Anahulu Poepoe 5/18 – 5/27/24

Aloha pumehana kākou, 

Above us, the skies have cleared again to deep blue, ushering the start of UH Mānoa’s summer session with blooming foliage and gently passing winds. With the clarity of the fallen rains, the moonrises are beautiful and bright this anahulu poepoe. Throughout Cohort Kumukahi last week, we watched the winds and rains transition with our programming. Many of our days together were during the ʻOle moons, and the Kona front brought humid winds. 

He Kākea, ka makani kulakulaʻi kauhale o Mānoa. 

It is the Kākea, the wind that pushes over the houses of Mānoa. 

Applied to one who goes about shoving others around. The Kākea was the strongest wind of the valley. (ʻŌN #664)

Have you perhaps felt the presence of this makani? The above ʻōlelo noʻeau addresses the stormy wind of Mānoa, and perhaps some of us here on campus felt the presence of the Kākea with the heavy rains—or maybe we noticed how the weather caused slight changes in the usual weather patterns of the valley. Whether or not we know the names of these phenomena, our daily noticings and lived experiences sustain our relationships with ʻāina. Simultaneously, we may find ourselves both in and out of relationship with the many places we inhabit, and these forms of pilina change over time. Knowing and perhaps exchanging names is an act of intimacy, as is sharing breath.