Kapalua Blue
by Sharon Mau
Title
Kapalua Blue
Artist
Sharon Mau
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Photograph - Photography
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Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground - Rumi
Mary Kawena Pukui translates Honokahua place name as 'foundation bay'
Hono is a suffix word that refers to the low land be- tween two ridges.
In the upland, a valley is usually called ke awāwa, and a valley with a running stream is called ke kahawai,
but at the mouth of the valley, where the lowland forms a crescent at the shore and ridges end in points that jut into the sea, the term is hono.
Therefore, some bays are rightly named hono and some are not.
Kahua is a word meaning 'foundation' or an open place for camping or sports.
It was often used as a term for an encampment of warriors.
The broad flat slopes above Honokahua Bay might have been used for some of these activities.
We know that in the battles of 1738, Alapa'i camped his Hawai'i Island troops at Honokahua,
and some of the fighting occurred here.
Many fallen warriors are buried at the Honokahua Preservation Site above the bay.
In all of Ka'ānapali district, these foundation lands of Honokahua were probably the most suitable for Makahiki games. . .
On Maui in the northwest area, the district the ancients called Ka'ānapali there are six hono bays,
which are legendary: from South to North, Honokōwai (bay drawing fresh water), Honokeana (cave bay),
Honokahua (bay foundation or sites bay that fronts Fleming Beach), Honolua (two bays),
Honokōhau (bay drawing dew . . a popular surfing area), and Hononānā (aggressive or animated bay near Kahakuloa).
Collectively, these picturesque and productive bays are called Na Hono A Pi'ilani, The Bays of Pi'ilani.
King Pi'ilani, who ruled Maui in the early 16th century, loved these bays and frequently came here with his court to relax, fish, and surf.
It was a common practice of Hawaiian Kings to take a large retinue of family, advisors, and punahele (favored companions) to a special place,
stay as long as the local provisions lasted and then move on to another spot.
The Bay at the Ritz and The Bay at Fleming Beach Park are modern monikers for the largest bay of northwest Maui, Honokahua Bay.
In ancient times this bay, north of Makāluapuna Point was the port for all northwest Maui. - excerpts from the writings of Katherine Kama'ema'e Smith
The name kapa lua means "two borders" or embraced by two arms in the Hawaiian language.
Kāpalua Beach Honokahua Maui Hawaii
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