Anahulu Hoʻonui 5/27 – 6/4/2025

Aloha mai kākou, 

In this passage of “Kahi I Loaʻa Mai Ai Ka Inoa Kapunahou,” a similar dream to Kealoha’s is revealed to Mukaka in his dreams along with specific instructions of how to locate the water beneath the hala tree. Now that Mukaka understands the dream and its significance in locating fresh water in a waterless place, he quickly works to gather and prepare the necessary materials, including cooking freshly-caught food for ceremony and, with the remaining food, for a feast for the people who have gathered: 

“Ma kekahi la mai, ua hoike aku la oia i kana moeuhane i kana kane ia Mukaka, aka nae akaaka wale mai la no oia, a pane ae la: ‘Ka! Nawai i olelo mai, he wai ko malalo o kela kumu lauhala?’ 

“Ma kekahi po mai nae, loaa iho la i ua o Mukaka ka moeuhane hookahi no i loaa ai i kana wahine ia Kealoha. Hoikeike mai la ka uhane elike no me ia i kamailio mai ai ia Kealoha, me ka waiho ana mai nae i kekahi mau kuhikuhi elike me keia: ‘E hele oe e kii i kekahi mau iʻa ula i ka la apopo, a mahope o ko lakou hoomoʻaia ana iloko o ka lawalu la-i, e waiho aku kekahi iʻa i mohai i ke akua o na kupuna; e hiki auanei ia oe ke huhuki i ke kumu lauhala a hemo me ke aa ame na mea apau!’

“Ua puoho ae la o Mukaka, eia ka he moeuhane wale no! Akahi no oia a manaoio, ua hoikeike mai ke akua o ka waipuna iaia iho imua o kana wahine ame ia. I ke ao ana ae, ua hoomakaukau koke iho la oia i na mea apau elike me ke kuhikuhi a ka moe. Hele mua aku la oia i Waikiki, no ka lawaiʻa ana iʻa ula, a ma ke kokua pu ana a kekahi o kona mau hoaloha, ua loaa iho la kana mau iʻa ulaula a piha ka hokeo. Me kela mau iʻa, i huli hoi aku ai oia no kona home ho-a ka imu a kalua aku la iloko o ka lawalu la-i. Iloko o kela manawa ua akoakoa mai la na kanaka, no ka ai pu ana i ka iʻa i hoomakaukau ia.

“Ua laweia mai la ke akua o na kupuna, mai kahi maamau e waiho ia ai, a pela pu hoi ka Ipuolono; a i ka moʻa ana mai o ka iʻa, ua waihoia aku la kekahi he mohai na ke akua iloko o ka Ipuolono, a o ke koena mai i koe, ua ai ia iho la e ka lehulehu.” 

Over the length of this selected passage, Mukaka casts his doubts aside and springs into a series of actions that eventually feeds the lehulehu. Perhaps by Mukaka bringing in other people and community members, his and Kealoha’s dream becomes more real. The possibility of finding water, too, becomes closer to reality.