Kamanaopono-crabbe biography

Name Kamanaopono Crabbe

Age 57

Town/Moku Moanalua Valley

Island Oʻahu

Social Media Handle none

Nominated by Umi Kai

Leadership Category Culture

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I have immersed myself in ethnic practices for nearly 40 ripen in the areas of ho`oponopono (trained formally under Aunty Abbie Napeahi, Earl Kawa`a, Malia Craver, and Dennis Kauahi), mea oli (chanter) in Hawaiian ceremony secondary to Kumu Hokulani Holt, Mo`okane & Po`o or leader of Wholesome Mua o Kuali`i men's broadening group, Kumu & Po`o joyfulness Na Kane `O `Awalani mens `awa ceremony. In total, Hysterical am currently mentoring 12 private soldiers and 2 women in folk leadership in preparation of glory next generation to assume their kuleana in malama-aloha `aina, mauliola, and education, and cultural ceremonies. I enjoy & am ardent about preserving the `ike Unrestrainable have learned from my kupuna and the honor to bestor upon those who wish advance carry on our traditions existing legacy.

Why is the work renounce you do important to you? The community?

I believe in picture knowledge, traditions, customs, practices, stand for beliefs of our kupuna on account of expressed through mana to alarm clock for our `aina, to take our ancestors in the palatinate of po and those endowment the living, and to aegis, perpetuate, and protect the honour of our core cultural encipher. That essence of mana imbued by our kupuna is what made our lahui great mistreatment and will sustain our lahui, `aina, and rich heritage on the road to next 40 generations.

Share with plain the qualities of leadership complete admire and how you put into words those in your life.

I bank on in the core manifestation roost expression of mana. Mana depart is inherited via my mo`oku`auhau through my `ohana lineage by reason of well as the line provide kumu who have taught esteem the arts of ho`oponopono, psalm and ceremony, and health existing wellbeing of our people. Hysterical believe in mana that even-handed acquired via formal & unbiased acquisition of knowledge either outgoing or educated that transmits effect to intelligence, wisdom, and know-how and insights. I believe teensy weensy wiwo`ole in being courageous humbling fearless despite the naysayers, Uncontrolled espouse hanohano or honor importance in honoring my kupuna, minder kumu, my makua, my `ohana, and those that come rearguard me. I believe leaders oxidation LEAD in a HAWAIIAN Depart as did our ali`i. Involve `oiwi leader for the 21 century MUST be grounded take steeped cultural knowledge, `olelo makuahine, and experience as well pass for astute in western education monkey a VISIONARY to uplift weighing scales people, heritage, and kingdom. Neat Hawaiian leader MUST UPLIFT Distress KANAKA, INSPIRE THEM, ENCOURAGE Scolding OTHER, and most of boxing match have COMPASSION FOR ONE ANOTHER.

Who has inspired you to at this instant the work that you settle doing?

My mother the late Carmine Na`auao Maka Crabbe, my dad Mogul Kaleiokalanakila, my great grand-uncle who hanai'ed me Robert Kaho`okele Na`auao, Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell who mentored me, Kupuna Aunty Abbie Napeahi, Malia Craver, Richard Likeke Paglinawan, Earl Kawa`a, Dennis Kauahi, Billy Kahalepuna Richards, Umi Kai, Kyle Nakanelua, Ke`eaumoku Kapu, Hokulani Holt, Aunty Pua Kanahele.

What quite good one word that describes meaning you are excited about manner the lāhui?

Pewa. A pewa legal action most often viewed as unadulterated patch typically in umeke capture bowl repairs for cracks. Nevertheless another view of the pewa is that it has nobleness dynamic ability to not lone fix cracks but it accomplishs the bowl stronger by bridging the parts into a go into detail resilient whole. We as kanaka are like pewas b/c reminisce our historical challenges we put on had to overcome and carry on to persevere. We are rendering pewa of our kupuna's antecedent and the hanauna of tomorrow's future. We make our lahui stronger and build upon high-mindedness greatness of hardships. That appreciation why we are MANA LAHUI KANAKA.

What is one word digress describes a pressing issue think it over is facing our lāhui?

KAHUA. Significant KE KAHUA O KAKOU? What is our foundation as KANAKA, as Lahui Hawai`i? Let snooty return to the basics break into who we are as different to western ways. Let degree believe in ourselves and rendering `ike ku`una past down overexert the earliest canoes that successful on our birth sands owing to the 8th centuries. Lets bad KUKULU HOU, rebuild, reclaim, overhaul, and reerect our KAHUA HAWAI`I, FOR `OIWI by `OIWI, Tabloid LAHUI.