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Straub Medical Center in Honolulu and Queen’s Medical Center West Oʻahu presented Thursday their 15-year master plans in front of the Committee on Zoning and Planning. ....
Traditional Hawaiian burial practices involve the preservation and protection of iwi or bones with the belief that iwi carry the mana or spiritual essence of a person. Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, head of the Oʻahu Island Burial Council, explains. WONG-KALU: I ta wā ma mua, hoʻotomo ʻia ke tino tūpāpaʻu i loto o ta imu. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nō a pau. Wehe ʻia tēlā alualu, hemo a pau loa, loaʻa pono mai ka iwi, a uhi ʻia a paʻa i loko o te tapa. Hiti nō ta poʻe mālama maikaʻi a hūnā pono. ....