Lunch today. Had to show my covid vax card to get in. It was your normal Kona gathering. Some of the women can trace their family line back to before the overthow. One of the women traces her family back to precontact. Others are winter residents. Everyone was vaccinated.
And, since this is Hawai’i.
Mita, dancing was also at my table. When they started singing Puamana, she says “My grandfather wrote this mele back in the ’30s” and next thing you know she is dancing.
Punamana – about her family home in Lahaina. The children each planted a coconut tree in the yard and they were responsible for its care.
Puamana is my home in Lahaina
With flowers so fragrant
Glistening my home is so loved
My home is surrounded by coconut trees
That stand majestically
Gently in the breezes
A beautiful home nestled along the shore
With the bright moon
Upon the whispering sea
Told is the refrain for my beloved home
Trees filled with much rustling
Happiness and joy