Saturday began with a community workday hosted by Kaleo Wong, Kamuela Bannister, and Hanaloa Helelā. 80+ students (mostly from Chaminade) showed up for a morning of clearing and cleaning. A couple of hours later, Chad Takatsugi and Kahikina de Silva worked on a stereotype-busting video project (taro patch hula as opposed to sunset on the beach hula). And the day ended with all hands in the mud, "kanu i ka hull a pa‘a ka lo‘i." As an old farmer's prayer reminds us: "May our efforts yield a storehouse of kalo, may the stems be as large as banana stalks, may the leaves be as large as banana leaves, may the kalo grow so tall that a man can be lost in them…" -- Kihei de Silva
