Human Sacrifice
The waters of Kewalo Basin.
Before ships passed through here, before large white sails of missionaries came through, before the English and Captain Cook, there were the Gods - Kane, Lono, Kanaloa, Kane - the powers that guided the life of the Hawaiian people from Land to Ocean - the people: Ali'is, Kahunas, Maka'ainanas, and the outcasts - the Kauwa - those unfortunately to be born into this lowest of all social class would be called upon by the Ali'i (King) for human sacrifice, to be dragged alive under the waters of Kewalo Basin.
Before ships passed through here, before large white sails of missionaries came through, before the English and Captain Cook, there were the Gods - Kane, Lono, Kanaloa, Kane - the powers that guided the life of the Hawaiian people from Land to Ocean - the people: Ali'is, Kahunas, Maka'ainanas, and the outcasts - the Kauwa - those unfortunately to be born into this lowest of all social class would be called upon by the Ali'i (King) for human sacrifice, to be dragged alive under the waters of Kewalo Basin.
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And, how many of your friends have been pulled under??
unfortunately, discrimination shows no sign of diminishing..
nice post and Fantastic photo!
I feel very sad after reading this post somehow...
Pretty picture; sad history. :(
It`s sad, but it`s also very important to remember all these and hope, that human beings will learn sometimes at least something...
The picture is beautiful.
Nice picture, I'm sure it looks quite different during the day, and very interesting history.
Kala, this is a beautiful photograph and beautiful sad narration…thank you for posting this, I claim complete ignorance about Hawaii, it is wonderful that you share this history with us! :)
You are doing a great job getting into the spooky, creepy, morbid spirit for Halloween! Now how 'bout that Marlin?!
This is creepy! but I am curious... would they drag them under a boat, what would weigh them down? Okay... I really am only just curious!
Wendi
Dreadful story for such a beautiful place.
Does man ever learn? Sometimes I'm optimistic, sometimes not at all.
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