Family Reunion in Idaho Falls

Akaka Falls

Lu'au!

They were drawing "tattoos" at the Lu'au. All the other girls were getting flowers and cute little turtles. I asked for something "not girlie" and got a ferocious shark! I wanted to keep him!














This was a presentation on how to open a Coconut. We could have used this the day before, when everyone found their coconuts, since he covered how to tell if it was a good coconut and how to get the husk off with the least amount of effort.










The beginning of the dinner show, "King Kamehameha" the first king of all Hawaii, came to the island with his royal court.

More Place of Refuge

The "Great Wall" that separated the Royal Compound from the actual place of refuge.









They don't call them totem poles, but here are the Totem Poles in the place of refuge.













Me in front of the Totem Poles

















The Temple in the place of Refuge.

Hawaiian Place of Refuge

Today's outing was to the Hawaiian Place of refuge. This was basically King Kamehameha's Royal hangout, and housed a place where you could run to if you violated the kapu, or Hawaiian social law punishable by death. If you made it to the place of refuge, you could be cleansed and return to society. See the link for the "real" story.




I think this picture was of a 1/3 replica of a temple (Maybe someone from class can confirm this)











This is a "bowl" worn into the lava flow near the beach that was used to serve ceremonial drinks and other things.











Very fearsome!



















This is the royal canoe landing.