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wcerto
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ypochris
Lokahi
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 Posted - 03/10/2011 : 04:04:40 AM
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
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Bau
Lokahi
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ypochris
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/10/2011 : 07:37:06 AM
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Herb Kane was, of course, raised in Waipi'o.
My favorite painting of his has always been "Hi'ilawe", which I have always interpreted as Sam Li'a playing his song of the same name on his porch- the house is certainly in the proper location...
I've never hear the original, of course, but I've heard his grandson play it, and about a thousand other versions. Gabby, of course, does my favorite, and I have to say the worst I've ever heard is the one recently posted here several times..
I spent ten years fighting for the restoration of Hi'ilawe and Hakalaoa falls after Hamakua Sugar cut off Hakalaoa stream. Sadly, by the time the stream was restored, a combination of circumstances related to the diversion had destroyed the integrity of the bottom of the first pool in Hi'ilawe you see in the painting, and now it takes some serious flow before enough water enters the pool to overflow it- most goes directly into the ground. The watershed of Hakalaoa was bulldozed during this time also, so the legendary Hi'ilawe falls, highest in Hawai'i and one of the highest in the world, now only exists during periods of heavy rainfall.
<http://hawaiianeyes.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.pbv.v3.tpl&product_id=93&category_id=10&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=205>
Another Waipi'o painting, showing Hi'ilawe:
<http://hawaiianeyes.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=17&category_id=9&flypage=flypage.pbv.v3.tpl&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=201> |
Edited by - ypochris on 03/10/2011 07:40:45 AM |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
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Bau
Lokahi
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Posted - 03/10/2011 : 11:50:49 AM
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that is terrible what they have done to Hi'ilawe!
I have read now about so many places on the islands where the watersheds have been abused to the point of this kind of distruction ,the greed and irrisponsibility, it is sickening. Bless you for fighting to restore what you could. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
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Bau
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RIP, Herb Kane
