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Abstract
He Aloha no N Kalo, by ku`ualoha ho`omanawanui. 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 inches. ku`ualoha ho`omanawanui Da bois write tatz all up dea ahmz an down dea thighz across dea backz tappin experience into dea skin like genealogy dea personal history names of dead ancestors tapped into skin inoa p mix wit blood invisible DNA made visible dey cahv images of ancestahs like kalo hahts wit dea ipo's namez love an ancestry tapped tru Tutu's sewing needle wrapped in cotton tred like dey no moa pepa in da house like dey scade fo'get something like who dey are wea dey come from wea dey stay wea dey goin cuz mo`olelo fade wit memory The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 22, Number 2, 286287 © 2010 by University of Hawai`i Press ho`omanawanui · tatz so mix ink wit blood wit pain equal no fo'get Glossary inoa p: name of a baby given by a relative who has a dream before the baby is born or soon after; literally, "night name." In Hawaiian cultural practice, names came in dreams to an older relative (like an aunt or grandfather) in literal form, as well as metaphoric (the dream is interpreted). kalo:
Journal
The Contemporary Pacific – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Sep 19, 2010