“E ui aku ana au īa ʻoe, Aia i hea ka Wai a Kāne?”
Microbes and Lepo
-Connect kanaka to ʻĀina
-EA through oxygen “breath” entering through the flow of fresh water
-Can create favorable Conditions for Kalo in a complex community of Microbes
How are kanaka connected to the ʻĀina?
Kanaka have inherited the world of microbes into their kino through the foods we eat, people we surround ourselves, and the world around us. In the most literal sense we are what we eat. Our body if not only made of these microscopic organisms but we ingest them in everything we eat.
In the loʻi water is necessary for the growth of the kalo. Water from the kahawai is diverted into the patches. As water flows and moves the EA “air/ breath” gets mixed into the water molecules creating a more “mana full” energy source for the microscopic world to gain of of. The EA of our foods are truly found in the foods found in traditional practices.
Microbes create resources for plants, animals and environment to thrive. Like a social community they work together feeding and communing to create a potent atmosphere for life to thrive.
Microbes and Moʻolelo
Some moʻolelo of kahiko use traditional storytelling to describe the microbe world:
-Moʻolelo to pass down key information about wahi
-Moʻolelo to remember key times and events
-Moʻolelo to teach valuable lessons to generations
Are moʻolelo kahiko unscientific?
Those not familiar with the concept of kaona would not be able to appreciate the multi dimensional multi purpose of moʻolelo. Many misconceptions about Indigenous stories come to the conclusion that these kinds of stories are irrelevant to today's world. In recent studies this could be the farthest idea from the truth. Many examples found in moʻolelo kahiko of wahi show how many of the “magic, mystical, even mysterious” events and phenomenons can be traced empirically. Such as the changing of colors in wai, kumu lāʻau, fish disappearing, etc. Moʻolelo turn interest not only to the valuable lessons and haʻawina the story holds, but is traced to the natural science of what is happening with its respected worldview.
Microbes and Networks
Microbes Communicate with each other like as in a network
Microbes create atmospheres for multi cultural environments for diversity of species
Microbes interact in peculiar ways not yet fully understood by science world
“Aia i ke kuahiwi, I ke kualono, i ke awaawa, i ke kahawai; Aia i laila ka Wai a Kāne.”
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