|
Hōlualoa Bay is a historic area between Kailua-Kona and Keauhou Bay in the Kona District of the Big Island of Hawaii. The community now called Hōlualoa is uphill (''mauka'' in the Hawaiian Language) from this bay. The name means "long slide" in the Hawaiian Language, from the long trail that went from a forest on the slopes of Hualālai (where the village is now), to a site where the logs were made into canoes (on the grounds of Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens) into this bay where a large royal building complex was built over several centuries. ==History== Keakealaniwahine, one of the first known ''Alii Aimoku wahine'' ("Queens") of the entire island of Hawaii, built a large complex of buildings here in the seventeenth century, with the area settled several hundred years before that.〔(Environmental Assessment of Lako Street Extension ) on County of Hawaii official web site〕 The royal complex included residential areas, as well as Heiaus (ancient temples) called ''Hikapaia'' (for plentiful food and fish) and ''Hualani'' (for teaching about medicinal herbs), and burial areas. 〔(Archaeological Mitigation Measures ) for Lako Street extension, produced by Haun and Associates, March 2003, on County of Hawaii official web site〕 Keakamahana, the mother of Keakealaniwahine, was the first named royalty to live here. This area (uphill or ''mauka'' of Alii drive) was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 8, 2005, as the Holualoa 4 Archeological District with site number 05000542.〔 It is State Archeological site number 50-10-37-23.661. The Kamoa Point Complex, the area West of Alii drive on the south side of the bay, included a temple for surfers, called the ''Haleaama Heiau'', and a large ancient sports complex named after chiefess ''Keolonāhihi'', thought to have lived circa 1300. Here warriers could practice their skills. 〔(Map of Keolonahihi Enclosure ) by Henry Kekehuna in Bishop Museum collection〕 Some legends say Keolonāhihi was the daughter of Paao, the (perhaps mythical) priest who brought the Hawaiian Religion from a distant land. It was added to over the years, including a terraced grandstand to watch surfing contests. Kamehameha I, the great-great grandson of Keakealaniwahine, probably learned to surf here in his youth.〔 When he came to power he lived further north in Kamakahonu but continued to maintain a temple here called ''Hale O Kaili'' to the war god Kūkailimoku. Although this Hōlualoa was for the practical purpose of building canoes, sliding down the lava rock evolved into a favorite sport of the upper class called hee hōlua. Kamehameha constructed a large ramp purely for the sport a few miles further south known as the Keauhou Holua Slide, some of which is preserved. The complex on the point was originally added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983 as site 83000247. It is state site 10-37-2059, added November 2, 1977.〔(National and State Register of Historic Places ) on official County of Hawaii web site〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holualoa Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|