It is believed
that ancient Hawaiians used Kukui Heiau in a navigational capacity.
古代のハワイアンは航海のためにこのヘイアウを使っていたと信じられています。
By
burning oil from kukui nuts in large stone lamps, signal fires were
created to guide canoes voyaging between islands to the safety of
Wailua.
ククイナッツのオイルを大きな石のランプに入れて火を灯し、その炎がシグナルの役目をして島と島の間を航海してカウアイ島のワイルアに安全に入港できるように導いていました。 When Outrigger took over management of Lae nani last
year, the heiau was overgrown with vegetation that had run rampant
throughout Lae Ala Kukui point.
He created deep holes
wherever he walked, which the people planted in bananas, and helped the
ruling chief gather ohia logs and large stones to build the Kukui heiau.
{1}Wailua Bay
In ancient times, Wailua served as a main port of entry to
Kaua`i—a gateway that also ushered and welcomed the daily rising of the
sun. Stories tell of the arrivals of famous voyagers, chiefs, and
deities including, Mo`ikeha, Kaweloleimakua, and Hi`iakaikapoliopele.
The legendary surf sites of Makaiwa, Ka`ohaala and Kalehuawehe are also
located here.
Hauloa South bank of Wailua rivermouth
Likely included a pu‘uhonua (place of refuge)
ハウロア：ワイルア河の下流の南
プウホヌア（避難の場所）も含まれています。
Hikina-a-ka-lā Part of Hauloa (religious center)
395 feet (120 m) long;
56 to 80 feet (17 to 24 m) wide
ヒキナアカラー：宗教センターだったハウロアの一部
１２０メートル（長さ）
１７〜２４メートル（幅）
Hauloa Heiau
Hauloa (“Dew of life”[vi])
is a large heiau (sacred place of worship) located at the mouth of the
Wailua River, and is thought to have included a pu‘uhonua (place of
refuge).
The religious center at Hauloa was Hikina-a-ka-lā (“Rising of the sun”[vii]), located at the point where the sunlight first touches the island of Kaua‘i’s eastern shore each morning.
Hikina-a-ka-lā was a stone
enclosure about 395 feet (120 m) long, and from 56 to 80 feet (17 to 24
m) wide.
このヘイアウの囲みは約１２０メートルX１７〜２４メートルでした。
Though little of the original structure remains today, the walls of
Hikina-a-ka-lā were once 11 feet (3.3 m) wide and 6 feet (1.8 m) high,
and said to be watched over by Ka pae ki‘i o Wailua.[ix]
It remains largely unknown what events and rituals took place at
Hikina-a-ka-lā, though the heiau’s size and location leave little doubt
that the site was very important in ancient Hawai‘i.
In
the 1900s the heiau’s rocks were taken away and used for road beds,
leaving only the loose outline of the foundations stones that may be
seen there today. Formerly at the site were many great slabs of stone
set on end in a double row.
Said to be one of Kaua‘i’s oldest
heiau, Holoholokū is relatively small, measuring about 20 feet by 40
feet (6 m by 12 m). Holoholokū Heiau was a luakini, where human
sacrifices were performed.
It is believed that Holoholoku Heiau was used for human sacrifice in
ancient Hawaii, mainly prisoners of war.
生け贄として捧げられていたのは、主に戦争で捕虜にされた敵方の戦士達です。
Others who were killed here
were those who had broken a kapu (who had done something that was
forbidden, such as walking in the shadow of a chief). Holo-holo-ku means
(run run stand fast) in the Hawaiian language.
その他にここで殺されたのは、厳格に定められていたカプ（法制）を破ってしまった人たちでした。
例えば、チーフの影を踏んで歩いてしまった人、掟を破ってしまった人達です。
ホロホロクーというのは「走れ、走れ、立って、急げ」という意味だそうです。
Curiously enough, the
heiau is located right next to the Royal Birthstone (Pohaku Ho'ohanau),
the sacred site of royal births on the island.
She
chose the heiau as a sign that the old religious Hawaiian traditions
should be forsaken in favor of Christianity.
彼女はキリスト教に改宗する際に、昔の宗教的なハワイの電灯を放棄する際にこのヘイアウを選んだのです。
Today, only the stone
foundation remains of the original construction.
現在では石の土台だけがオリジナルの建造物として残っています。
A stairway near the heiau climbs to the top of a small hill
overlooking the Wailua river. On this mound are dozens of Japanese
gravesites, some marked with lava-rock gravestones.
A birthstone on the western side of the site is where ancient ali‘i
(Hawaiian royalty) gave birth.
この場所の西側にあるのが古代のアリイ（王族のチーフのこと）達が 出産を行った誕生石です。
A plaque on the stone reads “Pohaku
Hoohanau Birthstone.”
石に填められているプレートには「ポハク・ホオハナウ誕生石」とあります。
Another rock on the site has a plaque that reads
“Pohaku Piko,” and this pōhaku (stone) was where the baby’s umbilical
cord (piko) was left to ensure the child’s health.
精神世界のランキングに登録してみました！
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