Kukulu Art Exhibit Opens 2018

Introducing a series of photos and descriptions of the first Kūkulu Art Exhibition from the Hāmākua location as we continue to pay tribute to the pillars of Mauna Kea. These comments come directly from the video, ʻKūkulu Art exhibit opens During Festival (March 10, 2018)ʻ,Big Island Video News-29.18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9s2Ews1mBw&t=20s

Pua: This exhibit was made possible largely because a group in Canada, selected five different movements that are doing well across Turtle Island in First Nations territory in Aotearoa and here in Hawaii. And we were selected as one of those movements to create, to maintain, to sustain a framework for other indigenous peoples who are standing; and so we were partially by these first person nations, and so we are very thankful. If not, we probably wouldn’t have opened these doors today, so mahalo nui for that...

So here we are at Kukulu. This is Kūkulu, a tribute to the pillars of Mauna A Wākea. So I’m going to step right out of this photo taken at Pu’uhuluhulu, because today is the day where we bring the Mauna to the people to the community, to answer a question, ʻHow can indigenous people reclaim their lands their territories their ways;ʻ and this is one way, you bring the sacred place to the community. And this is a pillar for us all...

Joshua Lanakila Mangauil: It is an honor to be able to host this here at the cultural center. It’s our community owned and operated space, and to be able to be this is exactly what we made this space for. This is a house of knowledge; and to be able to be a place for our people to gather and to share our stories and share our, to share with each other, to motivate our communities to motivate our people and our cultural values and our cultural practices. So its an honor to be able to host Kūkulu here. You know, many of us here in Hāmākua were very supportive and instrumental in the movement and this is what it’s here for, so we can become a model for Kūkulu, a pillar for our community here. And that’s, I think, that’s the beautiful vision of this of this exhibit, and the mana’o behind Kūkulu as especially as it travels is that we are helping to establish pillars pillars for each community to be able to stand and to recognize and a place for everyone to gather so they can do good work.

Mahalo to Brenda Case for transcription of entire video.