Winter 2022 FSP Photo Diary

Language consultants Marcie Raffipiy and Lourdes Hasugulfil taught a Micronesian lei-making workshop under the shade of the ‘ulu (breadfruit) tree, showing us the intricate practice of wrapping and tying flowers. [Ua aʻo mai ʻo Marci Raffipiy lāua ʻo Lourdes Hasugulfil i haʻawina e pili i ka haku lei Maikonesia ma lalo o ke kumu lāʻau ʻulu, ʻoiai lāua i hōʻike iā mākou ke ʻano lāliʻi o ka wahī ʻia ʻana a me ka hākiʻi ʻia ʻana o nā pua.]

Sunset from Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in the world from ocean floor to summit, considered the sacred piko (belly button) of Hawai‘i Island and site of continued debate between the scientific and indigenous Hawaiian communities. [Eia mai nei ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ma ka ʻikena ʻo Mauna Kea, ʻoia nō ke kuahiwi lōʻihi loa mai ka papakū a ka nuʻu. Hoʻokapu ʻia ia, he piko nō o ka moku ʻo Hawaiʻi. Mau nō he paio kālaimanaʻo ma waena o ka poʻe ʻōiwi Hawaiʻi a me ka poʻe akeakamai no ia kapu.]

UH Hilo professor Kekoa Harman, kumu ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i and father of Kalāmanamana Harman ’23, held a hula workshop where he introduced us to traditional instruments, discussed traditional and modern hula practice, and taught us a seated hula! [Ua mālama ʻo Kekoa Harman, ʻo ia he polopeka ma ke Kulanui ʻo Hawaiʻi ma Hilo a me ka makuakāne o Kalāmanamana Harman ‘23, i haʻawina hula; ʻoiai, ua hoʻolauna aʻe ʻo ia iā mākou nā pono hula, ua kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka hula kahiko a me ka hula ʻauana, a ua aʻo ʻo ia iā mākou i hula noho!]

The linguistics students, Professor McPherson, our coordinator Lilian, and Captain Andrew take on a whale watching trip on the Kona side of Big Island! We saw humpback whales breach with their newborns during mating season. [Eia aʻe nā haumāna kālaiʻōlelo, Polopeka McPherson, ko mākou luna kōkua ʻo Lilian, a me Kapena Andrew ʻoiai mākou a pau e nānā i nā koholā i ka ʻaoʻao komohana ʻo Kona ma ka Moku o Keawe! Ua ʻike mākou i ka lele ʻana o nā koholā me ko lākou mau keiki i ke kau hoʻomauhua.]

Professor McPherson and the students had lunch with Zoe Leonard ’19, Hilo local and linguistics major who went on the New Zealand program, now working in the Hawaiian legislature. [Ua pāʻina pū ʻo Polopeka McPherson, nā haumāna, a me Zoe Leonard ‘19, he kamaʻāina no Hilo a he mēkia kālaiʻōlelo kekahi i huakaʻi ai i ka papahana kālaiʻōlelo ma Aotearoa; i kēia manawa, ke hana nei ia i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.]

The linguistics students have a final lu‘au at Hale ‘Ōlelo with language consultants Marcie, Lourdes, and Thomas Raffipiy, their families, and the Harman family, celebrating the academic work of our language documentation projects as well as the connections built. [Ua lūʻau nā haumāna kālaiʻōlelo i Hale ʻŌlelo me nā kumu kūkā ʻo Marcie, Lourdes, a me Thomas Raffipiy, ko lākou mau ʻohana, a me ka ʻohana ʻo Harman, no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka hana o ko mākou mau papahana mālama ʻōlelo a me nā pilina hou ma waena o mākou a me ko mākou mau hoa ma Hawaiʻi.]