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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