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Our responsibility is to ensure that these sites in the area remain for many centuries to come. These sites are considered sacred to Native Hawaiians and are Hawaiian national treasures to all members of the Kahalu‘u community.
These sites are still being restored. Join us in caring for these wahi pana (sacred places) by showing your respect and appreciation.
- Heed signage.
- Keep belongs and persons off the sites, walls, and stones. Hold onto your beach towels and other personal items rather than tucking them into the stone walls or placing them on sites. Leaning and/or climbing onto sites or their features are prohibited.
- Walk, stand in areas that have been designated for you to do so and leave natural elements be.
- Respect any occurring ceremonies or other practitioner activity such as throw-net fishing. Observe from a peripheral distance without disrupting or distracting the practitioners and their cultural activities.
- The kuahu (stone platform) at the end of the walkway east of Hāpaiali‘i Heiau is the proper place for cultural practitioners and their appropriate ho‘okupu (offerings). It is also the ideal reflective place for anyone to recognize and contemplate his or her commitment to the protection or restoration of a significant site valued here and/or elsewhere.
Thank you for helping us keep these treasures intact and available for many generations to enjoy.
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