Hawaiian Values: Hōʻihi

Cultural practitioners practice the value of hōʻihi as they present hoʻokupu (offerings) at Hale o Keawe during the annual Makahiki ceremony.

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Hōʻihi is to act with reverence.

When engaging at wahi pana (sacred places) such as Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau, the people of old - ka poʻe kāhiko - would do so in a manner that displayed respect, dignity, and reverence. It was important that this reverence be present in both thought and in action, so that a state of mindfulness could be cultivated.

This value of hōʻihi continues to be practiced at sites such as the Hale o Keawe in our own Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park and on sacred ancestral lands found across the islands here in Hawaiʻi and throughout our Oceanic realm.