The Royal Order of Kamehameha at Ka'ahumanu Church this morning.
December 8th, 2013, 10pm
It was 27.8°C with few clouds. The breeze was light.
Echoes of indigenous Hawaii’s monarchic system remain today. To my eye, much of it is ritualistic, although the mere fact that organizations exist to perpetuate not just the name but the reality of what used to be a highly structured system of royalty suggests something else beneath the surface.
The chants certainly remain strong, echoing powerfully within a church or around a grove of ancient trees, even along a lava flow plain.
Will it one day return, or are these hints of monarchy like the afterglow of sunset? Hard to say, really. But again, the fact that one cannot really put a definitive period at the end of this particular sentence…
Other moments in Wailuku
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Forests always have stories...
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sky, Thoughts
Sunrise, and one reason to stay :-)
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Into the vast unknown...
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sunsets
Tendrils of plant and cloud herald the day.
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Beaches, sunrise
Where I met sunrise this morning at Waiehu Beach I found this overnight mandala alone, totemic, intimating impermanence.
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Epic Views
The moment she burst forth and the stunning, massive shadow she cast on the lower flanks of the volcano...
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Epic Views, nature
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sunrise, Volcanoes
Before sunrise, Wailuku Heights. Catching the sharp, sensual curve of Haleakala Volcano.
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At 6:07 this morning, sunrise. And news of an earthquake in Northern California, where I used to live.
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