'Our Kuleana': PMRF Hosts Aha 'Awa Ceremony Rededicating Lua Kupapa'u O Nohili - Crypt Expansion for Safe Keeping of Iwi Kupuna
October 30, 2024
October 30, 2024
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Oct. 30 -- The Commander of the Hawaii Navy Region issued the following news:
From MC1 Louis Lea
Barefoot and cross legged on mats woven from lauhala leaves Western Kauai lineal descendants gather under the setting sun with PMRF personnel for a Aha 'Awa ceremony, October 10, 2024, which rededicated the Lua Kupapa'u O Nohili (crypt) expansion to accept iwi kupuna (ancestral remains).
"Throughout my years at PMRF, I realized that we . . .
From MC1 Louis Lea
Barefoot and cross legged on mats woven from lauhala leaves Western Kauai lineal descendants gather under the setting sun with PMRF personnel for a Aha 'Awa ceremony, October 10, 2024, which rededicated the Lua Kupapa'u O Nohili (crypt) expansion to accept iwi kupuna (ancestral remains).
"Throughout my years at PMRF, I realized that we . . .