{"id":11276,"date":"2012-10-26T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T01:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=11276"},"modified":"2021-12-09T09:39:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:39:54","slug":"family-fun-day-at-kanewai-cultural-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/26\/family-fun-day-at-kanewai-cultural-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Fun Day at K\u0101newai cultural garden"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The public is invited to get muddy in the Loʻi<\/span> at Ka Papa Loʻi<\/span> o Kānewai. (Photo courtesy Hawaiʻinuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students and families are invited to participate in hands-on learning about the traditional and modern cultural practices of taro farming and enjoy award-winning music and hula as part of an open house event hosted by the Hawaiʻinuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> on Saturday, November 3, 2–6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Family Fun Day is part of a series of family days and concerts to raise awareness and gain support for the school’s Ka Papa Loʻi<\/span> o Kānewai cultural garden.<\/p>\n

The event is free to the public, though donations are welcome. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Parking is available in the structure next to Hawaiian Studies ($5\/day) and along Dole Street. No alcohol or smoking is allowed.<\/p>\n

Participants should expect to get muddy if helping inside the Loʻi<\/span> kalo.<\/p>\n

“We want people to come learn all about kalo, how to make poi, and how they can grow kalo in their own yards. We’ll do tours of the Loʻi<\/span> and we’ll have food and drinks available for sale,” says Kānewai Director E. Makahiapo Cashman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Plans in place to enhance garden<\/h2>\n

Donations will go entirely towards improving the site. Critical repairs and improvements are needed at Kānewai, and there are plans for the construction of a modest learning center.<\/p>\n

“We currently host over 30,000 students every year,” says Hawaiʻinuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge Dean Maenette Benham<\/strong>. “A learning resource center will serve more Mānoa students, learners from preschool through high school, and families.”<\/p>\n

The overhaul of Kānewai will cost about $1.3 million, with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development contributing $670,000 in grant funding.<\/p>\n

“We have the HUD commitment, the plans, the clearances, and the vision,” says Benham. “All we need is the remaining $630,000.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The public is invited to an open house event at Mānoa’s Ka Papa Loʻi<\/span> o Kānewai that will offer food, entertainment and hands-on learning about taro farming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[551,459,9],"class_list":["post-11276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaiinuiakea-school-of-hawaiian-knowledge","tag-ka-papa-loi-o-kanewai","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11276"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152886,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11276\/revisions\/152886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}