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Big Island Hawaii art photo - Heiau Temple photo
Big Island Hawaii art photo - Heiau Temple photo
Photo #283
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by Jan Kaulins


Big Island Hawaii photo picture art - BIG ISLAND HAWAII PHOTO ART PICTURE GALLERY - This Big Island Hawaii picture photo shows Kuemanu Heiau, in North Kona, Hawaii. In the past, Hawaiian religious practices included the worship of many gods, both through individual and family rituals at small shrines and through larger community ceremonies at heiau (temples) such as this one. In 1819, King Kamahameha II renounced the traditional Hawaiian religion and the wooden god images, thatched houses and other perishable structures that once stood on the stone. Heiau foundations were destroyed or allowed to fall into ruin and decay. What we call heiau today, seen here in this Big Island Hawaii picture photo, are the foundations, built from lava rock, of the temples themselves. This is one of the only Heiau left that was used to pray for good surfing conditions on Kahalu'u Bay seen in this Big Island Hawaii photo, behind the Heiau--it is still used for that purpose by native Hawaiians today.

This photo shows a bamboo construction with coconuts, shells, a weaved basket and beads that have been left as an offering to the ancient Hawaiian Surfing Gods. (THE BIG ISLAND HAWAII PHOTO AND FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY PICTURE GALLERY)

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