Monarch Festival
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
ISLAND
on family influence
Iwalani Kalima
Hula Halau O Kou Lima Nani ‘E
and in my songs from her. The stories came
from my mother, when I first started in the
Merrie Monarch. The stories about Pele. My
mother them, they were firm believers in
Pele. But I thank God before she closed her
eyes, she forsake the belief in Pele and she
deeply committed to the Lord God Jehovah,
which made our family very happy. We
used to believe in Pele but now we don’t.”
Lum Ho said his group kahiko this
year comes from a story his mother
told about going uphill on horseback
with her father to tend taro and
‘ulu (breadfruit) on their farm lot.
“She said she would hear the ‘o‘o bird
in the forest,” he said. “When she and her
younger sister would have lunch break,
the bird would make sweet sounds, so
they wanted to see how the bird would fly.
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