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Kula Manu's Mission
Kula Manu's Mission
Kula Manu is a student-led club centered around the art of Hawaiian feather work, with great focus on community engagement, volunteer work, and education. Our club is proud to perpetuate our culture through this sacred craft, while embodying values of ʻIke Kūpuna, Aloha ʻĀina, and Alakaʻi Lawelawe. In this club, we strengthen members as leaders and advocates for Hawaiians and our Hawaiian treasures.
What We've Done
What We've Done
Kula Manu is grateful for the multitude of opportunities our club has received which has led us to many accomplishments. We have developed our own "Pua Hulu" workshop, traveled to Boston, Massachusetts to share the art of Hawaiian feather work, we are currently in the process of creating our own replica of a Hawaiian ʻahuʻula, and host a variety of fundraising events to support our future endeavors.
Bishop Museum | Kapālama, HI
Bishop Museum | Kapālama, HI
Before our trip to Massachusetts, we set up a tour with Kumu Sarah Kuaiwa, the Curator for Hawaiʻi and Pacific Cultural Resources at Bishop Museum. She showed us various Hawaiian relics, as well as the Bishop Museum's efforts to mālama these artifacts. In order to properly analyze the conditions of Hawaiian featherwork on the continent, we wanted to first learn how we, Hawaiians, care for our treasured mea kūpuna. Follow the clip of our documentary on the right to see our kūpunaʻs ahuʻula, lei hulu, and kahili.
bishop museum.mp4Peabody Museum | Boston, MA
Peabody Museum | Boston, MA
On the campus of the renowned Harvard University sits the Peabody Museum, which holds a multitude of Hawaiian featherwork pieces. Kula Manu was blessed the opportunity to view ʻahuʻula, mahiʻole, and lei hulu. Students were "in awe", "filled with such emotion", and "fascinated" with Hawaiian pieces that had been cared for in the Peabody. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we are so happy to share in this documentary clip our personal experiences with Hawaiian feather work at Peabody.
peabody.mp4Workshops | Boston & Pittsfield, MA
Workshops | Boston & Pittsfield, MA
As we traveled across the nation, we did not just view our Hawaiian artifacts, but we brought a part of Hawaiʻi with us. Our own take on Hawaiian feather work is a modern craft, called the "pua hulu" (feather flower). Kula Manu held 3 workshops with Boston and Pittsfield communities, so that they could experience Hawaiian feather work themselves. By teaching attendees how to make their own "pua hulu" we were able to develop meaningful connections and relationships with Massachusetts communities while sharing some of our culture and who we are as kanaka Hawaiʻi.
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