• Ohana Stargazing

    August 08, 2022
    Message from Kahuna Nui Leimomi Lum:
    Hawaiʻi's Message to the World
     
    Hawai'i has been blessed with more than a near-perfect climate and exquisite landscape. It also shares the beauty of a culture centuries in the making and a spiritual legacy that comes to us generation by generation.
     
    At Mo'okini Luakini Heiau this spiritual legacy has been preserved, to be shared with generations yet to come, with an inspired message of aloha, respect, and cultural continuity.
     
    Mo'okini Luakini Heiau is not a museum. It is a living, functioning temple, a reminder of the wisdom we've inherited and of values that are timeless. Once a place of human sacrifice, it has been rededicated to the children of the world as a place of peace, understanding, and renewal. This is what I hope you experience when you visit this very sacred place, where silence speaks louder than words.
     
    As steward of this temple and its traditions, and as its Kahuna Nui, its high priest, I welcome you, hoping you will be touched by the spirit of the past and its message of hope and enlightenment for the future.
     
    -Leimomi O Kamahae Kuamoʻo O Mo'okini Lum
     
    'Ohana Stargazing Family Event
    August 27, 2022 
    4 pm to 9 pm at Mo'okini Heiau in Kohala
     
    Aloha! 'Ohana Kilo Hōkū (OKH) is hosting an 'Ohana Stargazing event at the invitation of Kahuna Nui Leimomi Lum. 
     
    If you are interested in attending the event, please register below. 
     
    REGISTER

     
    Activities:
    The primary activities of the event will be happening on the temple grounds within the wall surrounding the temple, but not within the heiau itself. There will be moʻolelo, star stories, and telescopes for celestial viewing. A schedule of events will be forthcoming.
    There will be opportunities to tour inside the heiau and to see Kamehameha I’s birthplace. There will be a food vendor at the event along with activities for families. 

    Moʻokini Etiquette:
    It is customary to place an offering of a closed lei on the altar, as your gift. Each flower in the lei represents a child of the land. For religious ceremonies, the only flower used to adorn the temple is the ʻieʻie, which grows high in the mountains of Kohala and is sacred to the god Ku, to whom Moʻokini is dedicated.

    As a sacred site, respect should be paid by proper behavior. Visitors must stay off of the rocks and not move or remove anything from the temple. Take all litter with you, including something somebody else might have left behind. When inside the heiau, please remain respectfully quiet and listen....to the silence...to the wind...to the muffled sound of waves upon the shoreline and to the pōhaku, the lava rock of the heiau.

    Admin Details:
    Please feel free to bring your ʻohana, food, and a blanket. Please also bring a flashlight or headlamp as it will be dark. There is no cell or internet reception in the area. Please arrive down the Old Coast Guard Road. There will be signage to guide you to the parking area immediately southwest of the heiau site. 

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