{"id":12294,"date":"2022-12-02T18:26:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T01:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12294"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T01:26:18","slug":"sacred-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/12\/02\/sacred-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/volcanic-eruptions-travel-hawaii-volcanoes-mauna-loa-7ad35f017181d8bcf375a5ccde2f68a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from AP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor, reflect<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/afs-prod\/media\/f96325ac3fd647e0a102ce8ebcf88bfd\/1000.webp\" alt=\"Illona Ilae, a Native Hawaiian from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, leaves an offering in front an alter below the Mauna Loa volcano as it erupts Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Glowing lava from the world's largest volcano is a sight to behold, but for many Native Hawaiians, Mauna Loa's eruption is a time to pray, make offerings and honor both the natural and spiritual worlds. (AP Photo\/Gregory Bull)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HONOLULU (AP) \u2014 When Willette Kalaokahaku Akima-Akau looks out at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/volcanic-eruptions-hawaii-volcanoes-mauna-loa-climate-and-environment-e171f88f9afcdc742e1b50c0b5f20ac7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the lava flowing from Mauna Loa volcano<\/a>\u00a0and makes an offering of gin, tobacco and coins, she will be taking part in a tradition passed down from her grandfather and other Native Hawaiians as a way to honor both the natural and spiritual worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akima-Akau said she plans to take her grandchildren with her and together they will make their offerings and chant to Pele, the Hawaiian deity of volcanoes and fire, who her grandfather used to pay reverence to as a kupuna, a word that can mean ancestor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the time for our kupuna, for our people, and for our children to come and witness what is happening as history is being made every day,\u201d she said, adding that today\u2019s experiences will be added to the next generation\u2019s stories, songs, dances and chants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many Native Hawaiians, an eruption of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/volcanic-eruptions-science-hawaii-hilo-volcanoes-a56ba5bc2ab68556bad6bd8ad9b2ca8f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a volcano like Mauna Loa<\/a>\u00a0has a deep yet very personal cultural significance. For many it can be an opportunity to feel a connection with creation itself through the way lava gives birth to new land, as well as a time to reflect on their own place in the world and the people who came before them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/volcanic-eruptions-travel-hawaii-volcanoes-mauna-loa-7ad35f017181d8bcf375a5ccde2f68a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at AP<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from AP For many Hawaiians, lava flows are a time to honor, reflect By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER HONOLULU (AP) \u2014 When Willette Kalaokahaku Akima-Akau looks out at the\u00a0the lava flowing from Mauna Loa volcano\u00a0and makes an offering of gin, tobacco and coins, she will be taking part in a tradition passed down from her grandfather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}