Aloha Kekahi i Kekahi: Mea Ho'okipa

Our values teach us Ho'okipa, which translates to hospitality.

It is the action of giving to any and all with aloha.

The beauty of ho'okipa is when it comes back full circle.

We wish we could tell you the same thing about Ho'okipa Beach Park.

It is being desecrated daily by a small group of those who oppose the kingdom and everything that makes Hawai'i Nei what it is today.

So for all that Ho'okipa has provided for countless people, it is in great danger from those who harbor hatred for Hawai'i.

While that is an alert requiring immediate attention, we want to extend a special mahalo to Anakala Riki Torres-Pestana and Anakala Lambert Kong for their tireless contributions to the well-being of Ho'okipa and their presence of protection for what is sacred to us.

As we unfold the story of Ho'okipa, we are finding out that the heiau had a different name and once lied where Hana Highway resides today. The high point of Ho'okipa was where royals of the Kingdom of Maui once stood to see who was coming in at sea. Stories of old are surfacing, but we cannot cite any of this as proven truth until we find a written or reliable account of the sacred location -

one source that is widely accepted across the lahui.

In the meantime, both uncles are doing everything within their power to uplift and protect the sacred site. We would like to encourage gatherings to take place after work through dusk, to politely prevent the trouble crowds from misconduct. We feel as though a heavy presence on the top side of Ho'okipa would definitely defer the desecration without any confrontations. Most people would back off if they saw a form of heavy protection in the general area.

If they don't subside, then we are already there together to discuss another possible way to handle the situation, but at least we are there in lokahi - unity.

Kanaka who practice ho'okipa values tend to be highly empathetic & detailed enough to see the needs of others. We call them

Mea Ho'okipa
which translates to be like host of hospitality.

It is one of the highest compliments a person of Aloha can give or receive from one another.
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Mahalo Piha

Anakala Riki Torres-Pestana
& Anakala Lambert Kong

Mea Ho'okipa O Maui

Mahalo for reading our blog and following its content.

Regardless of our differences, we live on these islands together.

We already know what a little bit of unity can do.

~Aloha Kekahi i Kekahi~
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Photos below are of Riki Torres-Pestana & Shawn Perry

removing and properly burying a dead shark

left behind by a fisherman at Ho'okipa Point.

Tourists were climbing down to it

to take photos of themselves with the

dead shark by the ocean.