Observatories at Mauna Kea summit, Mauna Kea.

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Mauna Kea (White Mountain) is called Mauna O Wakea (Mountain of Wakea) by Hawaiian cultural practitioners. While all of the Big Island is considered the first-born child of Wakea (Sky Father) and Papahānaumoku (Earth Mother), Mauna Kea has always been the sacred piko (navel) connecting the land to the heavens.


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Circling the island of Hawaiʻi: a pilgrimage to Mother Nature

Sep 28, 2018 • 7 min read