Manaʻoʻiaʻo nā kūpuna akua i ka lā o kaʻahaʻaina pule, e loaʻa iā lākou kekahi pilina pili kūikawā me ka pēpē,ʻo ia ke kumu, ma ka'ōlelo kahiko, pono lākou e lawe iā lākou iho i nā lilo no ka mālamaʻana i kēia hui nui. E noʻonoʻo i ka mea e hāʻawi ai nā kūpuna i ka bapetizo a me kā lākou pane.
He aha ka mea e hāʻawi ai i ke akua kiʻi i kahi makua kāne?
Inā mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mea e pono ke hāʻawiʻia e ke kupuna kāne,ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou keʻikeʻoleʻo ia ka mea nāna e uku i nā lilo nui aʻoi aku i nā kuleana nui:
- ke kūʻaiʻana i kahi keʻa no ka bapetizoʻana;
- e uku no kaʻahaʻaina o kaʻahaʻaina ma ka halepule (a hāʻawi i kahi haʻawina no ia mea);
- hōʻuluʻulu o kaʻahaʻaina o kēia hanana (ʻaina).
Inā mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mea maoli o ko mākou ola, aia nā mea a pau maʻaneʻi eʻano likeʻole. Ma keʻano he kūlana, uku lākou no kaʻahaʻaina a ka pule, aʻo ka hoʻokipaʻanaʻo nā mākua pono'ī. A inā i hoʻoholo lākou i ke keʻa i ke gula, a laila ua loaʻa pinepine lākou iā lākou iho. Eia naʻe, ināʻae nā mākua i kaʻaoʻao o ke keʻa e hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi, a laila hiki ke hāʻawiʻia kēia makana e ke kupuna kāne.
He aha ka hana a ke akuako?
Uaʻoi aku ka pōmaikaʻi o ke kupunawahine ma mua o kona makuakāne,ʻaʻole pono i kaʻahaʻaina kahuna e hoʻonele loa iā ia. ʻO ka papa inoa o nā mea i hāʻawiʻia e ke kupuna wahine e kaupalenaʻia e ia mau kūlana:
- kryzhma (kahi kiko'ī, kahi e hoʻopaʻa ai i ka pēpē ma hope o kaʻauʻauʻana);
- a he kapa hoʻomalu a he lole paha (pono ka mea e pono ai ka hale hana a hanaʻia e ka lima);
- 'Ikona o ka saint i hāʻawiʻia ka inoa i ke keiki ma ka bapetizo.
ʻOiai ināʻoe iʻike ua mahalo nā kupuna wahine i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻana , a ua mākaukau e hana i kēia mau makana, e hoʻomaopopo koke i nā mākua aʻike i ko lākou manaʻo ma ia mea. Malia paha,ʻaʻole lākou makemake e nānā i nā kuʻuna a pau i nā mea hōʻeha a hāʻawi iāʻoe e hōʻike i kahi makana hou, aʻo nā mea a pau e pono aiʻoe no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻana, ua loaʻa.