Did you know that the ali\u2018i served as the gods\u2019 agents on earth?
\nAlso within the procession was the \u00e4lia, wooden posts used to mark the area of kapu around the Lonoikamakahiki and an akua loa which traveled with the procession.\u00a0 As the procession neared the next ahupua\u2018a the akua poko of that ahupua\u2018a would join the procession.
\nThe clockwise circuit of the ali\u2018i nui and priest carrying the Lonoikamakahiki was always made with the ocean to the left and the mountains to the right.\u00a0 The white kapa hanging from the Lonoikamakahiki would fill with air like the sails of a canoe.\u00a0 It is for this reason that Captain Cook was believed to be Lono as he sailed into the islands with the sails billowing from the masts of his ship.
\nAs the ali\u2018i nui approached each ahupua\u2018a the Lonoikamakahiki was raised to enter proudly and majestically.\u00a0 The ali\u2018i of the ahupua\u2018a or the ali\u2018i \u2018ai ahupua\u2018a, more commonly known as konohiki, accepted the ho\u2018okupu from the maka\u2018\u00e4inana.\u00a0 He would then offer them up to the ali\u2018i nui as he was the gods representative on earth.\u00a0 The offerings were carefully inspected by the kahuna and he was the one to accept or reject any ho\u2018okupu.\u00a0 Once all of the ho\u2018okupu were presented, the kahuna began the hainaki ceremony.\u00a0 This was a kapu lifting ceremony.\u00a0 With this he would pray to Lono and ask that Lono noa all of kapu from the land so that the celebratory festivities could begin.
\nWhen he finished he would announce to the assembled crowds to rise and prepare to play.\u00a0 As the prescribed dialogue between the kahuna and the anaina ended so to did the hainaki ceremony.\u00a0 Now all of the offerings were taken by the ali\u2018i nui and distributed among his ali\u2018i \u2018ai moku.\u00a0 The procession then continued on its clockwise circuit around the island to noa the other ahupua\u2018a.\u00a0 As the procession left, the Lonoikamakahiki was lowered to face downward and the akua loa faced behind to the lands that have the suspended kapu for the celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Did you know that the ali\u2018i served as the gods\u2019 agents on earth? Also within the procession was the \u00e4lia, wooden posts used to mark the area of kapu around the Lonoikamakahiki and an akua loa which traveled with the … Continue reading