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Limu kohu
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very rare; favorite to be eaten
2 types of Limu Kohu |
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Koko
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red colored, found mostly in Anahola Kaua’i, favorite to be eaten
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Lïpehe
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pinkish colored
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“Ka i,a lauoho loloa o ke kai”
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the long haired fish of the sea… a reference to all limu in the sea.
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“Ka i’a mäewa i ke kai”
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the fish that sways in the ocean.
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“He wahi limu pae”
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the limu that’s washed ashore… a reference to a person with no significance; no kuleana… frowned upon.
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“Ka limu lana”
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makes reference to kaua,/kauwa,; right before they were sacrificed they were drowned and then they were left to float on top of the water.
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Manauea
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-put on top poke/ ‘ai maka
-Also called ogo in Japanese |
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Pahapaha
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sea lettuce; ‘ai paila and make soup out of it; used as fertilizer/compost for plants; on longer fishing expeditions they would wrap their fish with this seaweed to preserve it… they would put it in the ipu and cover it
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3 other names of Pahapaha
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Li,pahapaha; Pakaiea; Pa,lahalaha
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“Limu pahapaha nolu i ke kai”
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pahapaha seaweed that sways naturally in the ocean… a reference to a weak person, their character, their personality, gullible
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“lei pahapaha o Polihale”
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the people of Polihale use to make leis with pahapaha… u could wear your lei for a week and then dip it in the ocean and it would be fresh again and you could eat it.
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Lïpe’epe’e
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grow in the holes that the ‘ina live; grow in dark areas; pe’e means to hide; they were not eaten/kapu; not eaten by hula dancers… believed that the secrets of hula would be hidden from them and they couldn’t learn
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Lïpoa
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golden brown colored; known as the “deep sea limu” because they can be found at depths of 100 ft.; not as common nowadays (just like limu kohu); have citric smell; only one that was eaten with poi just by itself; you could salt this as well as limu kohu and keep it for a long time
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Wäwae’iole
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to the Hawaiian people it looked just like a rat’s foot; cylindrical branches; grow in bunches outward; looks like ‘a’ala’ula
(both were chopped up and ‘ai maka with he’e and loli) |
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Limu kala
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used as bait to catch the kala fish; the fish got its name from the limu; used as la,au: chewed and placed on open wounds; made into a lei and given to person for whom they want to be forgiven or the person who did something wrong would wear the lei at sunset, go into the ocean, kahuna would say prayer and person would dive into the water; by doing that the lei would come off and float away; the lei floating away signified you were released from your wrong doing and you could go about your life again.
• used during ho’oponopono… everyone would sit around in a circle and say what they needed to say; at the end of this the kahuna would go around with the limu kala and each person would eat a little bit of this, asking for forgiveness; kahuna would pule ending the ho’oponopono **‘opelu: most important fish; fishing season starts July 1; people would do a ho’oponopono ceremony before the beginning of the ‘opelu season to start out with a clean slate. At the end of the ceremony the kahuna would p |
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‘aki’aki
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grows outside of the water and is bleached by the sun when the tide gets low
• it has a hard/plastic likeness • only limu that was stuffed in fish and put in imu or prepared la,walu style |
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Limu ‘ele’ele
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grows in salt/brackish water where there is sand
• put in stew - a little bit of it in stew gives it a lot of flavor |
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‘ëkahakaha
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grows on the iwi of the ‘opihi
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Limu make o Häna
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this limu can only be found in a certain tidepool in Muolea Ha,na
• Poisonous because of the sea anemone that is on the limu; palytoxin • warriors would rub the tips of their tools in this limu to make them deadly • Ha,na is known as a fishing village. There once was a lone hunchback that lived a top a cliff there, but no one knew how he fed himself. In the morning when the fishermen would go out to sea to fish, the hunchback would dive into the water and would not return until evening. On one trip when the fishermen returned, they found that two fishermen were missing. They could not figure out what had happened, so they blamed the hunchback. A group of men hiked up the cliff and started causing trouble to the hunchback. They ripped off his kapa and found a huge sharks mouth where his hunchback was. The men were convinced he was not human; he was a shark god and he killed the missing fishermen. So they ripped the hunchback to pieces, burned his body and threw his ashes into a tide pool. Short |
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Pahe’e
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Seasonal
- found only during the winter time • means slippery/to slide • grow on boulders down at the ocean • ‘ai maka |
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‘a’ala’ula
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looks like wawae’iole except:
• gives off a reddish pink gel that has a fragrant smell like a plumeria, when you cut this limu • has flat branches • grow individually and upward • chopped up and ‘ai maka with he’e and loli |
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Huluhuluwaena
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huluhulu: body hair
• waena: in the center • this is chopped and eaten ‘ai maka |
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Things eaten with limu:
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-‘inamona: roast it chop it up and mix with pa’akai
-‘alaea: salt with red clay dirt inside; any type of tool/wa’a/house was blessed/pi,kai with the ‘alaea; Found mostly in Kaua’i; ‘alaea came from the earth and the salt came from the ocean; It was discovered when water from the river came down mixed with the salt water and dried in the ka,heka; it dried with the ‘alaea inside |
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kähekaheka pa’akai
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made with ‘alä stone
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