Nobrega-Olivera said menstruating women typically do not come and red clothes are avoided. Kanani Santos said he removes his shoes before entering because he likes to “be connected to the ground.” He enjoys walking there at sunset, when the brick-red patch of land appears bathed in gold ...
's great, unified Hawaii had been all but taken over by white traders; and the temples and the old religion had long since been burned away. The native people could read their bibles, newly translated into Hawaiian, as they lived in western-style houses, in their western-style clothes....