Escorting the Aunties
Escorting the aunties down — tricky path in heels! Feeling smug that I wore wedges instead.
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Escorting the aunties down — tricky path in heels! Feeling smug that I wore wedges instead.
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Getting ready for a Sri Lankan wedding? Allow an extra 20-30 minutes to iron your sari, if you don’t want to bring shame upon your ancestors… I forgot to note that I sewed an underskirt as well as the blouse; the slit in the front allows your legs to move more freely, working with the
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This was just breathtaking, coming around the turn on the road to this vista opening up.
Ka’ena Point. “Named for a relative of the god Pele, the point is known as a leina-a-kaʻuhane, the leaping place of souls, where the spirits of the recently dead could be reunited with their ancestors. “It’s still there, you can still see it,” says Laʻakea Perry, a respected kumu hula who takes guests at the
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My friend drove me to the wedding, and we stopped at Ka’ena Point, which is not only beautiful, but is also a sacred cultural site, the ‘leaping point of souls.’ “Upon death, or even during a near death experience, a Hawaiian person’s soul would first travel directly to Kaena Point to determine if it was
I wasn’t expecting to have an American Thanksgiving meal this year, but as it turned out, my Hawaiian host was cooking one, and invited me to join. It was delicious. And interestingly, she’d tried making sweet potatoes with marshmallows, which was new to all of us, and we were all kind of shocked to find
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