{"product_id":"voices-of-wisdom","title":"Voices of Wisdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"These kūpuna sought to pass forward what they had been given. We receive these makana with care and gratitude: the opportunity to be immersed in the moʻolelo and mele of our people; the embodied knowledge of hula and the nourishment of kalo; the shared practice of celebrating Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea alongside our closest ʻohana and friends; the experience of sailing aboard our traditional navigating vessels, carried deep into the realm of our akua. Each of our living cultural and political traditions continues because these elders tended them long enough to place them into our hands. When we carry these practices forward in service of our keiki and moʻopuna, we honor that care and make ourselves worthy of their sacrifices. In doing so, we become kūpuna too.\" —From the new Foreword by Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio and Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through the voices of twenty-four Hawaiian elders, all experts in their respective fields of traditional arts, practices, and knowledge, we learn about Hawaiian culture and its values. In the 1990s, author MJ Harden interviewed these kūpuna, asking what they would like to pass on to the next generation, and photographer Steve Brinkman took portraits of each kupuna in their own element. \u003ci\u003eVoices of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e lovingly presents their words and images in a way that feels as if we are in the room with them. Each chapter is a rich, thought-provoking encounter with a member of a generation—now mostly passed—that led the Hawaiian cultural renaissance of the late twentieth century. Due in large part to their dedicated efforts, Hawaiian culture thrives today. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mary Kaauamo (1912–2008) \u003cbr\u003e Isabella Abbott (1919–2010) \u003cbr\u003e Eddie Pu (1929–2012) \u003cbr\u003e Margaret Machado (1916–2009) \u003cbr\u003e Lanakila Brandt (1924–2005) \u003cbr\u003e Kawika Ka‘alakea (1919–1998) \u003cbr\u003e Lydia Namahana Mai‘oho (1921–1998) \u003cbr\u003e Charley Keau (1927–2005) \u003cbr\u003e Winona Beamer (1924–2008) \u003cbr\u003e Kekuni Blaisdell (1925–2016) \u003cbr\u003e Kapeka Chandler (1931–2007) \u003cbr\u003e Elaine Kaopuiki (1929–1999) \u003cbr\u003e George Nā‘ope (1928–2009) \u003cbr\u003e John Lake (1937–2008) \u003cbr\u003e Edith McKinzie (1925–2014) \u003cbr\u003e Kindy Sproat (1930–2008) \u003cbr\u003e Puanani Van Dorpe (1933–2014) \u003cbr\u003e Marie McDonald (1926–2019) \u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Lee (1929–2016) \u003cbr\u003e Jo-Anne Kahanamoku Sterling (1929–2010) \u003cbr\u003e Leon Paoa Sterling (1945–2010) \u003cbr\u003e Herb Kāne (1928–2011) \u003cbr\u003e Nainoa Thompson (b. 1953) \u003cbr\u003e Keola Sequeira (1945–2022)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57513564242293,"sku":"9798880703425","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798880703425.jpg?v=1787220334","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/voices-of-wisdom","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}