KALALEA HEIAU
At Ka Lae, "the point," on the southernmost end of Hawai'i, is a well-preserved fishing shrine known as Kalalea Heiau (also known as Hale or Hale o Kalalea). This South Point location is believed to be the first land sighted by Polynesian voyagers sailing for Hawai'i, and it was said to be a place for planning and preparing long-distance voyages to the South Pacific as well as a place for offering thanks for safe arrivals.
Kalalea Heiau, kapu to women, is believed to be dedicated to fishing. Offerings are still left at the site today as the South Point waters attract modern-day fisherman just as they did in the past.
The small heiau enclosure measures forty-three by thirty-five feet, with two smaller platforms outside the structure adjoining the western wall. On the main platform is a pohaku called Kumaiea (female), but also attributed to Kane, and on the smaller platform just ma uka is another upright stone called kanemakua (male), associated with the god
Kanaloa. Standing twelve feet to the north of the heiau are two more stones, the northerly one called 'Ai'ai, the son or Ku'ula. Withing the heiau, beside the ma uka wall, is a rock called Ku'ula, the god of fishermen. Hina, the wife of Ku'ula, is said to live in a sea cave just offshore from Kalalea Heiau.
A rock at the water's edge here is called Pokakuwa'a Kauhi, "Kauhi canoe stone," and is a constant reminder of the canoe journerys made from Kahiki. Another offshore stone at South Point is called Pokakuokeau, "stone of the current," referring to the meeting of the different ocean currents that come together here. It also means "stone of the times," referring to a belief that the stone would turn over whenever there was change in the government.
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