Inoa | Name(s)

Ulana lauhala

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

ʻO ka ʻoihana ulana lauhala ka ʻohiʻohi ʻana i ka lau o ka pūhala a hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka ulana ʻana i mau mea i pono ai ke ola ma Hawaiʻi. E like hoʻi me ka moena, ka uluna, ka peʻa, ka peʻahi, ka pāpale, a me nā mea he nui hou aku. Aia he mau ulu hala kaulana loa, ʻo kekahi ʻo Puna ma ka mokupuni o Hawaiʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia penei, “Puna paia ʻala i ka hala.”

Description

Ulana lauhala is the practice of gathering leaves of the pandanus tree, then prepping and weaving them into materials needed for the household in Hawaiʻi. This includes mats, pillows, sails, fans, hats and many other things. There are a few famous groves of hala trees, one of which is in Puna on the island of Hawaiʻi, where it is said, “Puna paia ʻala i ka hala.”

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka ulana lauhala.

Instructions 

Use this term for resources related to weaving lauhala.

ʻĀina | Land/sea: Puna; Kakela

Kūmole | Source(s)

Malo, Davida, Jeffrey Paul Lyon, Charles Langlas, and Davida Malo. The Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi of Davida Malo. Volume 2, Hawaiian Text and Translation. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2020.

Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.

Stall, Edna Williamson. The Story of Lauhala. 2nd ed. Hilo, Hawaiʻi: Petroglyph Press, 2000.

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Celebrating our 20th anniversary; ʻIke ulana lau hala : the vitality and vibrancy of lau hala weaving traditions in Hawaiʻi; Esther Kalaʻi Makuaʻole

Mea haku | Created by: Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai