Stories of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific: Mau ka Leo | “Aliʻi at the Hukilau”

Enjoy this audio storytelling of “Aliʻi at the Hukilau,” a featured selection from Mau ka Leo!

The photographs featured here show three Hawaiian aliʻi at a hukilau around 1915. They are Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (1871–1922), Princess Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole (1879–1932), and an elderly Queen Liliʻuokalani (1838–1917). The casual setting of these images demonstrates the mutual aloha and solidarity between the beloved aliʻi and the makaʻāinana.

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“Aliʻi at the Hukilau” is written by Emma L. M. Bornstein.
Narrator: Laʻakea Ai.

Image 1: “At the hukilau with a catch in hand.” From left to right: possibly George Beckley; Prince Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole holding an ʻōʻio (bonefish); possibly Queen Liliʻuokalani; unidentified man and child; Lahilahi Webb; and Princess Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole; Hawaiʻi, ca. 1915. Bishop Museum Archives. SP 103052.

Image 2: Hukilau with Princess Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole pulling net at right; Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, ca. 1915. Bishop Museum Archives. SP 102715.

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