Monday, February 9, 2015

February 4 – Party at the Sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii

    The native people of Hawaii are far behind other native people in the US in getting a bit of their original land back from the US government. Maybe it's because we stole it from them so late in the game and finally figured out how to do it right!
       Eruptions of Mount Kilauea in the late 1980's spared a small sliver of the town of Kapala, which is now a hotbed of the sovereignty movement to reestablish the Kingdom of Hawaii. Every Wednesday night Uncle Roberts' place, which is right at the edge of the lava flow, has a big party with food, crafts, and music. One reason they do it is to help raise awareness and funds for the movement, but this is Hawaii, and it's mostly a big party. Hugh of the Avocado House told us about it when we stayed there, so we went, and it was a blast.

 There's parking on the new lava field.

It's been about 24 years since the lava cooled.  It'll be awhile before they're raising cattle on this section.

 A sign listing all the countries where the Kingdom of Hawaii had embassies before it was annexed by the US.

 Many local artists and food sellers set up beneath the makeshift village of tents.

The house band plays Hawaiian and reggae.  This local guy got up and did a little hula, to much applause.

As the sun set and the alcohol flowed, everyone was swinging - Island style. Even we danced!

1 comment:

  1. Shake your groove thing! Shake your groove thing! Sounds fun. Why do we have to leave home to lose all sense of dignity. Or maybe it's flowered shirts and and 72fF that brings out our hidden Jimmy Buffet. Enjoy! Pictures of Diana are more publishable. You have inner beauty best seen in x Rays.

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