{"id":17360,"date":"2025-11-24T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T01:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=17360"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:29:59","slug":"2025-mural-mo%ca%bbolelo-maui-waena-intermediate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/2025-mural-mo%ca%bbolelo-maui-waena-intermediate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural Mo\u02bbolelo: Maui Waena Intermediate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flowers, students and knowledge bloom perennially at Maui Waena Intermediate. The striking large-scale mosaic mural titled \u201cMohala Pua No Ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao\u201d cheerfully welcomes visitors and incoming sixth grade students alike.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accepting differences is one of the values of the school, and a tour of the mural is an integral part of Kumu Marie Biga&#8217;s sixth grade Hawaiiana class. According to Kumu Biga, the visit is a launching point to discuss and foster appreciation for classmates from various cultures. Through this experience, she hopes the lesson will set the sixth graders on a positive course at Maui Waena. The mural&#8217;s name in English is fittingly, &#8220;Through Education, the Children Blossom.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kumu Biga was part of the committee that involved students and the State Foundation of Culture and the Arts that worked with the school community to develop the concept for the mural. The students wanted the mural to represent who they were as a school. The result is a harmonious display of blossoms, each representing cultures found in the school and surrounding neighborhoods, and a chart rejoicing the cultural diversity of Maui Waena Intermediate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cultures represented in the mural include:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hawaiian: The red ohi\u02bba lehua is the flower selected to represent Hawaiian culture. Legend says that when a lehua blossom is picked, expect rain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mexican: The dahlia is the national flower of Mexico that originated in the mountainous regions. They come in a variety of colors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samoan: Teuila is Samoa\u2019s national flower and is called red ginger in Hawai\u02bbi. Samoans associate teuila with the sun and fire which are important sources of life and power.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tongan: Heilala is Tonga\u2019s national flower and is sacred. Heilala is used to make traditional kahoa (lei).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filipino: Sampaguita is the national flower of the Philippines and is known locally as pikake. The name means \u201cI promise you\u201d in Filipino.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marshallese: The hala or pandanus was an important plant used in the Marshall Islands.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japanese: The sakura or cherry blossom is the national flower of Japan and is known for delicate pink flowers that bloom in spring.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chinese: The chrysanthemum is known as one of the Four Gentlemen in Chinese art and represents the season of autumn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The large, centered yellow hibiscus (aloalo) \u2014 which is also the state flower \u2014 inclusively represents all of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Mohala No Na Pua (Children Blossom ) chant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">O keia no ka la&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>This is the day&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">E hauoli kakou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Let us rejoice<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Mohala no na pua&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Children blossom<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">O ke Kula Maui Waena<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>At Maui Waena School<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-17360_57f3c3-50 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-17360_57f3c3-50 kb-gallery-caption-style-bottom-hover kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" 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The striking large-scale mosaic mural titled \u201cMohala Pua No Ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao\u201d cheerfully welcomes visitors and incoming sixth grade students alike.&nbsp; Accepting differences is one of the values of the school, and a tour of the mural is an integral part of Kumu Marie Biga&#8217;s sixth grade [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":17363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"856,888,893,1022,1619,1622","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Mural-Maui-Waena-1-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Kimi Takazawa","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/author\/kimi-takazawak12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":305,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":305,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 08:25:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}