ʻIKE KŪPUNA
Learning about the hospitality industry through the kūpuna who came before us allows us the opportunity to see a glimpse into a past Hawaiʻi and inspires us to continue the legacy they have paved. NaHHA has created a new online video series to highlight visitor industry kūpuna and their myriad of moʻolelo. Check back often for updates to this new series.
ʻIke Kūpuna.
The videos below have been created to document the stories and legacy of our visitor industry kūpuna. We hope that you find inspiration in this video series as we highlight the Lamakū Hoʻokipa pioneers.. Find more information about each video in the descriptions below.
Joseph Kekipi Bright Recca
Kūpuna Interview: Joseph Kekipi Bright Recca (Uncle Joe)
Interviewer: Kainoa Daines
In this video, Uncle Joe recalls Waikīkī before the buildings, visitors, and concrete. He shares moʻolelo of a Waikīkī in the time of Aliʻi and as a playground and picking ground for the kamaʻāina.
Brickwood Galuteria
Kūpuna Interview: Joseph Kekipi Bright Recca (Uncle Joe)
Interviewer: Kainoa Daines
In this video, Uncle Joe recalls Waikīkī before the buildings, visitors, and concrete. He shares moʻolelo of a Waikīkī in the time of Aliʻi and as a playground and picking ground for the kamaʻāina.
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Glossary.
NaHHA has compiled a listing of the most used words in the visitor industry that have been vetted and translated into ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi for you to reference when necessary. Continue to check back for annual updates and additional words that will be added to the glossary index. Can’t find a common hospitality term that you are looking for? Send us an email to lamaku@nahha.com to get your word(s) included in our next updated glossary.
Lamakū Hoʻokipa Opportunities for 2022
Each year NaHHA will focus on additional opportunities to offer to Lamakū Hoʻokipa that focus on where our industry is currently operating and where we want to be in the future. Take advantage of the opportunities that we have curated exclusively for you in the 2021/2022 fiscal year. Opportunities are FREE for all Lamakū Hoʻokipa who operate as cultural resources in the visitor industry throughout Hawaiʻi. We hope that these specific 2022 opportunities provide you with valuable growth and resources to continue to service the hospitality industry throughout Hawaiʻi to the best of your abilities.
OPPORTUNITY 1: Would you like specific WAHI PANA content created for your location?
You are in the driver’s seat when it comes to the next set of WAHI PANA content that NaHHA will be creating. Cultural historians and cultural resources will compile a curriculum specifically for the location that you are in to expand our Wahi Pana teachings.
OPPORTUNITY 2: PARTICIPATE IN NaHHA’S LAMAKŪ HOʻOKIPA MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Throughout our history, mentorship has been a way that our kūpuna passed down ʻike and manaʻo for generations and at every level of society. As NaHHA understands the immense knowledge embedded in our Lamakū Hoʻokipa, we have designed this mentorship program to facilitate the relationship between those who are looking to pass on their knowledge to the next generation of Lamakū. In honoring the legacy of those in the visitor industry that have come before, NaHHA is looking to shape the future of tourism through the passing of knowledge to the next generation. If you are looking to pass your knowledge on to the future cultural resource leaders in the visitor industry, this program is definitely for you. And, if you are looking to gain ʻike from some of the most esteemed Lamakū Hoʻokipa in our industry, this program is for you.
BECOME A LAMAKŪ HOʻOKIPA MENTEE
BECOME A LAMAKŪ HOʻOKIPA MENTOR
Contact us.
Let us know which opportunity you are interested in!
lamaku@nahha.com
(808) 628-6374