July 17, 2015 Papa kuhikuhi (Content for Gathering)

Papa kuhikuhi

Friday, July 17, 2015

Noon until 1:30 PM

at The Prairie Front(South Whidbey TITLH), Whidbey Island

Purple plums coming ripe on a Muku po (link here to see what else we counted on this po)

PULE HO'ULU'ULU
Welcome 

E HO MAI
Questions and clarification

MEA 'AI
We eat lunch while we gather. How does that sound for everybody? Other options ... 

THE NINETY-MINUTE NOON
- What we do while together *
-  What we practice/research/apply between gathering times +

FOCUS for all of JULY

We build or make island a little at a time ... He puko'a kani 'aina
We braid (metaphorically and literally) ... the here*, and the there+

* What we do while together
1. MALAMA and MALAMA
-The Hawaiian Moon Calendar KAULANA MAHINA
-Hawaiian Moon Phase game
-Introduce the practice of keeping track of the moon NA HELU PO


2. 'OLELO
-The Hawaiian vocabulary
-practice with the sounds of the Hawaiian alphabet
- Play with the game HULO! and use the Hawaiian Dictionary

3. MAKUA O'O
-Introduce the 9 Basic Tools of the practice of elder-in-training

+ What we do between gathering times
1. Spend time with the kumu (teachers) Kalei Tsuha(Nu'uhiwa); watch and listen to the Puana Ka 'Ike Webcasts between gathering times; reinforce the concepts of a Hawaiian form of counting and time
2. The Hawaiian Dictionary ... open it up once a day and eli eli kau mai (dig in)
3. Make notes in your personal Moon Journals (using the "Lunar Observation Sheet")
4. Optional offering and exploration: Robin Kimmerer "The Teaching of Grass"

PIHA PAU (Enough for now)
Mahalo, Thanksgiving and reciprocity (payment) Clean-up