Keep up, we have places to be!
Saturday morning at the Bishop Museum. We were the first people there.
River says hello to Kū, Lono, and Kāne. Kū is wrapped as it is not his season. Winter belongs to Lono, the god of peace and rest. At the end of Makahiki the Akua Loa (image of Lono) will be taken down, and Kū is unwrapped to rule again.
River is most impressed by the cool rocks the gods have.
The little god River is waving at is Kaneikokala. He has a neat story. A man in Kawaihae was led by a dream to the spot where the ki'i (tiki) was buried. He said the ki'i had pled to be brought in from the cold. He was brought to the Bishop museum in 1906, and installed in the hall. Later, plans were made to move him outside to a more suitable location, but the little ki'i was having none of that and refused to be moved. As far down as they dug to excavate him, the stone continued farther. Clearly he prefers it inside.
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