These were dayslong events, which is why the chapter decided to stretch Maui’s 150th celebration throughout the week. When the Hawaiian monarchy used to celebrate grand occasions, the ceremony didn’t last one day, Kaha’iali’i said. The order’s last two ali’i nui, who govern the order and are voted in by members every three years, have come from Maui, Kaho’ohanohano said. The chapter also does community outreach, partnering with the Queen Lili’uokalani Children’s Center to fund programs for families in need. The chapter allows local practitioners to use their hale for teaching hula and Hawaiian language. Members today participate in events throughout the year, including Kamehameha Day parades, Alii Sundays at various churches and Kamehameha Schools celebrations, and, the launching of Maui’s voyaging canoe Mo’okiha O Pi’ilani in 2014. Maui’s Kahekili chapter was the fourth to be created in 1922 it focused on perpetuating Hawaiian cultural knowledge on Maui. In 1903, Prince Jonah Kuhio brought the order back to public light, and the first chapter was established on Oahu.
“If anybody was seen participating or perpetuating the order of Kamehameha, they were in jeopardy of being killed or being put in prison.” “They met in secret and they didn’t broadcast as to when they would meet or how,” Kaho’ohanohano said. He added that part of the order’s purpose was to recognize foreign heads of state nearly a dozen monarchs who had treaties with Hawaii were acknowledged as members.Īfter the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893 and building pressure to emulate American and European culture, the provisional government saw the order as a threat, and members went underground, which Kaha’iali’i believes contributed to its status as an “enigma” to some Hawaiians today. The royal order upheld language, hula, arts and cultural traditions within the community and also was tasked with helping the needy, Kaho’ohan-ohano said. “And they tried to protect (the culture) the best way they could.” “Change was coming and it was inevitable,” Kaha’iali’i said. At the time, Kamehameha V had already begun to notice the effects of Western contact on his people. In 1865, King Kamehameha V established the Royal Order of Kamehameha I to honor his grandfather’s legacy, according to the website of Heiau O Mamalahoa, a chapter located on the Big Island. Saturday at the Grand Wailea with awards, ballroom dancing and entertainment by Willie K and Amy Hanaialii.
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