Ke Kālai Waʻa ʻAna

The Profession of Canoe Carving - Canoe carving is among the most superior lines of work, and only with vast knowledge and profound mental analysis is this work possible. During his younger years, when his own father was learning, Kalokuokamaile also went up with these same canoe carving experts to be trained in canoe carving. This ohina explores the practice of canoe carving in Napoʻopoʻo through the lineage of Z.P. Kalokuokamaile.

ʻO ka ʻoihana kālai waʻa kekahi o nā ʻoihana kuluma ʻoi loa, me ka pono o ka ʻike loloa me ka noʻonoʻo kūhohonu i mea e hiki ai. I kona wā ʻōpio, ʻoiai kona luāuʻi makua e aʻo ana i ia ʻoihana, ua hele pū ʻo Kalokuokamaile i uka me nā kāhuna kālai waʻa nāna i aʻo ia hana loea. Nānā ihola kēia ʻohina i ka ʻoihana kālai waʻa o Nāpoʻopoʻo ma ka lālani ʻohana o Z. P. Kalokuokamalile.

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