Hāwane Rios Instagram – ‘Kū Kia’i Palesetina // Solidarity March for Peace // January 28, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawai’i’ Honored to have laid down footsteps and offerings of chant and song to call for a permanent ceasefire and absolute end to the genocide of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, West Papua and all places and people suffering the devastation and soul shattering anguish of the evil powers that be. I have marched adorned in my regalia, in my sacred ‘a‘ahu since the first march we were asked to offer protocol for in 2012 for the ‘A‘ole GMO Movement in Hilo Hanakahi. It was so powerful to ‘a‘ahu in regalia alongside people that I have been in ceremony with for the past three years. We adorned in pā‘ū, kākua, lei hulu, lei momi, lei aloha from every sacred moment in prayer we have shared together in the places with stand for. When we ‘a‘ahu and when we oli, we are bringing the best of ourselves and the highest of our offerings to the place and the people we are standing up in solidarity for. I looked around and saw the words Kū Kia‘i Palesetina everywhere my eyes landed and all I could think of was how incredibly powerful it is to affirm our love for a place most of us have never been in our language and in the language of our movement for Mauna Kea which brought us into relationship on the Ala Hulu Kūpuna. So when we chant and when we include the God of the people we stand with in our prayers, it is our highest, most sacred of ceremonial expressions of devotion. I don’t just stand for Palestine. I have come to deeply love Palestine. And that is why I promise to keep speaking, keep marching, and keep posting as much as I possibly can. Because it is, to me, the correct thing to do. It is the kūpono thing to do. It is the kūpono person to be and continue to become. Aloha nā waipuna me nā ki’owai o Paleketina Mai nā kahawai a hiki loa i ka Moananuiākea E mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono I ke aloha i ka ‘oia’i’o Kū nā Kia’i Mauna a Wākea Kū nā kia’i Paleketina Inshallah Ameen From the river to the sea Palestine and Hawai’i shall be free 📸: @jenmay Puu Huluhulu