Hawaii Narrative Project

Disclosure & Discovery: Pohaku To Pohaku


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Pohaku or stones have an essential role in Hawaiian culture, from the pounders used to make poi to the stones used to build a hale, or home. Ki’i pohaku is the Hawaiian art of stone carving or petroglyphs. In this episode we have Hoaka Delos-Reyes, who has taken the ideas of ki’i pohaku and creates many of Hawaii's most amazing stone sculptures. He is also well versed in the traditional method of stone on stone carving. Today, Hoaka tells us about a time when a stone taught the lesson of patience to man who thought he knew it all.
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