Where Lohiau Ruled: Excavations at Ha'ena, Halele'a, Kaua'i.
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06/01/84 12:00 AM
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As Pele and Hi'iaka danced in human form before
Lohi'au on the hula platform at Ha'ena (Note 1), gods
and mortal Hawaiians alike could look at the
cliffs--Na Pali--running down the coast beyond
Kalalau, and at headland after headland, each marking
another narrow valley as the wet of the north changed
to the dry of the west. Glancing below and east,
Lohi'au and his companions could see the blues,
whites, and greens of Ha'ena itself, for Ha'ena was
fronted by reef and the many blues of the Pacific, by
the white coral sand of Ke'e beach, and the green of
coastal vegetation, taro, and the cover of the
mountainous cliffs immediately beyond (Pl. 1).
Lohi'au, his ancestors, and his descendents have
lived at Ha'ena since perhaps before A.D. 1000 until
our own time. Indeed, today some people of Halele'a
District count their people back to and beyond the
rule of the island.
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Lohiau, Haona, Halelea, Kauai, Excavation
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