Sacred Places on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi: What Visitors Should Know
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A beach day needs very little explanation. Visiting a Hawaiian temple, an ancestral valley, or a sacred mountain asks a little more of us. You may already have some of these places on your Big Island itinerary. Waipiʻo Valley. Mauna Kea. The City of Refuge. They are beautiful, and you can appreciate the scenery without…
The Story of Mauna Kea, the White Mountain
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Mauna Kea is a geological behemoth, a holy kupuna (elder) in Hawaiian tradition, and a beacon for scientists from all over the world. It rises to 13,803 feet and is high above the turquoise waters of the Kohala Coast. Mauna Kea is known in Hawaiian as Mauna a Wākea, which means “the mountain of Wākea,…