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.
Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond and Kaleʻa Raymond will demonstrate how to make kapa from ʻulu bast (inner bark).
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.
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.
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.
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
@moonkinetingz
Hand printed apparel, educational materials, hand sewn blankets and swimwear
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 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 Native Jewelry
Native Hawaiian Plants encased in Jeweler's resin
La'ahana Creations
@la.ahana
Kapa Jewelry, Kapa hatbands, Kapa plumerias, and more
Waiwoalani
@waiwaolani
Women’s clothing and clothing for the ʻohana
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Come learn from the Central Maui Hawaiian Civic Club to play ʻulu maika (bowling with stone discs, originally made from ʻulu fruit), moa paheʻe (wooden dart sliding), kōnane (a game like checkers with black basalt and white coral stones), and palaʻie (a handmade loop and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).
Check back for more activities as they are confirmed!
Educational Booths
Support your local organizations working to support ʻulu, farms, community health, and natural resource conservation.
Mahalo to our generous sponsors:
Arborists Sarge and Elaine