{"id":181838,"date":"2023-08-14T16:16:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=181838"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T02:14:29","slug":"uh-manoa-prayer-for-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/14\/uh-manoa-prayer-for-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa community hosts ceremony for Maui"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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More than 50 people from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa community gathered to hold a ceremony for Maui. The gathering on August 14 fronting Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Hall was in response to a call from a group of kumu hula on Maui to support the health, life and restoration of those impacted by the fires. Community member Nawahine Lanzilotti partnered with the Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office<\/a> to organize the gathering.<\/p>\n

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Ty K\u0101wika Tengan, ethnic studies and anthropology professor at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, plays the p\u016bʻohe<\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“We wanted to hold space to answer up the k\u0101hea (the call) from the kumu on Maui to have our thoughts there and our intentions come together,” said Lanzilotti, who is the founder\/CEO<\/abbr> of Pulse Oceania. “It was really amazing to come here and see such a huge group of people come out to share this space. It was really emotional and moving.”<\/p>\n

“I think it just reminds us of how many people want to send love and want to have a direction to be intentional about that,” said UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer Punihei Lipe. “That\u2019s one of the special things about Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

More on how to help Maui ʻohana<\/span><\/a> and the Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lipe added, “That\u2019s one of the great things about, for example, becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning. You don\u2019t have to be Hawaiian to feel like ‘yes, please help me direct my love to Maui.’ This practice of sending intention is something that we can invite everyone into.”<\/p>\n

Among the oli (chants) included:<\/p>\n