2013 HANAPI REUNION - UPDATE - 1 WEEK TO GO

Yesterday, was the memorial for Cousin Eli Kikuchi in Lihue and there were a lot of relatives, classmates and friends. She was much loved by many people who will miss her many talents from high school thru college thru her adult life.

Well, we're getting down to the last week before the reunion and everything is coming together. The last minute registrations are floating in so that Diane Hughes can have a better idea how much we need to prepare for.

After Cousin Eli's passing, her daughter, Keri Kobayashi, mentioned that her grandmother's (Mary Ewaliko Ahana) middle name was Wailuanui-a-Hoano-Manokalanipo. Wailuanui-a-Hoano is the area of Wailua from the beach at the river mouth to about 1.5 miles inland.

Hoano is the name of the kapu high chief back in the 14th century and Manokalanipo is another famous high chief back in the 1400's. When you combine this knowledge with Hanapi wife's name, Wailuanui-Manokalanipo, you can see the special significance the Hanapi Ohana has with the Wailua Ahupuaa.

If you go to the link for Wailua-a-Hoano-Manokalanipo you will see a description of the whole area of Wailua to give you an idea what it was like to live there. The following Wailua Complex map will help you to visualize where all these places are located.

WAILUA COMPLEX MAP

So you can see the significance of the Wailua area is to the Hanapi Ohana.

The next blog will show the area of Anahola where the Hanapi Ohana settled after moving from the island of Molokai.