These murals were completed as part of our Moʻolelo Murals Project. Our Moʻolelo Murals Project is no longer operating.
The intent of this page is as a community resource to learn more about our traditional moʻolelo (stories/ histories/ legends) that the art represents.
Moʻolelo carries teachings that can kōkua in the healing of our ʻāina and kaiāulu.
The moʻolelo presented are from a culmination of print and oral sources. We understand there can be variations of the same moʻolelo and we respect versions that differ than what we present.
Pōhaku Kuʻi ʻai and Kalo
Kalo (taro) is one of the most significant plants in Kānaka ʻŌiwi culture because Kalo is thought of as a literal ancestor to kānaka. The moʻolelo o Hāloa tells of the Akua Wākea (said to be of the father of the sky) and the Akua Hoʻohōkūkalani (meaning “to star the sky”) had a stillborn child named Hāloanaka.