{"id":163896,"date":"2022-08-23T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=163896"},"modified":"2022-08-23T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T23:15:13","slug":"great-lawn-makahiapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/23\/great-lawn-makahiapo\/","title":{"rendered":"Oli, traditional protocol to name Kapi\u02bbolani <abbr>CC<\/abbr> landmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_43030\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YqJIN_APSAQ?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Oli, traditional protocol to name Kapi\u02bbolani CC landmark\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>P&#363; kani (conch shell) and oli (chants) echoed through the piko (center) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> campus just after sunrise on August 17 to mark the beginning of P&#333;kinahua, a traditional Hawaiian ceremony honoring <span aria-label=\"alii\">ali&#699;i<\/span> (chiefs). About 100 faculty and staff observed the protocol to help usher in the fall 2022 semester and celebrate the naming of the Great Lawn, Makahiapo, which means first-born child.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person touching roc\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-163921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-3-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-3.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sprawling lawn is at the center of the campus and is the backdrop for a wide array of events held at the college. <strong><span aria-label=\"Nawaa\">N&#257;wa&#699;a<\/span> Napoleon<\/strong>, dean of arts and sciences at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> organized the special ceremony alongside members of the college\u2019s Native Hawaiian council, <a href=\"https:\/\/ohana.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/authorized-governance-organizations\/kalaualani\/\"><span aria-label=\"Aha\">&#699;Aha<\/span> Kal&#257;ualani<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Great Lawn has been named the most cherished place on campus when we did a long range development plan in 2010. We felt it was the time to honor it, give it a name and use the occasion to bring the faculty and staff back together again,&rdquo; <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Chancellor <strong>Louise Pagotto<\/strong> said. &ldquo;What we want is to also integrate Hawaiian values into our daily operations on the campus, and this occasion marked how that can be done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"person touching rock\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-163922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To help convey a deeper symbolism to the meaning behind the lawn\u2019s new name, organizers identified 15 faculty and staff members who are makahiapo or first-borns in their <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> to take part in a special portion of the ceremony. Each person selected represented one of the 15 <span aria-label=\"kaananiau\">ka&#699;&#257;nani&#699;au<\/span> (traditional name for <span aria-label=\"ahupuaa\">ahupua&#699;a<\/span> or land division on <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu)<\/span> within the moku (district) of Kona where <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> sits. A majority of the participants also reside in the <span aria-label=\"kaananiau\">ka&#699;&#257;nani&#699;au<\/span> they represented.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maunalua&#8212;<strong>Maria Bautista<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Moanalua&#8212;<strong>Austin Anderson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Kuliouou\">Kuli&#699;ou&#699;ou<\/span>&#8212;<strong>Louise Pagotto<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kahauiki&#8212;<strong>Carl Jennings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Niu&#8212;<strong>Laure Burke\/Lisa Kobuke<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kalihi&#8212;<strong>Mark Kunimune<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wailupe&#8212;<strong>Rosalie Fernandez<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kap&#257;lama&#8212;<strong>Darsh Dav\u00e9<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Waialae\">Wai&#699;alae<\/span> Iki&#8212;<strong>Erica Dias<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Nuuanu\">Nu&#699;uanu<\/span>&#8212;<strong>Drew Broderick<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Waialae\">Wai&#699;alae<\/span> Nui&#8212;<strong>Lisa Aganon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Pauoa&#8212;<strong>Alison Ohata<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>P&#257;lolo&#8212;<strong>Lisa Kanae<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Makiki&#8212;<strong>Romyn Sabatchi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>M&#257;noa&#8212;<strong>Annie Keola Thomas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163905\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"large group of people\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> faculty and staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bedecked in blue k&#299;hei, faculty and staff poured fresh water brought from their <span aria-label=\"kaananiau\">ka&#699;&#257;nani&#699;au<\/span> onto an ahu (altar) sitting in the center of the lawn. The water, collected from ua (rain) or p&#363;n&#257;wai (water spring) of each <span aria-label=\"kaananiau,\">ka&#699;&#257;nani&#699;au,<\/span> was carried in <span aria-label=\"ohe\">&#699;ohe<\/span> (bamboo) which embodies the Hawaiian god K&#257;ne.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact that I was still part of today and I am here and my colleagues are so uplifting and it just makes me want to start the semester,&rdquo; said Burke, a hospitality and tourism professor. &ldquo;I just can\u2019t wait for the students to come back and share the positive energy that has begun today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Part of the ceremony also paid homage to Pagotto who will retire this December after a 33-year-long career at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>. Faculty and staff chanted to the respected scholar while they adorned her with lei.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Pagotto advocated to have a handbook created to help <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> students, faculty and staff connect with the campus\u2019 cultural roots and history. The idea for the handbook came after she read a similar book while visiting Waiariki Institute of Technology in Rotorua, Aotearoa. <span aria-label=\"Aha\">&#699;Aha<\/span> Kal&#257;ualani published the 88-page bilingual handbook, <em>Ka Wehena Kaiao (Breaking of Dawn)<\/em>, in 2021 which covers the <span aria-label=\"aina\">&#699;&#257;ina<\/span> (land) the campus sprawls across, lawena waiwai (values), mele (songs) compositions and historical footprints.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/07\/cultural-guide-to-kapiolani-cc\/\">Cultural guide to <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> shares mele, oli, history<\/a>, September 7, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163904\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"large group of people\" width=\"676\" height=\"207\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-2-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/kapiolani-great-lawn-1-2-130x40.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The protocol is observed in the center of the Great Lawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 100 <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College faculty and staff helped to usher in the fall 2022 semester and celebrate the naming of the campus\u2019s Great Lawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[33,63,71],"class_list":["post-163896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-hawaiian","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163896"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163898,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163896\/revisions\/163898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}