"A Malanai is the wind of this place; call the wa‘a ashore." When the Hikianalia arrived in Kailua with a Kailua captain (Kaleo Wong) and many of Kailuaʻs ‘ōiwi on deck, she was greeted by a "village" that included the canoe clubs of Kailua, the hālau hula of Kailua, and the civic club of Kailua. Her crew was honored with oratory and mele of Kailua, and then it was fed with food prepared by Hale Ke Aloha, the Hawaiian restaurant of Kailua. This, in short, was not the infamous Cry-Lua of popular dis-acclaim. No. It was something entirely different. It was Kailua i ke oho o ka Malanai, and we are its people. -- Kihei de Silva
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