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Welcome to our weekly series, Love Peace Harmony Live, hosted by LPHF Director @alexiacito featuring our special guest today:
Kamakaalohilohiomalia 'Malia' Davidson, a mother of five, community organizer, educator, mediator and an active advocate for environment, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) and culture for over 30 years. Malia is an active volunteer with Hawaiʻi Governor Greenʻs Advisor on Homelessness to bring Hawaiʻiʻs people into balance through housing and reconnecting them to the ʻāina' (land) and the Source, volunteer crew member of Puʻu Kukui Watershed Preserve, the largest privately owned ahupuaʻa (land division from mountain to ocean) in Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Human Rights and UNU RCE (UN University Research Center for Expertise) focused on Sustainable Development in Hawaiʻi, prisoner programming for Maui Countyʻs prison system,and member of Paʻu o Hiʻiaka hula halau.
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The Maui News
Vigils call for Maui’s healing, remembering lost loved ones
Rev. Laki Ka‘ahumanu shares an uplifting message with the crowd at Friday’s “Kipuni Aloha no Maui: Embrace Beloved Maui” prayer vigil at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College. — The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
KAHULUI — After Lahaina United Methodist Church burned down in the Aug. 8 fire, Pastor John Crewe wanted “to be in the presence of people praying for Maui.”
So he joined at least 200 others on the lawn of the University of Hawai’i Maui College at noon on Friday as part of a statewide vigil observed from sun-up to sundown.
“I just wanted to be in the presence of people praying for Maui together and all the different traditions,” said Crewe, who was one of the Maui faith leaders who spoke onstage after Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners and kumu hula chanted.
“Just to feel the spirit that binds us together, take that and pass it along to my congregation.”
Although the physical church is gone, Crewe said members are safe. When they are allowed to return to their property, Crewe hopes to erect a tent to hold their services.
Scooter Metcalf receives a hug of support from Malia Davidson (right) and Maui County first lady Isabella Bissen after the conclusion of Friday’s Kipuni Aloha no Maui prayer vigil at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College. Metcalf said he is one of four Maui surfers set to compete next week in the U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing World Championship in Oceanside, Calif., but it has been difficult to think about anything but the people in Lahaina and Kula who lost so much to last month’s fires. “We’re suffering from disaster guilt,” he said. “I’m not going to win, but we want to represent.” — The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The vigil was rooted in Native Hawaiian practices and included leaders of diverse faiths, sectors and backgrounds. The day started with a sunrise ceremony, followed by the noon ceremony at the college and in Hana. A sunset ceremony was held in Kaanapali for Lahaina residents only, and was followed by a vigil until 8 p.m. Another sunset ceremony was held on Molokai. The ceremonies were livestreamed, and places of worship, hotels, businesses and other locations were encouraged to hold their own vigils.
The noon program was headed by Maui Kumu Hula Hokulani Holt-Padilla, a revered Hawaiian cultural elder. The program included multiple chants, including “E Ho Mai,” by the late Edith Kanaka’ole. It asks for knowledge to be bestowed upon the chanter, according to the Edith Kanaka’ole Foundation.
Spiritual leaders of all denominations were also invited to speak.
Pastor Laki Ka’ahumanu, pastor of Church on the Go, called for forgiveness.