Now is the time to make a papa kuiai and start to make poi for your family. Get on it kanaka! Contact us if you like some kokua, iiawah@hotmail.com or 808 542-1326. From the 25th of jan – 1st of feb we b on molokai doing a board and stone workshop with Kaimana Yaw. If you like come and work with us on molokai check out Kaimana Yaw on facebook or just call me up.
aloha no kakou,
Daniel Anthony
Papa kuiai in Heeia lolo`ia
Check out batch: http://batch.com/batch/27776 to see some papa kuʻiʻai blanks curing in the Heʻeia Fishpond. Prices on the photos. Boards are ready in February. Buy a board and come to our board making workshop, $20 per hour (all material and equip provided) you can finish your board in as little as 4 hours.
Come and learn how to clean kalo, pound kalo into paʻiʻai and mix into poi. Give me a call (808) 542-1326 if you have any questions or would like to reserve kalo.
Have you been wanting to attend a Kaholokuʻi workshop so that you can get your “kuʻi on”? Well thanks to a student of HPU Windward we are now doing Kaholokuʻi on Mondayʻs from 5 – 7 pm in the main building court yard.
Kalo for University Students $5 per pound
Kalo for everyone else $6 per pound ($1 goes to support the clubs future)
Come and learn how to clean kalo, pound kalo into paʻiʻai and mix into poi. Give me a call (808) 542-1326 if you have any questions or would like to reserve kalo.
Hope to see you there,
Daniel Anthony
Mana Ai ʻOhana
Sushi ii: check out the latest Restaurant to lay down and offer paʻiʻai on the menu
The pulled pork and paʻiʻai dish is amazing! next time you on Keeaumoku, check them out across (diamondhead) from Walmart and Sams Club – Sushi ii
Check out the latest Restaurant to lay down and offer paʻiʻai on the menu, Honolulu Magazine features Sushi ii: More Than Meets the ii.
check out the size of these slabs! almost all the slabs are in process of being made into papa ku’i'ai.
The next installment of this video will show how folks have been making the boards using all kinds of tools and carving styles.
Mana Ai / HiLife Shirt now online
Bout time we got a shirt rolling….. Nui ka mahalo to BJ and all the folks from Butigroove who ponied up and just did it.
Get one today, get one for a friend. Every shirt supports our mission to bring Haloanakalaukapalili back into our homes.
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La Ho`iho`i Ea is a celebration of Hawaiian independence and
sovereignty. It remembers the end of a brief 6 month British occupation over Hawaii
in 1843 perpetrated by Lord George Paulette of the Royal Navy. During this time, all
Hawaiian flags were lowered, burned and replaced with the flag of Great Britain.
When word of this incident reached the shores of Great Britain, Admiral
Richard Thomas, commander of British naval forces in the Pacific, was immediately
dispatched to Hawaii by order of Queen Victoria to undo Paulette’s work and restore
the small kingdom as a testament to Hawaii’s unfettered independence and
sovereignty. “Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono,” the famous saying of the sovereign
Kamehameha III, was proclaimed to a crowded audience of loyal subjects on the steps
of Kawaiahao during the ceremony. “The sovereignty of our nation is preserved
through law and justice.” In Honolulu, the ceremony was attended by Admiral
Richard Thomas who lowered the British Union Jack. In its placed was raised the
Hae Hawaii with full honors befitting a great nation in a ceremony seeking to repair a
great wrong committed against the Hawaiian kingdom by rogue agents of Great
Britain. This was a momentous celebration which lasted 10 days. This event was
named Ka La Hoihoi Ea, the day sovereignty was returned to Hawaii.
For 50 years since La Hoihoi Ea was celebrated as a National Holiday until 1893
when Hawaii was once again the victim of an illegal takeover and military occupation
by the United States of America. Queen Liliuokalani, ruler at the time and noted
student of history, looked at La Hoihoi Ea as an example of how even small countries
can be safe under established laws and treaties and believed that the United States,
upon facts being presented to it, would act in the way that the British Crown did and
restore her to the throne like Kamehameha III fifty years earlier.
This did not happen however. Instead the United States of America
systematically erased symbols of Hawaii’s sovereignty like national holidays
recognizing Hawaii’s independence. La Kuokoa (Hawaiian Independence Day) and
La Hoihoi Ea (Sovereignty Restoration Day) were banned throughout the kingdom,
along with the native language, as a means to wipe away our history and deprive us of
our national rights in our homeland. For over 100 years the United States of
America continues to illegally occupy the national lands of Hawaii and indoctrinate a
Hawaiian citizenry into believing their national loyalty lay with America. Today more
Hawaiians celebrate an American independence day rather than our own.
In 1985, Dr Kekuni Blaisdell, Hawaiian national and patriot, resurrected this
historic holiday to honor and celebrate Hawaiis’ continued independence and
sovereignty in Hawaii, despite a century long American occupation. Today, we
continue to call out to the United States to do what is pono and correct this crime in
the same spirit as was shown by the British Crown in 1843.
Come celebrate and honor our ancestors, our history, our sovereignty and our
unending fight for justice. Fly your Hawaiian flag proudly on July 31st, 2011 and let
the world know that we have not forgotten who we are. E mau ke ea o ka aina i ka
pono. La Hoihoi Ea
Anyone like make one papa kuʻiʻai? We got the hardest part done, cutting the tree, slabbing the logs and soaking in the fish pond. Now you get to do the fun work, finishing the papa and making poi for your family.
Roughed out and cured slabs for papa kuʻiʻai
$50 – $200 Family / Individual cost for slab
$100 – $500 Organization cost for slab
Please give a call (808) 542-1326 or e-mail us for more information eat@manaai.com
Aloha,
Mana Ai Ohana
Mahalo nui to each and every oneʻs support over the last few years and especially through out my life. If I had to name each and every one of you the list would be crazy. Mahalo nui to ke Akua and our ʻohana. Alone we could never had dreamed this possible. Only with the support of you, your voice, your presence, your guidance has this happened. Although it may seem small, the choice to pursue this avenue in life is a little simpler. The ʻāina is calling, come back home. To all the Kupuna, Uncles, Aunties, Braddahs, Sistahs, and na keiki o ka aina – “e lawe mai i ka pohaku me ka papa kuʻiʻai” – bring your stone back to the board. Paʻiʻai has always and will always be 100% free, you just gotta grow um and pound um yourself. If you donʻt know how, now is a great time to start learning, only you can do this “ma ka hana ka ʻike”. There are so many opportunities to learn and grow, find one in your community and make a difference. One person can make a difference, I believe in you!
Me ke aloha nui a me ka haʻahaʻa,
Daniel Anthony & Anuenue Punua
Aloha kakou,
We are finally back and have begun weekly deliveries of Fresh Hand Pounded Paʻiʻai and One Finger Poi on Oahu. We are 100% certified, we work out of a commercial kitchen and we have passed the DOH food safety course. We now can wholesale, retail, do private parties / events, and host poi making workshops for community functions and visitors experiences. If you would like some paʻiʻai today, we will be delivering in Honolulu from 2:30 – 5:00pm today. Just give me a call 808 542-1326 and hopefully still get some left.
Mahalo a nui loa,
Mana Ai Ohana
We use the traditional recipe for Fresh Hand Pounded Kalo (paʻiʻai)
Paʻiʻai is 99% kalo, each pound will knead into 2-3 pounds of delicious one finger poi.
Fresh Hand Pounded Kalo (Paʻiʻai) and one finger poi for weekly delivery on Oahu. Email us your request and we will let you know what day we can deliver to your area.
Paʻiʻai – $15.00 each or Three Puʻolo $40.00
One Finger Poi (how Grandma eat um) $8.00/lbs
All packaged paʻiʻai made in a certified kitchen and approved by the State of Hawaii Department of Health.
Please visit www.manaai.com for more information.
