Walk with me as a Friend

Walk with me as a Friend Travelers Tale September 12

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Old Hawaiian Tale


This story is an exploration into those mysterious realities we call friendship and love. They are not so much natural occurences as they are shaped and crafted by the gestures of our hands and the yearning in our hearts.


This Hawaiian quilt sets the theme for our story.


QueenKapiolani FanQuilt  Queen Kapiolani's Fan

Quilt


This precious quilt from Queen Kapiolani portrays a special kind of fan used by royalty in Old Hawaii.  Many of the original fans were made from precious and colorful bird feathers skillfully woven together by human hands. 


The quilt itself continued the tradition with a new craft form brought by New England missionaries in the early 1800s.


The elusive Oahu Creeper oahucreeper

    


In this Hawaiian tale, friendship is woven by the hands and hearts of two very different persons.  One is a great chieftain and the other his humble servant.  Their friendship is not natural, but crafted by their hands, their minds, and their hearts.


HonoluluHarbor1900  Hawaiian outriggers in Honolulu, 1900


This Hawaiian tale is about a journey of discovery, both from island to island in an exterior way, and heart to heart interiorly.