This is my weekly Monday check in with Uncle Peter...
Aloha Uncle Peter!
I hope this note finds you well. How were your travels?
I am so enjoying my online Hawaiiana classes! There is so much to learn! This week I learned about the 30 phases of the moon and how they affect planting, harvesting and fishing.
It's incredible. The systems that the ancient Hawaiians used were truly advanced, logical and totally made sense. I am learning things I never learned about my culture, and my family.
I am reading about the Polynesian family system in Ka'u. It is fascinating, and the reading is thick. There are so many interesting secrets of old right under my nose as I was growing up in Honolulu!
I am only now just beginning to understand the importance of the work that Tutu Puku'i did. It makes me sad that I have had many of her books but only now, am reading and finding the treasures that lie within.
I enjoyed the YouTube video of Manu Meyer very much, and have ordered several of her manuscripts from the Interlibrary loan. Additionally, I watched the documentary "Men of Hula" about Robert Cazimero and his halau Na Kamalei - celebrating their 30th year of dancing. There was a mention of how some of the Hula moves come from Lua, and they showed Uncle Teeny Suganuma teaching his Lua class.
Thank you for your mentorship and support. I will check back in with an email to you next Monday. My journaling will help me write my papers.
Please take care and have a nice week.
Aloha, Cami
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