The Advertiser now has a section called myadvertiser.com; Today there was a story about Pu'uokapolei, from which the name of Honolulu's "second city", Kapolei, is derived.
New slogan for Kapolei: Not quite heaven, not quite hell.
Miulang
Almost equal distant from both Pu`u Palehua and Kualaka`i existed a little known hill by the name of Pu`uokapolei. There are many aspects that made this little hill perhaps the most sacred place in all of the ahupua`a of Honouliuli.
...It is the most neglected place in all of Kapolei. Beer cans, broken glass bottles and trash litter its landscape. Interesting though it is in the exact center of the new city of Kapolei. From a cultural perspective it is “Piko” of Kapolei.
...Upon further investigation Pu`uokapolei is approximately the same distance from the southwest end of the Waianae Mountains as the Leina Ka Uhane at Kaena from the northeast end of the Waianae Mountains. Perhaps Kahahana’s wife Kekuapo`i is correct in her reference to Pu`uokapolei as a conduit to the after life.
In a Christian sense there are 3 places in the after life, heaven, hell and limbo or purgatory. In a Christian sense purgatory is somewhere else. From a Hawaiian cultural perspective purgatory is………here. That is the area that surrounds Pu`uokapolei……”the Wiliwili groves of Kaupea.”
...It is the most neglected place in all of Kapolei. Beer cans, broken glass bottles and trash litter its landscape. Interesting though it is in the exact center of the new city of Kapolei. From a cultural perspective it is “Piko” of Kapolei.
...Upon further investigation Pu`uokapolei is approximately the same distance from the southwest end of the Waianae Mountains as the Leina Ka Uhane at Kaena from the northeast end of the Waianae Mountains. Perhaps Kahahana’s wife Kekuapo`i is correct in her reference to Pu`uokapolei as a conduit to the after life.
In a Christian sense there are 3 places in the after life, heaven, hell and limbo or purgatory. In a Christian sense purgatory is somewhere else. From a Hawaiian cultural perspective purgatory is………here. That is the area that surrounds Pu`uokapolei……”the Wiliwili groves of Kaupea.”
Miulang
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