers celebration of hula. from Ni’ihau will be there as Okinawan EOn Wednesday morning of a part of a delegation to as- Fijian that week and for the next sist Mama Ane with teach- Indian four days, the Afook-Chinen ing. All are members of the Guamian Civic Auditorium and the Kanahele ‘ohana of Ni’ihau. African Butler Building transforms The Kanahele’s are one of Tongan the most revered families in into the Annual Merrie Mon- Samoan arch Invitational Hawaiian the Hawaiian arts respon- Arts Fair. sible for most of the modern Korean Islanders and visitors lei making on Ni’ihau today, Puerto Rican from all over the world, come representing four genera- Thai to enjoy the finest examples tions of lei makers. They will Chinese of contemporary and tradi- demonstrate workshop activi- Japanese tional Hawaiian art and share ties, as well as, show other lei Portuguese making techniques. Hourly in the mana’o of Hawai‘i’s Vietnamese master artisans at the Mer- time slots will be reserved for rie Monarch Hawaiian Arts Ni’ihau Earring workshops Marshallese Fair. “Every year we try to where participants will make Pacific Islander improve on the experience at a set of Pikake style Ni’ihau Latino & Filipino the event” says fair director 'Ohe Kapala tools are carved from bamboo and used for stamping Momi earrings. Ni’ihau ONE ISLAND Nelson Makua, who along kapa and fabric. shell choker workshops will ONE PEOPLE with co-directors, Paula De “We have strived to create an we want it to be as culturally be offered on the hour from CELEBRATING event that is more than just a enriching as the hula festival 9:00am to 1:00pm daily. Morales and Kainoa Makua THE UNITY OF craft fair and this being the itself.” “We want visitors to Cost for the workshops are have organized this annual OUR COMMUNITY event for the past 11 years. official Merrie Monarch fair, feel and experience the Ha- Continued on page 4 4 •APRIL THE PARADISE POST WWW.THEPARADISEPOST.COM Continued from page 3 $50.00 for the earring work- dye into intricate geometric shop and $225.00 for the patterns on the kapa. All de- EVENTS Ni’ihau choker workshop. signs have meanings that are The fee includes all shells, interpretations of the things hardware and instruction. that Hawaiians were accus- Repair quotes, appraisal and tomed to seeing in day to day authentification services will life such as the feathers of a also be available for a fee from bird, the bones of a fish, the Kele Kanahele. The Kanahele teeth of a shark and varia- ‘Ohana will also have assorted tions of those themes. lei and earrings for sale at the Participants will learn event. For information or to how to prepare an ‘ohe kāpala sign up, contact Marc Turner from the raw material and by email, mturnerfineart@ begin to carve one with a de- yahoo.com or call (808) 348- sign. They will also have an 3035. opportunity to stamp with ‘Ohe Kāpala, a Hawaiian actual bamboo stamps that bamboo stamp workshop will have been already carved to be taught by the high school experience the entire process. students of Māhu‘ilani which The workshops will is the Performing & Fine be held for three days on Arts Program of Ke Kula ‘O Wednesday, Thursday, and Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u, the Friday.