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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0815.001 2006-2008 I 12/04/2007 17:45 808-934-8040 ANDREWS AND ROHR ?A',il: Claudia Rohr 1R ("-Z i,JrED 369 Nene St. Hilo, HI 96720 MI DEC 5 RM 7 52 Res_ and FAX: (808) 934-8040 COUN C? .EF;f< COUNT' } 4VJAl1 Dec. 4,2007 Hawaii County Council q(Q Hilo. Hawaii Re: Bill 204 opposed I oppose this bill. I live in the Leleiwi neighborhood and I only heard about this c i, Sunday. This bill is unclear and does not have any map to reference. It doesn't mik : any sense. I like the name Leleiwi. The name Leleiwi is part of the Hawaiian culture and appears in numerous chants, songs, and writings. I have attached two. From one chant it appears that "Leleiwi was a healing heiau north of Hilo, where people were blessed and protected from harm in the water". Sincerely, a ( CA4-.. Claudia Rohr Artachements-2 Cons;x:. o S Ref. To: itei. Date 5 2007 1210412007 17:45 GeS-934-6040 ANDREWS AND ROHR Pl~l: . A Hilo Au (11 Was At Hilo) - Chant Pa 1 Umauma A Hilo au a la At Hilo Hdolulu ka lehua la I gather the lehua A Wailuku e la At Wailuku I ka lua kanaka la The man-destroying pit A Haili a la At Haiti I ke kula manu Is Is a plain inhabited by birds A Pana' ewa a la At Panaewa I ka moku lehua la With its groves of lehua tree,. A Leleiwi e la At Leleiwi 'Au'au i ke kai la I swim in the sea A Molokai a la At Molokai 'Ike ala kaki la I see one road A Mauna Loa a la At Mauna Loa Ka lua ko'i ha a la Is the adze quarry Haina mai ka puana la Tell the refrain No ka lani no he inoa la In the name of the chief He inoa no Kauikeaouli The name-song for Keuikea,i% li Source: Na Mele Hula by Nona Beamer, translated by Tom Mons- This is a rlame c'i a i . for Kauikcaouii (1813-1854), the son ofKamehameha I who ruled as Kamehameha :III. His t! i+_:n of 30 years was the longest in Hawaiian history. He established religious freedom in I8_.! ar d wrote the first constitution in 1840, that established a limited monarchy. His t A cunt c I ; ntic n was the Great Mahele, the land division, This pa'i umauma or chest slapping chant 1 ; ,:df journey around the island of Hawaii and selected places of Molokai. The lehuuar in vet s: I is symbolic of a young $ir -destroying hole in verse 2 is a cave. for prisontas vi+o committed misdenneano a healing heiau north of Hilo, where people were. t 1 ! ,4;ed and protected from harm The sea had healing qualities for Ha~x iaw, VIam~ a 1. a village on the west end of Molokai. 12/04/2007 17:45 808-924-8040 ANDREWS AND ROHR The arrival of the deity Pele, logically may parallel a particular migration to the Hawaiian archipelago. This migration may be the Polynesian believers and practitioners who brougl I with them the knowledge of their primal creative gods, which is suggested in this chant, Ho'okO Pele ma i ke kPi The Pele people set up the images Noho i ke ki i a Pale ma The gods were established AkepueoKo'i And the workmen carved canoes Kansenae Pole ma i laila Offered prayers/ gave thanks Ka'i a huaka'i a Pole me Then Pele led them on a journey A ka lae a leleiwi To the cape of Leleiwi