This story is very interesting.
"...At the center of the cultural divide are the Wahiawa Healing Stones. Once a tongue-shaped boulder from a historic site north of the town, it was broken into pieces, all enshrined in their present home...."
The kanaka maoli and Hindus both revere the remnants of the stone. The issue is how both can practice their traditions without impinging on the other. The issue is over whether the enclosure in which the stones reside should have a roof (which the Hindus installed) over them, or be left to the elements, as some kanaka maoli believe.
How they resolve the issue will be interesting to watch, since both sides perceive the stone as icons in their traditions.
Miulang
"...At the center of the cultural divide are the Wahiawa Healing Stones. Once a tongue-shaped boulder from a historic site north of the town, it was broken into pieces, all enshrined in their present home...."
The kanaka maoli and Hindus both revere the remnants of the stone. The issue is how both can practice their traditions without impinging on the other. The issue is over whether the enclosure in which the stones reside should have a roof (which the Hindus installed) over them, or be left to the elements, as some kanaka maoli believe.
How they resolve the issue will be interesting to watch, since both sides perceive the stone as icons in their traditions.
Miulang
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