Event Details (U.S. National Park Service)

Fee:

Free.

Location:

Kawaihae, Hawai'i. At the parks visitor center.

Repeating Event

Days:

Monthly on the second Saturday

Dates:

January 13, 2024 to August 10, 2024

Time:

11:00 AM

Duration:

4 hours and 30 minutes

Type of Event

Cultural/Craft Demonstration

Volunteer Event

Description

Free cultural demonstration in the park. Come and learn about how kapa was made by Hawaiians from a polynesian heritage plant called "Wauke" Paper Mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera, Moraceae Family, Polynesian Introduced.

Kapa was the kānaka maoli (native Hawaiians) primary source of cloth. It was made by fermenting and beating the bast of wauke or other plants.

Volunteer Diane Papp will share her mana'o (knowledge) of how she learned about this product from start to finish. She will have a display of steps on how to process the wauke into a beautiful useable kapa cloth.