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Kukaniloko
Birth Stones
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PHOTOS |
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Click on a thumbnail to
see a larger version of the photo |
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OVERVIEW |
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Kukaniloko
Birthstones is one of the most significant
cultural sites on O'ahu. This significance
was recognized in the listing of the site on
the National and Hawai'i Registers of
Historic Places. A 5-acre parcel
encompassing the site was acquired by the
State of Hawai'i in 1992 and placed under
the jurisdiction of State Parks to preserve
and interpret this important historic site.
These uplands were a place where chiefs were
born, where famed chiefs lived, and where
key battles for the control of O'ahu were
fought. The royal birthsite of Kukaniloko
and the associated Ho'olonopahu Heiau
(temple), now destroyed, were within the
Waialua district. Nearby was Lihu'e within
the lands of Wai'anae Uka. Lihu'e was a
noted royal center of O'ahu between A.D.
1400-1500. The chiefs of this area were
called Lo chiefs who preserved their chiefly
kapu by living in the uplands of Waialua.
As a chiefly area, several heiau were built
on the slopes and in the gulches of the
Wai'anae Range facing the Wahiawa Plateau
and along the shoreline of Waialua. The
numerous streams and the rich agricultural
soils of the Wahiawa Plateau supported
extensive fields of sweet potato and yam.
Major trails crossed the island and
intersected near Kukaniloko. The Waialua
Trail ran from Waialua through Wahiawa to 'Ewa.
The Kolekole Trail from Wai'anae crossed the
Wai'anae Range and joined the Waialua Trail
near Kukaniloko.
Wahiawa is translated as place of rumbling.
It is said that Wahiawa is where
thunderstorms, the voices of the ancestral
gods, welcomed an offspring of divine rank.
Being the center of O'ahu, Kukaniloko is
also symbolic of the piko (navel cord) and
thus, birth. |
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DIRECTIONS |
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Take H1
West bound to H2. Take H2 north to exit 5 (Wahiwa).
Take Kamehameha Avenue north through Wahiawa
to Whitmore Avenue. Opposite Whitmore
Avenue, turn left onto the dirt road that
appears to lead into a pineapple field. The
stones are located a few yards down this
road. |
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WEBSITE |
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http://www.hawaiistateparks.org/parks/oahu/index.cfm?park_id=24 |
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