Maui: February-March 2015

“The Life” Cel e b ra t i n g t h e a r t s, c u lt u re, a n d sust a in a bilit y o f t h e H a wa iia n I sla nds For those who love life in Maui County

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Aloha from the Publisher

Our cover art for this issue, A New Beginning, represents not just the koholā (humpback whales) that keep us company this time of year, it also represents the beginnng of a new year. It’s great to have a chance to celebrate new beginnings, whether it’s at the start of the Gregorian calendar on January 1 or the Chinese calendar on February19—this year’s Chinese New Year.

I hope you are as excited as we are about all the new beginnings happening at this time in our history.

One of our new beginnings for this issue of Ke Ola is Kumu Keli‘i Tau‘a, who has graced us with his original oli (chant) in our Spirit feature. We are grateful to have had Kaui Kanaka‘ole’s contributions up until now, and are honored to have Kumu Keli‘i join us going forward.

In our Hawai‘i Island edition, which is in its seventh year, Kumu Keala Ching has been writing our oli for 37 issues and still going strong! At the end of his fifth year of contributions, we assited him in publishing Lighting the Path, a compilation of the oli presented in the first five years of our Hawai‘i Island edition—it’s a treasure! We hope to be able to do the same with Kumu Keli‘i.

Enjoy the inspiring and educational stories in this issue, and as always, please remember to thank our advertisers for making this complimentary copy available to you.

Me ke aloha pumehana (with warm aloha), Barbara Garcia, Publisher

Contents

Art

7 Art Adventure: A Maui Treasure Hunt Maui Open Studios charts a course through the island’s art matrix.

By Debra Lordan

Culture 11 A China-Maui Tapestry A peaceful world results from weaving the wisdom of ancient and modern principles.

By Cindy Schumacher

Land 10 Help Keep Hawai‘i Beautiful!

Are you passionate about taking care of the ‘āina?

By Debra Lordan

Ocean 17 Aloha ‘Oukou e na Koholā “Greetings, Koholā Family.” Maui welcomes the return of the humpback whales.

By Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith and Debra Lordan

Spirit 5 Aloha Koholā

By Kumu Keli‘i Tau‘a

Departments Featured Cover Artist: Belinda Leigh

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UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘ĀINA I KA PONO.

The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

[Its sustainability depends on doing what is right.] Proclamation by Kona-born King Kamehameha III in 1843. Later adopted as the Hawai‘i state motto.

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Aloha Koholā

| By Kumu Keli‘i Tau‘a

Aloha ‘oukou e na Koholā E Luana pū ‘oukou ma‘ane‘i Eia no kō ‘oukou wahi Ka wahi mai kou kūpuna mai A hiki i kēia lā E hō mai e hō mai ka lā Hulō Hulō hulō nā ‘ohana Hulō ka ‘āina, nā po‘e o Hawai‘i nei E komo a e ‘au‘au kai i Hawai‘i nei

Greetings Koholā family Come here you all, relax Here is your place The place from your grandparents Until this day Come forth, come forth this day Cheers, cheers of the family The land rejoices, the people of Hawai‘i shout Come and swim in Hawai‘i nei

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Featured Cover Artist: Belinda Leigh

elinda Leigh is a self-taught artist, expressing her love for nature and its fragile beauty through her passion for art. As one of seven children growing up in Missouri, art was a favorite recreation that manifested itself into dreams of painting dolphins and whales in Hawai‘i.

Fifteen years of painting portraits helped to develop her discipline to paint what she sees. Revealing a person’s spirit, bringing them to life on canvas, is an art she applies to her animal subjects, as well, above and below the surface of the sea.

Maui has been her home for 26 years. The joy and wonder of Maui’s diverse natural beauty are portrayed through her paintings as if one were looking through a window.

Belinda’s works are cherished for her technical skills as well as their aesthetic qualities. Her style is traditional, applying the paint by stroke of the brush. Thousands of brush strokes combined with countless transparent layers creates silken smoothness and rich texture to delight and bring a joyful experience to the heart of the beholder.

Many of Belinda’s works are in collections around the world.

Contact Belinda Leigh: belinda@belindaleigh.com

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Celebrate an afternoon of great music as Keola Beamer, Master of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar and one of the premier singer/ songwriters in Hawai‘i, performs with the Maui Pops Orchestra in this concert special. Kumu hula Moanalani Beamer joins them with hula, chant, and traditional instruments.

March 22 2015 Castle Theater at 3pm Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) partners with the Maui Pops to present selected scenes from the comic ballet Coppelia. This exciting program also includes the orchestra performing music of Verdi, Mendelssohn, and Stravinsky.

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MUSIC IN PARADISE

Art Adventure: A Maui Treasure Hunt

Maui Open Studios charts a course through the island’s art matrix. | By Debra Lordan

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he Fifth Annual Maui Open Studios (MOS) event scheduled for February follows a model that has been very successful on the Mainland for decades. Participating artists and artisans open up their studios and exhibition spaces for an interactive art experience. They show and sell their work to the public, “talk story,” connect and inspire visitors one-on-one, sometimes offering live demonstrations.

The mission of MOS is to connect the creative community directly with those who appreciate their work. The event offers a great way for art-loving locals and tourists alike to experience unique opportunities to network with local Maui artists. And the entire event is free to the public.

Art adventurers are encouraged to attend the Opening Celebration and Preview Exhibition on Saturday, January 31,

from 5 to 8pm at Maui Tropical Plantation. Attendees can pick up their complimentary MOS Guidebook containing an artist directory and maps to studios and exhibit spaces around the island. The guidebooks will help art explorers design their own self-guided tours during the first three Saturdays and Sundays of February between 11am and 6pm. MOS Guidebooks are available throughout the duration of the event at various locations around the island while supplies last. The list of guidebook locations is available at MauiOpenStudios.com. The website also includes a comprehensive online artist directory. Explorers are encouraged to use these online resources on the MOS website, which are easily accessible from their mobile devices. In addition, using a GPS app on a mobile device makes it easy to find the artists.

Flying banners and numbered signs ensure that exhibit explorers will find the workshop, home or gated estate where the artist awaits.

Each year since its inception, the event has featured over 80 artists and generated over 6,000 individual studio visits by art collectors and art enthusiasts, resulting in $100,000 in direct art sales between art collectors and artists. This year’s event will include over 90 artists.

The County of Maui and the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority have supported the MOS event for the past three years and continue to do so. Their sponsorship and support have allowed MOS to bring more attention to the visual arts on Maui for the world to experience. MOS surveys indicate that visitors from all over the world have enjoyed these events over the years.

“Visitors who enjoy the arts will find MOS a rewarding tour option,” said Cheryl Sterling, Cultural Programs Specialist for Maui County’s Office of Economic Development. “The tour plays out

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Chad Durgan is one of 14 artists who will show their work under the famous Banyan Tree in Lāhainā during Weekend 1 of MOS. Chad’s unique jewelry has been featured in several magazines and spans his years of creating in Manhattan and on Maui.

Photo courtesy Steve Olivieri (the “SO” of CDSODesigns)

Brian Persha creates hand thrown, high-fired porcelain. His pieces are one-of-a-kind, and both utilitarian and decorative. Molds are not employed in his creative efforts. Brian will show a cross section of 50 years of private studio work at the Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center during Weekend 2 of the MOS event.

Photo courtesy of the Persha family

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like a treasure hunt. Using the MOS Guidebook with maps of studio locations, visitors head out to find artists on scenic roads seldom explored.

“The found treasures are many,” said Sterling. “Besides seeing Maui’s hidden splendor, you meet the artists in their creative spaces and can browse varied styles of work—from paintings to blown glass, ceramics and sculpture; to wood carvings, photographs and unique jewelry—all reflective of the inspired people who call Maui Island home.”

Sterling advises that treasure hunters pack a picnic or schedule a lunch stop along the way. “You can easily make a day of this interactive art experience,” she added.

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Ed Lane’s work, known as the art of exuberance, embraces the Hawaiian landscape and culture with bold and vibrant colors, inviting the viewer into a world celebrating the beauty of Hawai‘i.

He will conduct demonstrations in the lively indoor-outdoor gallery of his airy, open home during Weekend 1 of the MOS event. Photo courtesy Diane Lane

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Maui Open Studios Creator Carolyn Quan

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he Annual Maui Open Studios Event—the first of its kind in the state of Hawai‘i—was created five years ago by Carolyn Quan, a nine-year-resident of Hawai‘i who now resides in the San Francisco Bay area.

An acclaimed fine art photo collage artist and former art gallery owner on Maui and O‘ahu, Quan has produced and organized each annual MOS event, continually remaining connected to the island while serving its art community.

“When I moved to the San Francisco Bay area from Hawai‘i and began to do research into art shows and ways of exposing my own artwork to the public, I learned about the myriad of open studio events that take place in California and other artloving states on the Mainland,” said Quan. “I realized that it was time for Hawai‘i to have such an event. It is a concept that

Maui Open Studios Schedule Saturdays & Sundays, 11am–6pm

Weekend 1 Feb. 7 & 8 Weekend 2 Feb. 14 & 15 Weekend 3 Feb. 21 & 22

Eva Roberts is what she calls a “flow painter.” She paints with poured paint. Enjoy her work along with pūpū and a spectacular view from her home studio in Kula during Weekend 2. Photo courtesy Randy Hufford

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Making beautiful glass art is a Worcester family affair. The family works together shaping soft glass to blow and create using traditional blowpipes, wooden blocks, steel scissors, jacks, a variety of molds and interesting tools they can find, turning these freeform designs into one-of-a-kind, unique pieces of art. The Worcesters will present live glassblowing demonstrations at Worcester Glassworks studio gallery from 10am to 4pm during Weekend 2. Photo courtesy Worcester family

has been around for almost 40 years on the Mainland and it is a wonderful way for artists and artisans to connect with art buyers, collectors and art and craft enthusiasts. It’s a chance for the art community to come together and show the world what we’ve got here on Maui and what we’re all about!”

“Maui is a major art collector’s travel destination,” Quan continued. “People come from far and wide to purchase art on Maui and add to their collections. There is so much diverse talent on the island. And since this is an annual event, it will attract more art lovers and art collectors to the island year after year, and has even become the focus of visitors’ trips to the island, whether interisland, domestic or international. The Maui Open Studios event is also a way of helping artists gain vital exposure to the public year after year in a fun, exciting and creative way.” ❖ For more information about the event, visit www.MauiOpenStudios.com Contact writer/editor/art director Debra Lordan: mceditor@keolamagazine.com

Roberta Ann Weisenburg uses ancient methods of fusing and granulation to create unique jewelry with 22-carat gold, argentium, gemstones and Swarovski crystals. Stop by the lānai in the courtyard off the main gallery of the Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center during Weekend 2 to view and purchase Roberta’s jewelry.

Photo courtesy Susie Carmen Luyet

Marylyn Holland has been a participant in MOS since it began. Her meditation art includes monks and faces in both bronze and clay, along with large organic form vessels, vases, pitchers, condiment sets, sushi sets and the ever-popular beach glass vessels.

Marylyn will open her studio to the public during Weekend 1.

Photo courtesy Cameron Nelson

Iris Jean Nola uses water media, photo processes, printmaking, collage, Japanese rozome and gyotaku methods on fiber, paper and canvas. Bring your Valentine and a picnic to share in her orchard after you meander to her hidden studio. Enjoy live music and refreshments (including chocolate!) while viewing artwork and demonstrations during Weekend 2. Photo courtesy Kamarae S. Baker

Families, friends, neighbors and clubs alike gathered at Kanahā Beach Park during Mālama Maui Nui’s Keep the Hawaiian Islands Beautiful Day cleanup at last year’s Butterfly Effect event. Photo courtesy Jen Cox

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Help Keep Hawai‘i Beautiful!

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Are you passionate about taking care of the ‘āina?

eep the Hawaiian Islands Beautiful (KHIB) is seeking site coordinators, community organizations, school groups, businesses and individual volunteers to become an integral part of the 2015 Great American Cleanup (GAC), which will be held from March 1 through June 30 throughout the state.

As the recognized Hawai‘i affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, KHIB coordinates the state’s involvement in nationwide recycling, beautification and litter control programs, such as the Great American Cleanup. KHIB functions as an umbrella organization, bringing together local organizations across the Hawaiian Islands to strengthen partnerships and increase the efficiency and efficacy of their services.

The local KHIB affiliate for Maui County is the environmental nonprofit Mālama Maui Nui (formerly known as Community Work Day Program), which is in its 23rd year as a GAC participating organization.

GAC is the nation’s largest grassroots community improvement program, with more than four million volunteers contributing time and energy to beautify parks, trails and recreation areas; clean shorelines and waterways; reduce waste and increase recycling; remove litter and debris; and plant trees and build community gardens, among other activities.

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In Hawai‘i alone, over 12,000 volunteers participated in the 2014 GAC through community cleanups, recycling collections, beautification events and educational outreach programs.

With your help, KHIB and its local affiliates can better our neighborhoods and ensure that our communities stay clean, sustainable and beautiful. ❖ Maui County residents can contact Mālama Maui Nui directly to learn about local events: 808.877.2524 or volunteer@ cwdhawaii.org Mālama Maui Nui Website: www.cwdhawaii.org To find out about scheduled events throughout the state, or to organize a GAC event in your area, email KHIB at admin@khib.org For more information about KHIB, visit www.khib.org or scan QR Code Contact writer/editor/art director Debra Lordan: mceditor@keolamagazine.com

Happy Chinese New Year, Year of the Wooden Sheep The Wo Hing Society Museum and Temple was established as the Wo Hing Society building and adjacent cookhouse in the early 1900s as a center for the Chinese community of West Maui. Photo courtesy Tom Brayton

On the second floor of the museum temple is an altar for religious ceremonies.

Photo credit Cindy Schumacher

A China-Maui Tapestry

A peaceful world results from weaving the wisdom of ancient and modern principles.

Dr. Busaba Yip performs a traditional Chinese fan dance at the Sun Yat-sen celebration last November. Photo courtesy Tom Brayton

r. Busaba Yip-Douglas, a soft-spoken and humble woman, has a heartfelt mission as cultural director, researcher and docent of the Wo Hing Society Museum and Temple in Lāhainā. Believing that all people have a certain interconnectedness, she strives to increase community understanding of the ancient Chinese culture in Hawai‘i.

“Our hopes at Wo Hing are to learn from the past, to comprehend its messages and to move forward into a peaceful future,” said Dr. Yip. The Wo Hing Society, established in the early 1900s, was a center for the Chinese community of West Maui. Primarily a meeting place for those working in the sugarcane industry and entrepreneurs who opened businesses, it doubled as a social and fraternal hall for the society.

“Today, it’s a museum rich with the history of the Chinese immigration to Hawai‘i and Maui,” said Dr. Yip. A collection of rare Chinese artifacts is on display on the main floor. The temple’s altar for religious ceremonies is on the second floor. Adjacent to the museum is the old Wo Hing cookhouse, built for preparing food for social gatherings. The building now displays the old woks, steamers and other cooking utensils used by the society’s families.

“These memorabilia from that time in history are messages that show the quality of life of our ancestors, their values and beliefs,” Dr. Yip said.

Today, a small theater in the cookhouse runs segments of the film Finding Sandalwood Mountain, featuring Wo Hing Society members, and films of life in the islands made by Thomas Edison between 1898 and 1906.

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“Many of the Wo Hing Society documents recount the history of the society and the Chinese people on Maui,” Dr. Yip said, explaining that the Chinese people living in the 50th state succeeded in changing the history of both Hawai‘i and China forever. “There is much to learn from China’s hardships and struggle A collection of rare artifacts are on display in for survival—not only for the museum, which also houses a gift store. Photo oneself, family, community courtesy Tom Brayton and country—but also for the world.”

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Dr. Sun Yat-sen: Maui Roots of China’s Revolution

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The Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities and the County of Maui also joined the vital historical project to preserve and translate books of Chinese political writings about Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s political movement and the Chinese revolution.

“These documents have been photographed, but translation continues slowly,” Dr. Yip said. “The Chinese Dr. Busaba Yip adorns Wo Hing calligraphy of 100 years Museum’s monument of Sun Yat-sen with lei ago is not familiar to most during a November celebration in his honor. modern Chinese speakers, Photo courtesy making translation a Kristin Sherwood tedious job.”

Nevertheless, the task has brought her closer to discovering her own Chinese ancestral roots. Born in Bangkok, Thailand, to a Chinese immigrant family, Dr. Yip became a student of world cultures. She earned her doctorate in

Dr. Sun Yat-sen devoted 40 years to the cause of the people’s revolution with but one end: the elevation of China to a position of freedom and equality among nations. Photo courtesy Tom Brayton

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Dr. Yip teaches the history of the Chinese in Hawai‘i and Sun Yat-sen’s family connection to Maui. Photo courtesy Kristin Sherwood

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indigenous knowledge after coming to the United States. Her current undertaking—to bridge China’s history to the modern world—is rooted in the humanitarian aspect of Sun Yat-sen’s teaching that the world belongs to all.

Translations of the Wo Hing documents, and the history they represent, have been an inspiration for many visitors, both Chinese and non-Chinese. The documents detail the arrival of the Chinese on Maui, the establishment of Chinatown in Lāhainā, as well as religious and cultural practices.

“We have been able to apply the information from the research project to better organize the museum’s various cultural events held throughout the year,” said Dr. Yip. For her, each record and artifact speaks from an older time in a very special way. Two documents are particularly interesting to Dr. Yip: a pamphlet of speeches by Dr. Sun Yat-sen describing his comings and goings in Hawai‘i and Maui, and a booklet about his revolutionary party. As the first president of the Republic of China, he believed that universal love and peace are based on equality, freedom and respect for one another in a democratic nation.

Dr. Yip, an advocate of world unity, has become a proficient teacher and lecturer on the life of Sun Yat-sen. In fact, she believes that telling Sun Yat-sen’s story and the history of the Chinese in Hawai‘i is her calling. Recently, during a celebration honoring Sun Yat-sen last year on November 14 and 15 at the Wo Hing Museum, she presented lectures and cultural insights on him and his family.

“To hear the dynamics of this period is to uncover a fascinating chapter in Hawaiian history,” she said. “It was here in Hawai‘i

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that Sun Yat-sen was brought up and educated. It was here that he learned how modern democratic governments operate.”

Sun Yat-sen was born on November 12, 1866, in China. At the age of 13, he came to Hawai‘i and was educated at ‘Iolani and Punahou, Hawai‘i’s two premier educational institutions. These were formative years for Sun Yat-sen as he learned the eastern and western values that led him to the idea of the revolution that would free China from imperial rule.

After high school, Sun Yat-sen left Hawai‘i to study medicine in Hong Kong. Upon graduation, he returned to Hawai‘i to organize an uprising to overthrow the Manchu regime that ruled China and to establish a democratic government.

“Dr. Sun’s goal was to transform culture and ideologies for the development of education and economic industry for modern China and the world.” said Dr. Yip. She described his practical ideas to develop China’s infrastructure by building ports, railways, highways and waterways to improve

transportation and commerce, and to develop critical industries for the nation.

Sun Yat-sen wrote in his Testament to the People, “A peaceful world results from respect for one another and weaving the wisdom of ancient and modern principles with domestic and foreign considerations. For 40 years, I have devoted myself to the cause of the people’s revolution with but one end in view: the elevation of China to a position of freedom and equality among nations. My experiences during these 40 years have firmly convinced me that to attain this goal we must bring about a thorough awakening of our own people and ally ourselves in a common struggle with those peoples of the world who treat us as equals.”

Dr. Yip also talked about Sun Yat-sen’s older brother, Sun Mei, during the November celebration at Wo Hing.

“By financing his younger brother’s revolution, Sun Mei helped him win the victory in Wuchung, establishing the Republic of China in 1911,” she explained.

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Translations of the Wo Hing documents and the history they represent have been an inspiration for many visitors—both Chinese and non-Chinese. Photo courtesy Tom Brayton

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3 fabulous weekends in February featuring over 90 artists

Jan Bushart - Weekend 1

Iris Jean Nola - Weekend 2

Beginning Saturday, Feb. 7 11am - 6pm

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Visit www.MauiOpenStudios.com

Marylyn Holland - Weekend 1

for artist directories, maps and guidebook information

Sun Mei came to Honolulu in 1871. He moved to Maui in 1881, where he opened the Kahului General Store. He later became a merchant, and subsequently leased thousands of acres of land in Kēōkea from the government to set up Sun Mei ranch.

The Future of Chinese History

Kēōkea, an Upcountry community originally settled by Hakka Chinese immigrants in the late 1700s, still enjoys the influence of the early Chinese settlers. Many members of St. John’s Episcopal Church, founded in 1900 by the Reverend Shim Yin Chin, are descendents of the original Chinese families. The Ching Store gas station and the Henry Fong Store on Kula Highway are main attractions in the small Kēōkea community.

The Kwock Hing Society Hall, another landmark listed in both the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places, is nearby on Middle Road. Of six Chinese society houses built on Maui, only Kwock Hing and Wo Hing are standing today.

Sun Mei and Sun Yat-sen would have known these names and this area well.

“Sun Mei was his brother’s greatest supporter, and he eventually sold all of his properties and businesses, and even his home, to support Sun Yat-sen’s revolution,” Dr. Yip explained, noting that Sun Mei was a noble individual “who gave his all” for the welfare of his family, community and fellow countrymen.

Bronze statues honoring Dr. Sun and Sun Mei, along with other sculptures dedicated to the brothers, can be seen at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Park, nestled between the ocean and mountains (within mile markers 18 and 19) on Kula Highway.

The Kwock Hing Society building in Kēōkea, The park was built and inaugurated in 1989 by the Maui Hua one of Maui’s two remaining society halls, was Ren 200 Committee of the Governor’s Commission. The land placed on the Hawai‘i State Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1982, and placed on the for the park was donated by Haleakalā Ranch Company and the National Register of Historic Places on Nov. 15, 1982. Photo credit Paul Schumacher Baldwin family.

Sun Yat-sen, known as the “Father of the Republic of China,” stands tall in the Sun Yat-sen Park in Kēōkea that honors his memory.

Photo credit Paul Schumacher

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“Working together, these two brothers changed the world from right here in Kula,” Dr. Yip said, adding that Hawai‘i’s relationship with China is deeply rooted in the history associated with the Sun family and their fight for freedom.

In the garden facing and overlooking Sun Mei’s Kēōkea ranch site is a new statue of Dr. Sun Yat-sen that was donated by the Sun Yat-sen Foundation for Peace and Education. The foundation also unveiled a new pedestal for the statue in November 2011.

The base of Sun Yat-sen’s statue is a solid granite, octagonal pedestal with inscriptions of Dr. Sun’s teachings on morality and virtue. Also included is his famous Three Principles of the People: Nationalism, Democracy and the People’s Livelihood. These noble ideals encompass the political, economic and social restructuring of China, which he hoped would transform the population into a powerful, prosperous and modern nation through social justice.

“Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s political ideals were grounded on those three principles,” Dr. Yip said. “These are cornerstones of peace, unification and growth for China and the world.”

Although Sun Yat-sen is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. Yet his dream is alive.

“Global harmony was Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s dying wish,” Dr. Yip said.

Although the world continues to face dire challenges—hate, aggression and open-ended conflict—Dr. Yip feels that education, brotherhood and faith in the human spirit can help us move closer to Sun Yat-sen’s vision: to achieve a peaceful international community by weaving the wisdom of both ancient and modern principles to create an ideal for all of humanity.

Dr. Yip continues her work at Wo Hing Museum to discover hidden meanings from the past to enrich the future. With her passion for sharing knowledge, she invites all interested parties to visit Wo Hing. ❖ The Wo Hing Museum is open Monday–Sunday, 10am–4pm Phone: 808.661.5553

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Contact writer Cindy Schumacher through the editor: mceditor@keolamagazine.com

National Geographic photographer Flip Nicklin, co-founder of Whale Trust Maui, will share his stunning photos at Whale Tales 2015.

Aloha ‘Oukou e na Koholā “Greetings, Koholā Family.”

Maui Nui welcomes the return of the humpback whales.

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| By Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith and Debra Lordan

ach fall, the humpback whales, called “koholā” by native Hawaiians, return to their winter home in the warm, shallow seas of Maui Nui. Our one-ton, 45-foot-long humpback friends visit for approximately eight weeks, arriving in pods (small groups) until mid-March, with most returning to Alaska by May. Native Hawaiians speak of koholā with special reverence in their creation chants, although there are few references to whales or dolphins in early Hawaiian mele (chants). King Kamehameha’s war god, Kūkailimoku, required him to build Pu‘ukoholā Heiau (literally Whale Hill) at Kawaihae on Hawai‘i Island as a war temple to assure victory in his campaign to unite the Hawaiian Islands.

In the native culture, koholā are respected, as is all life.

There is no evidence that ancient Hawaiians hunted whales, but beached animals were an opportunity for rich food. We also know that Hawaiians used whalebone to make tools and fishhooks.

Humpbacks are not the only whales known in Hawai‘i. Pilot whales, bowhead whales and right whales also frequent Hawaiian seas. From time to time, toothed sperm whales (palaoa) visit island waters.

Ancient Hawaiians prized sperm whale teeth, which were probably very rare. They were carved into decorative fishhooks and attached to woven human hair lei (lei niho palaoa) that were worn by only the highest chiefs.

photo courtesy Whale Trust

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Maui Whale Trust collaborating researcher and underwater cinematographer Jason Sturgis will preview clips of his new IMAX film, Humpback Whales in 3D.

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In modern times, man’s fascination with cetaceans continues.

Despite decades of observing humpbacks to study breeding and birthing habits, these key behaviors have never been captured on camera. Mother whales nurse their calves while they are here, and although we believe humpbacks come to the Hawaiian Islands to calve and breed, this fact has yet to be proven.

Regardless, residents and visitors alike are grateful the koholā travel over 3,000 miles from the Gulf of Alaska to visit Hawai‘i’s waters, and are elated that their numbers are increasing.

These mammals—with the largest brains on the planet—are still around because they are smart and elusive. Whales have survived global warming and ice age cycles, and the meteorite collision that killed off the dinosaurs and mastodons. With the help of whale protection activists, they narrowly escaped extinction by the world’s whaling industries.

Whale research is conducted all year, not only in our Maui Nui waters during the winter months, but also in their summer habitats around the world. In addition to ongoing conservation and population studies using satellite imagery and drones, the whales’ sophisticated social structure and system of communications is the focus of important ongoing research.

A good portion of recent whale behavioral science pivots on collecting, comparing and interpreting whale communications— the songs, squeaks, whistles and grunts by which they interact in groups. These communications may tell us more about breeding and calving in addition to other interactions. Perhaps whales behave differently when humans are present; perhaps without understanding their voices, we will never see birthing.

Whale biologist Chris Bariele will discuss her work on the vocalizations of humpbacks in Alaska and Hawai‘i.

See the “Whale Tales Speakers” sidebar for a complete list of speakers.

Jim Darling, Ph.D., a world-renowned expert on humpback whale communication and co-founder of Whale Trust Maui, will discuss his recent preliminary research on the similarities of whale songs from the eastern and western Pacific populations.

Whale Day in Kīhei

The return of the koholā are celebrated with enthusiastic revelry in South Maui during Pacific Whale Foundation’s free, annual World Whale Day Parade & Festival, this year scheduled on Valentine’s Day for everyone who loves whales, music, food and fun.

The family-friendly World Whale Day event, now in its 35th year, is Maui’s oldest and longest-running whale event.

The festival attracts over 20,000 people annually.

Whale Tales 2015 in West Maui

Meagan Jones, Ph.D., Whale Trust co-founder, executive director and organizer for Whale Tales events, has been involved in whale research and education for over 20 years.

Pacific Whale Foundation’s World Whale Day Parade & Festival promotes whale and ocean research, education and conservation. Photo courtesy Pacific Whale Foundation

The celebration begins at 9am with a colorful Parade of Whales down South Kīhei Road, continuing all day at beautiful, oceanside Kalama Park.

The celebration will offer live musical entertainment featuring top Hawai‘i recording stars, including Willie K., Anuhea, Ekolu, Marty Dread and more.

The event will also feature hula performances, whale-themed attractions, a Keiki Carnival with bouncy castles, hands-on learning activities and environmental displays on marine mammals, ocean conservation and Maui’s unique eco-system.

The festival’s “Eco Alley” will offer displays and information about Maui’s environment from local organizations and advocates.

World Whale Day is also home to the original “Made on Maui” artisan’s fair featuring a variety of unique, locally created crafts.

Guests can choose from a wide array of ‘ono (delicious) foods from local restaurants and food trucks.

Pacific Whale Foundation will provide free shuttle service to Kalama Park from the Azeka Shopping Center and Hope Chapel parking lots.

On “Whale Day Eve,” Friday, February 13, Pacific Whale Foundation will present “Whales Under the Stars,” a free, educational talk, from 6–7:30pm at Kalama Park. The outdoor multimedia presentation will include thrilling video, with sounds and photos of whales around the world, accompanied by a riveting presentation by renowned whale research pioneer, author and activist Greg Kaufman, who founded Pacific Whale Foundation in 1980.

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The work of Maui Whale Trust scientists kicks into high gear upon their arrival—counting and identifying returning whales, observing social behavior and conducting research into whale vocalizations.

February 13–16 at the West Maui Theater in Lāhainā, Whale Trust Maui and its sponsors host the annual Whale Tales educational event. The Ulalena Theater becomes a mecca for the whale-watching public, conservationists and marine biology scientists, to share their passion for and the latest scientific information about our beloved cetaceans. Whale Tales is structured to include receptions and up-close whale-watching outings conducted by the scientists; attendees may chat or network with world-renowned personalities of whale science over pūpū or in a conversation on the deck of a whale-watching boat.

This free public lecture series offers whale lovers the latest discoveries from scientists who are actually doing whale research.

If the word “lecture” implies “boring,” even the most sciencephobic attendee of this educational event will be in for a pleasant surprise. Each presentation shows large-screen images of whales in action and the dramatic underwater videos of their behavior is spectacular.

If you are into the science, Whale Tales will not disappoint.

Jim Darling, Ph.D., a world-renowned expert on humpback whale communication and co-founder of Whale Trust Maui, will discuss his recent preliminary research on the similarities of whale songs from the eastern and western Pacific populations.

National Geographic photographer Flip Nicklin, another cofounder of Whale Trust Maui, will share his stunning photos.

Collaborating researcher and underwater cinematographer Jason Sturgis will preview clips of his new IMAX film, Humpback Whales in 3D.

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For more information on Whale Tales, visit www.WhaleTrustMaui.org, email info@Whaletrust.org, or call 808.572.5700 To learn more about the 35th Annual World Whale Day, visit www.mauiwhalefestival.org For more information on Pacific Whale Foundation, visit www.pacificwhale.org Contact writer Katherine Kama‘ema‘e Smith: honumaui@gmail.com Pacific Whale Foundation’s World Whale Day Festival will kick off with a community parade down South Kīhei Road. Photo courtesy Pacific Whale Foundation

A pioneer in noninvasive humpback whale research in the mid-1970s, Kaufman committed his organization to educating the public about whales and their ocean habitat from a scientific perspective. He is a world leader in addressing whale protection issues, and has pioneered responsible whale and dolphin watching programs throughout the Pacific. He is widely acknowledged as an innovator and leader in marine ecotourism.

Kaufman is the author of four books, and numerous articles in scientific and popular publications about whales.

Seating will be provided or guests are welcome to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. Reservations for seating is strongly recommended; call 808.249.8811, ext. 1.

The nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation charges no admission fee for these events; however, donations are always welcome. ❖

Contact writer/editor/art director Debra Lordan: mceditor@keolamagazine.com

The 35th Annual World Whale Day Festival on February 14 will features some of Hawai‘i’s top recording stars.

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