Hilo Huaka'i: Downtown Hilo, Mokuola, Hale O Lono in Keaukaha
GEOG 122 (geography of hawai'i: hawcc)
September 4, 2010

Mapping the Cultural Landscape...

Downtown Hilo

Downtown Hilo

Downtown Hilo


Experiencing the cultural landscape tapping our different senses...

Mokuola

Mokuola

Mokuola

Mokuola

mokuola associations:

bay … birds … birth … boats … breeze … building contracts … ceremony … clouds … competitions … diving … family time … fishing … flat island … food … gathering of family … Hilo Bay … holoholo … island of its own … jumping tower things … kanikapila music … life … living classroom playground … look out … lunch … ocean … pa'ina celebration … palm trees … panoramic view … part of Maui … picnic … piko … Pu'uhonua Refuge … rain … reconstruction … small island … spring fresh water … storm … sunshine … surging … sushi … tsunami … water … wildlife  


observations and sensations:

BBQ … birds … breeze blowing my hair … cars … children giggling … cool ocean breeze … Drew … fish … rain on my shoulders … ocean … people talking … pointy rock … rain … sunscreen … tamale … ukulele … waves slapping against the wall … wet



Helping to restore and maintain a fishpond...

Hale O Lono

Hale O Lono

Hale O Lono

Hale O Lono

Hale O Lono

Hale O Lono

Hale O Lono

Hale O Lono

Mahalo to Kumu Roxy and the Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation, and to Anna, Anohea, Chelsea, Kahea, Kamuela, Kalei, Kauila, Lei, Max, Resa, and all of the places and peoples we encountered.  -Drew