Activities

 

 

Hawaiian Cultural Activities & Demonstrations


Celebrate the ethnobotanical uses of ʻulu with free hands-on activities and demonstrations, ongoing throughout the day.

 

Kahōkūala Papa Hana Lei will teach you how to make lei from pōʻulu (aka malo ʻulu), the beautiful and long lasting leaf bracts found under all ʻulu trees.

kapa making

 

Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond and Kaleʻa Raymond will demonstrate how to make kapa from ʻulu bast (inner bark).

 

 

fire pit roasted ulu

MNBG Board President Ikaika Nakahashi will demonstrate how to make pulehu ʻulu (fire roasted ʻulu) the old fashioned way and give out samples to taste.

 

 

Portrait of Uʻi

Expert weaver Uʻi Kahue will show how to ulana (weave) your own niu (coconut) leaf “fish” which can also be used as a leafy packet to steam foods like ʻulu, and will be giving out samples to taste.

 

 

two wahine making oeoe

Kumu ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and cultural practitioner Kukini Suwa will show how to make your own oeoe (kamani nut whistle) and how lau ʻulu (ʻulu leaves) were used as sandpaper.

 

 

ulu pancake

Chef and wild foods forager Sunny Savage will be making pancakes from ripe soft ʻulu and sharing samples to taste along with her recipe.

 

 

 

Craft Vendors


Come browse exclusive ʻulu themed, Hawaiʻi made items from:

 

Moon Kine Tingz jacket and model
Moon Kine Tingz
@moonkinetingz
Hand printed apparel, educational materials, hand sewn blankets and swimwear

 

Lunatique clock
Lunatique
Wood and ceramic moon phase clocks.
Clocks that tell the phase of the moon, not the time.
The clocks run off a single AA battery and feature only one hand.
It takes the hand about 29.5 days to travel around the face of the clock.

 

Kalai Laau earrings
Kalai Laʻau LLC
@kalailaaullc
A host of handcrafted wood and wood/resin products including ʻukulele, jewelry, cutting boards, coasters, hairsticks, and clocks. Also body oils and incense.

 

SuiKeala earrings
SuiKeala Native Jewelry
Native Hawaiian Plants encased in Jeweler's resin

 

Laahana Creations kapa hatstraps
La'ahana Creations
@la.ahana
Kapa Jewelry, Kapa hatbands, Kapa plumerias, and more

 

 

Waiwolani model in a red shirt
Waiwoalani
@waiwaolani
Women’s clothing and clothing for the ʻohana

 

Hoku Au ulu print
Hoku ʻAu Printmaking
@Bonniestar marsh
Hand printed women's bags, handmade Hawaiiana prints and greeting cards

 


Kapa Curious
@kapacurious
ʻUlu, kapa, & hau jewelry. ʻUlu themed cards, art, clothing, shell jewelry, kukui lei, hala lei.

 

 

 

Hawaiian Games


Come learn from the Central Maui Hawaiian Civic Club to play ʻulu maika (bowling with stone discs, originally made from ʻulu fruit), moa paheʻe (wooden dart sliding), kōnane (a game like checkers with black basalt and white coral stones), and palaʻie (a handmade loop and ball game).

 

Moa pahaʻe

 


Check back for more activities as they are confirmed!

A young man teaching a young boy kuʻi ʻai

 

 

 

Educational Booths


Support your local organizations working to support ʻulu, farms, community health, and natural resource conservation.

 

Agroforestry Net logo

 


 

MG&B logo

 

Hawaii Public Health Institute logo

 

GoFarm UH logo

 

MNFA logo

 

MALP logo

 

FHNP logo

 

TNCHP Logo

 

Maui Tomorrow logo

 

MauiForestBird logo

 

HFUU logo

 

Uhiwai logo

 

 

 

 


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Arborists Sarge and Elaine