It was an awesome first day,
The morning started with a half day with Kainani Kahaunaele, a musician, an educator, a Kaua‘i native and now residing in Hilo as a lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. The MAMDRP Pathways haumana were the first ever to learn the mele "Helu Kai," a chant which calls out to all of the Hawaiian Islands' ocean channels. The mele, for our MAMDRP students is a reminder of what the ocean channels' names are, and how we are as a people connected to the ocean.
The mele was later turned into a mele inoa by composer Kaipo Frias (Dr. Taupouri Tangaro) in honor of Kainani. This mele inoa was inspired by Kainani's name and the function of linking our islands and people together using our seas as the metaphor. Kainani is a crew member on Makali‘i and Hokule‘a voyaging canoes and has used this mele to acknowledge our kupuna, home ocean and seafaring traditions.
"Helu Kai"
Composed by Kaipo Frias (Dr. Taupouri Tangaro)
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No Ni‘ihau laua ‘o Kaua‘i ‘o Kaulakahi
No Kaua‘i laua ‘o O‘ahu, ‘o Ka‘ie‘iewaho
No O‘ahu laua ‘o Moloka‘i, ‘o Kaiwi
No Moloka‘i laua ‘o Maui, ‘o Pailolo
No Maui laua ‘o Lana‘i, ‘o ‘Au‘au
No Lana‘i laua ‘o Kanaloa, ‘o Kealaikahiki
No Kanaloa laua ‘o Maui, ‘o ‘Alalakeiki
No Maui laua ‘o Hawai‘i, ‘o ‘Alenuihaha
E ki‘i i ka malo, hume i ka malo
Eia a‘e ka nalu, e kau i ka nu‘u
A pae a pae a pae ma ke one wali o ‘Ohele
Le‘i Waiakea i ka nuku na kanaka
No Kahaunaele Kainani la he inoa
Later that afternoon, the MAMDRP Pathways students and their alaka‘i (mentors) went outside to begin painting some 900 wooden blocks for their research project. A total of 1800 blocks will be launched off on the windward and leeward sides of O‘ahu to get a better understanding of where marine debris float to on O‘ahu
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