Imagining of Kalanamainuʻu's ʻAʻahu Kapa Hau o Mauna Loa | Avalon Paradea
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Kapa, ʻōlena, lepo o Mauna Loa, poho o Waikōloa, paper.
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In her book Ka Poʻe Moʻo Akua, Marie Alohalani Brown describes Kalanamainuʻu, a Moʻo who resides at the summit of Mauna Loa, as possessing a cloak known as ʻaʻahu kapa hau o Mauna Loa (snow/ ice cloak of Mauna Loa). This kapa is an imagined recreation of her ʻaʻahu, in her honor.
