The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-25
HAWANANPAGEANF
DELIGHTS VISITORS
Legendary Story Of Royal Love
Deals With Days When Chi .'
VARY Powered
KapioIani Park Is Scene Of Uni
que Entertainment For .
Carnival Tourists

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Ia the eeater, under a huge ironwoOd
tree circular canopy of green palm
fronds interviewer sefved as the root
above the actors o. the pageant. Ex,
eept for the booths in which the Off.
cials and the Queen sat there were nc
coverings for the spectators, but none
was desired, A cool, brad ng. brsszy
blew down from the direction Of Ma,
noa YallIy and across the park, soften:
ing the effect Of the sun 4 bright rays
and helping 10 make conditions as PER,
feet as the most tasti,liOus could ask
Tourists Bring Their Kodaks ,,..a. ~
lhe crowd was slow in arriving and
IT was not until half past. three clock
that the audience was well settled and
the entertainment enabled to begin,
AS the, people swaTnted into the en-
closure and flowed up Into y the tiers
Of seats around the arena il became
evident that the visitors from p the
mainland already appreciated the sight
they were to witness. 1t seemed that
nearly every Young woman and almost
every alternate man carried a kodak,
And as the earlier arrivals awaited
the settling Of the crowds ana, 4 the
start of the performances there was
much clicking of cameras, /, friends
catching each other In summery q out;
hts anu the taking of family and
friendly groups. There was some
serainbling for eoigns Of vantage, In
the fbleaehers where, with the sun to
oHe's hack, one might, get an exeep.
tional picture Of the actors In the pa
geaut. Clicking Of cameras continued
steadily throughout the, performance
and afterwards, as the performers
filed slowly Uut and back to their dress
ing quarters at the park S, bathing
quarters,,tts d, a.. ,a.. nv Mt.
iageant In One Act
The pageant consisted of just one
scene: the royal home,,at Kailua, Oahu,
whore King Kalyuhibewa entertained
King Lono. In the course Of the, rev
cry Queen Kaikilani, who has, sailed
IN her .fran canoes, with her ,retinue
b from Hawaii to Maui and from there
to Molokai, and theme TO the WIND
ward side Of Oahu, in search of her
royal husband, arrives still seeking the
man she loves, to tell him Of her de-
yotion aud beg him to return. ,..... -,
The, first action Of the pageant was
the approach of King Kakuhlhewa ans
lis ret.nne of retainers, to take vi
hist abode In his capital. Preceding
him was q band of feudal ehieftaiH:
snd, ehiefes5es, accompanied by tbs
mobility and gentry Of Oahu, bringing
the HooknPn tax to the high ehiet
steward of the realm. In his band
were men Of all ages, women, children
anil even several babies in arms. They
were ROBBED in garments of ,splehd,t
COlors; capes Of vivid green and yel
low and loiR cloths of yellow. Save
for these the meR were bare of le.
aud body. the dark skin glisteping il
the sunshine. One patriarch, bow g,
ly the weight of his years, moved NJ
jauntily as his rreak,ng joints woul(
permit, and he carkled in high gle,
with the exc .tement of the occasion.
These marched, to the rattle o.
gourns in hands of four hula dancers
who brought up the rear, around tn,
royal abe he twice, then passin,
through a side entrance and alignini
themselves along one side.
Approach Of King Heralded
Next came heralds and the gran,
marsh Al, announcing the approach o
his Majesty, King Kakuhihewa Thes
were three boys, with dark hued cloth
around their lOins and rapes of re-
and purple over their shoulders, on
lad blowing a conch. At the sigma
those around the house sank dow
IN. obeisarce to the kapu stick Of royal
~ the black wand which precede,
the king
Then came roval princes ~ higl
priests bearing the sacred lupes, o
kites, little white cOntrivances mucl
like the kites OF the white boy. The,
few at the end of string several fee
above the heads of the bearers. Fol
lowed the grand counsellor, the rOya
Eahilas ana finally the King. The ka
Bills were of feathers of many bril-
liant hues, at the end of long po 81
The King was bedecked in a grea
robe OF yellow that hung in heaS.
feds from shoulders to feet. On hi
head was a large helmet of Hawaiia
dosi gn; 10 also was yellow. The head
gear and robe were made from tn
plumage of a rare bird, now said 10 b
extinct in Hawaii. Each one Of Iii
species bore few feathers Of tina
particular color, so eagerly sought an
highly praised Ia the old days
With the King came weird insight
borne aIoft on poles. One had the d.
sign of great, dark green tortois
and two others represented enOrrHou
yellow fish. They were of films
material, that eau; at the wind as III
bearers marched toward the throne an
filed out looping clumsiiy like al
canpy creatures caught on a hook.
Queen Makes Imposing Entry
Then followed the Queen Of Nortl
west Oahu, Kaea-a kalana, whose habi
aments and staff of attendants we I
imposing as her name. Her wome
carried quaint symbolic things; on
had an owl, another n peculiarly car
ed wooden seeptrej their upper ga
ments were of tapa cloth, the Hawa
ian hand woven fabric, and the
skirts were of grass or green pal
ffonds, while their shining blue,blae
hair was adorned by wreaths of leis I
ferns. Some wore intrieately ut hon
coral or shell necklaces. Most I'D
nothing on their feet. In this grOr