#kakoohakeakala

[sacredmaunakea]

“The question is what are the proper values to be applied? The values of the kupuna who originally placed this moepu with the iwi? Or the values of our generation, which has no connection except in a modern (monetary, artistic, etc.) way. Considering that these items were sacred objects to the people who created them and imparted special powers to protect the iwi and spirits of the individuals that they were meant for, the moepu had no value to anyone else. For some of us who have been touched spiritually by the moepu, it has an everlasting value because of the fact that by replacing the moepu with the iwi, we are insured that their moepu is protecting the eternal journeys of the souls of Na kupuna.”