Kapu
Transcript of Kapu
KAPU & NOA
KAPU
• 1. nvs. Taboo, prohibition; special privilege or exemption from ordinary taboo; sacredness; prohibited, forbidden; sacred, holy, consecrated; no trespassing, keep out.
KAPU OF ALI`I (ROYAL ONES)
` LELO NO`EAUŌ
• Nona ka ` mi`i lauwili i ka p ka`awili.ū āHis is the tie that is twisted and entangled into one that holds fast.
• Ka hale weliweli o n ali`i.āThe dreaded house of chiefs.
• He ` h leo `ole.ū āA lap without protest.
SOCIAL RANKING
• K HUNA Ā – priests and experts
• MAKA` INANA Ā – commoners
• KAUĀ – outcasts
`AI KAPU
• Ko luna, no luna n ia; Ko lalo, no lalo n iaō ō• What belongs above should stay above and
what belongs below should stay below
KAPU `ILI
Leipupu Stone wearing p ' hula. āūPhoto courtesy of Wendeanne
Ke'aka Stitt
LEI
HALE PE`A
KAPU - HULA
`Iolani Luahine
PU`UHONUA
• Moku Ola (Hilo)
• Pu`uhonua o H naunau ō(Kona)
KAPU TODAY
NOA
• 1. nvs. Freed of taboo, released from restrictions, profane; freedom.
HALE MOE/HALE NOA
MAKAHIKI
NOA
• `Amama, ua noaThe prayer is said, the kapu is overThe prayer is lifted, it is now freeThere it is, it is free
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