Hōʻeu Mana
Reawakening Ancestral Stories
September 2 – October 15, 2023
Anne Au, Darla Simeona, Eunice Ishiki-Kalāhele, Kaʻōhua Lucas, Kauʻi Onekea Tuihalafatai, Ku‘ulei Freed, Lalo Ishiki-Kalāhele, Lilinoe Andrews
Opening Reception
Friday, September 1, 2023 • 7–9pm
Mana lives beneath our feet. It falls in the form of rain, sometimes caressing our cheeks and in other moments drenching us in its embrace. It is called forth through the wind as it plays with the trees and tugs at our memories. Mana thrives throughout this ‘āina and our akua, our ‘aumākua, and our kūpuna all live within us.
With intention to bring life to our akua and their mo’olelo and to ground our lāhui in the names of our ‘āina, we have been guided by this mana in creating these expressions of art and mo’olelo that we now share with you.
Hō‘eu Mana is a group of wāhine practitioners dedicated to reawakening the mana of wahi pana and ancestral voices through art and mo‘olelo. Our ‘āina is the keeper of these stories. Stories that have played an integral role in our culture, history, and genealogy. We hope you will feel a stirring too to learn these stories. To learn the names of the places in your community, the winds and rain, the sacred spaces, and the names of the kūpuna who have come before you.
E hō‘eu mana kākou!
