Lauhala Weavers meet in Honaunau
Those who are continuing the cultural practice of lauhala weaving are finding that more and more of our good trees are falling to the chain saw with the relentless development that we are experiencing on the Big Island.
In these times public lands, parks and botanical gardens can help us retain good trees for lauhala growth.
Josephine Fergerstrom
Ohi Lauhala is taking steps to
address this problem and have invited current weavers
from all Islands to come to
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historic Park
to malama the puhala.
‘Ohi Lauhala in 2007 was a great success for all.
We had a wonderful mix
of kupuna and haumana. All said it was a experience that they
wanted to do again, in spite of the hard work involved.
Congratulations to all of you!
We have cleaned a total of 10 lauhala trees
The plan is to come back
and clean more trees at the park !
'Ohi Lauhala Members at Hulihee Palace
