Inoa | Name(s)
Kūkulu hale
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hale, he hana ia e pale ai ke kanaka i ke anu, ka ua, ka lā a me ka wela. No ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hale, piʻi ke kanaka i ka nāhelehele a kua lāʻau me ke koʻi pōhaku. ʻOkoʻa ka lōʻihi o nā lāʻau i koho ʻia no nā māhele ʻokoʻa i pono ai ke kūkulu ʻana. Kūkulu ʻia nā pou o ka hale me ke kaula e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā pou. Ako ʻia ka hale i pili paha, lāʻī paha, a lau kō paha a paʻa. Hana ʻia ka puka a me ka pā lāʻau a laila hiki mai ke kahuna pule i mea e pule ai no ka hale. Pēlā ke ʻano o ke kūkulu hale o ka wā kahiko.
Description
House construction was done to protect people from the environmental elements. Regarding the building of a house, the builder would cut down trees in the uplands appropriate in size to the desired house size using a koʻi pōhaku. The poles were constructed and secured with rope. The house was then thatched with pili, lāʻī, or sugarcane leaf. The doorway and fence was built and the kahuna pule was asked to come and bless the house. This was how houses were constructed traditionally.
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka ʻoihana kūkulu hale.
Instructions
Use for resources regarding traditional house construction.
Hana | Practice: Hana koʻi
Lako | Materials + tools / implements: Koʻi pōhaku; Kaula; Pou
Kūlana | Title/rank: Kahuna pule
Kūmole | Source(s)
Malo, Davida, Jeffrey Paul Lyon, Charles Langlas, and Davida Malo. The Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi of Davida Malo..Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2020.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to:;
Mea haku | Created by:Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai