Wandering Sage: KNOT TYING

Monday, October 18, 2021

KNOT TYING

I saw the video yesterday of Kamaka Pili's interview with Kealii Reichel for the initial episode of Aloha Authentic on KHON 2 News. Hawaiians have this ancient art man diay of knot tying for which they can make hangers for food, clothes etc just out of ropes. And Kealii even mentioned that naa daw style for each social class. The more complicated ones are reserved for royalty kuno oi. Labaw pud tong ilang society nga class-conscious kay they had a monarchy man lagi before the Americans came in. I looked at the video already of how to make plant hangers. Kalingawan ko to ug himo pohon once mahuman n ko ug himos grado. I want to do something with my hands man gud now that wala p ang approval sa akong proposal. Jia you Doki!

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