Hōkai Ua Lawai‘a Makapa‘a

Miloli‘i style ‘ōpelu fishing

Set to the songs of the Kahumoku Brothers, this music video demonstrates a traditional Hawaiian method of catching ‘ōpelu (Pacific mackerel) off the Wai‘anae coast of O‘ahu.

 
Featuring Walter “Keli‘iokekai” Paulo and Eddie Kaanana, fishing partners since their younger days in Miloli‘i, a fishing village of South Kona.
 
1989 (remastered 2012)
length 7:56
 
 
Cablecast
Hawai’i public access channels
 
Screening
Museum Für Völkerkunde • Berlin
 

 

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