WAIPIO VALLEY
HIILAWE FALLS
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WAI`PIO VALLEY
HI`ILAWE FALLS
SACRED LOCATIONS....
SACRED MEANING RESPECT THESE PLACES...
RESPECT THESE PEOPLE.....
RESPECT THE KANAKA MAOLI...
1) Muliwai and Lalakea Fishponds
“Close to the beach is a loko pu‘uone, a fishpond fed by streams
and springs and separated from the ocean by a sand dune, called Lalakea.”
2) Moa`ula Heiau
“The site is at the foot of the steep northwest cliff bounding Waipi‘o valley,
2500 feet from the sea. According to local information,
Moa‘ula was built by Hakau but was not dedicated at the time
of ‘Umi’s rebellion. After ‘Umi killed Hakau,
he dedicated the heiau and used Hakau’s body for the first offering.”
3) Hokuwelowelo Heiau
“The heiau is a small pen near the edge of the sea cliff,
overlooking the mouth of Waipi‘o valley….
This heiau is said to have been “built by the gods”
and was the place where the famous Kihapu
was guarded until it was stolen by the thief-dog, Puapualenalena….”
4) Honua`ula Heiau
“…all the corpses of those slain in battle were offered up
in the heiau of Honua‘ula in Waipi‘o….
when ‘Umi-a-Liloa laid the victims on the altar in the heiau—
the bodies of the fallen warriors and the chief, Hakau—
the tongue of the god came down from heaven,
without the body being seen. The tongue quivered downward
to the altar, accompanied by thunder and lightning,
and took away all the sacrifices.”
5) Paka`alana Heiau
“The pu‘uhonua of Paka‘alana was 300 feet to the
southwest of Honua‘ula Heiau…..
There are many references to this famous place the tabus of its
[Waipi‘o] great heiau were the most sacred on Hawaii,
and remained so until the destruction of the heiau
and the spoliation of all the royal associations in the
valley of Waipi‘o by Kaeokulani, king of Kauai,
and confederate of Kahekili, king of Maui,
in the war upon Kamehemeha I,
in 1791….”
“It was a large enclosure, less extensive, however,
than that at Honaunau….In the midst of the enclosure,
under a wide-spreading pandanus, was a small house,
called Ke Hale o Riroa (The House of Riroa),
from the circumstance of its containing
the bones of a king of that name…
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