# papa hōlua

> Papa hōlua is the traditional, narrow wooden sled used in heʻe hōlua, an ancient Hawaiian sport where royalty hurtled down volcanic slopes at speeds up to 120 km/h. Crafted from native hardwood and coconut fiber, this extreme ritual honored the goddess Pele and is currently experiencing a cultural revival

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## Concepts

### Kona District, Hawaii

Kona is a moku or district on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi in the state of Hawaii, known for its Kona coffee and the Ironman World Championship Triathlon.

Topics: instance of: district of Hawaii County, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kona_District%2C_Hawaii

### Lono

In Hawaiian religion, the god Lono is associated with fertility, agriculture, rainfall, music and peace.

Topics: instance of: deity, part of: Hawaiian mythology

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lono

### Ulu maika

Ulu maika is a type of traditional pre-contact Hawaiian game.

Topics: instance of: traditional game

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulu_maika

### Kāneaka Hōlua Slide

Kāneaka Hōlua Slide which is better known today as the Keauhou Hōlua Slide is located in Keauhou on the island of Hawaiʻi.

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81neaka_H%C5%8Dlua_Slide

### ʻIolani Palace

The ʻIolani Palace was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty (1845) and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani (1893) under the Kalākaua Dynasty.

Topics: instance of: palace, part of: Hawaii Capital Historic District, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBIolani_Palace

### Hawaiian Organic Act

The Hawaiian Organic Act, Pub.

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Organic_Act

### James Henderson Blount

James Henderson Blount was an American politician, Confederate army soldier and congressman from Georgia.

Topics: instance of: human, occupation: politician, occupation: lawyer

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henderson_Blount

### Provisional Government of Hawaii

The Provisional Government of Hawaii was proclaimed after the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, by the 13-member Committee of Safety under the leadership of its chairman Henry E.

Topics: instance of: historical country, instance of: provisional government, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Hawaii

### Committee of Safety (Hawaii)

The Committee of Safety, formally the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, was a 13-member group of the Annexation Club.

Topics: instance of: organization, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Safety_(Hawaii)

### Reciprocity Treaty of 1875

The Treaty of Reciprocity between the United States of America and the Hawaiian Kingdom was a free trade agreement signed and ratified in 1875 that is generally known as the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875.

Topics: instance of: treaty

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_Treaty_of_1875

### 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom

The 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a legal document prepared by anti-monarchists to strip the absolute Hawaiian monarchy of much of its authority, initiating a transfer of power to a coalition of American, European and native Hawaiian people.

Topics: instance of: Constitution of Hawaii, country: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887_Constitution_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom

### Liliʻuokalani

Liliʻuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a coup that was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu.

Topics: instance of: human, occupation: writer, occupation: composer

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili%CA%BBuokalani

### Hawaiian Kingdom

The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, was an archipelagic country from 1795 to 1893, which eventually encompassed all of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands.

Topics: instance of: historical country, instance of: sovereign state, country: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Kingdom

### Hawaiian religion

The Hawaiian religion comprises the Indigenous religious beliefs and practices of Native Hawaiians, also known as the kapu system.

Topics: instance of: ethnic religion, subclass of: animism, part of: Hawaiian mythology

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_religion

### Kamehameha I

Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Topics: instance of: human, occupation: sovereign, occupation: military personnel

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_I

### Metrosideros polymorpha

Metrosideros polymorpha, the ʻōhiʻa lehua, is a species of flowering evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is endemic to the six largest islands of Hawaiʻi.

Topics: instance of: taxon

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrosideros_polymorpha

### Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

The Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown in a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oahu.

Topics: instance of: coup d'état, part of: Hawaiian Rebellions, country: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom

### Polynesian mythology

Polynesian mythology encompasses the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia together with those of the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers.

Topics: instance of: group of mythologies by ethnic group, subclass of: Pacific mythology

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_mythology

### Kamapuaʻa

In Hawaiian mythology, Kamapuaʻa is a hog-man fertility superhuman associated with Lono, the god of agriculture.

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamapua%CA%BBa

### Halemaʻumaʻu

Halemaʻumaʻu anglicized as “Halemaumau” is a pit crater within the much larger Kīlauea Caldera at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on island of Hawaiʻi.

Topics: instance of: volcanic crater, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halema%CA%BBuma%CA%BBu

### Hiʻiaka

In Hawaiian religion, Hiʻiaka is a daughter of Haumea and Kāne.

Topics: instance of: mythical character, part of: Hawaiian mythology

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%CA%BBiaka

### Pele (deity)

In Hawaiian religion, Pele is the goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands.

Topics: instance of: goddess, part of: Hawaiian mythology

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele_(deity)

### Apology Resolution

Public Law 103-150, informally known as the Apology Resolution, is a joint resolution of the U.S.

Topics: instance of: Act of Congress in the United States, instance of: joint resolution, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apology_Resolution

### Hula

Hula is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant (oli) or song (mele).

Topics: instance of: type of dance, subclass of: folk dance

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula

### Hawaiian language

Hawaiian is a critically endangered Polynesian language of the Austronesian language family, originating in and native to the Hawaiian Islands.

Topics: instance of: natural language, instance of: modern language, subclass of: Marquesic, has part(s): Niihau dialect, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_language

### Polynesian navigation

Polynesian navigation or Polynesian wayfinding was used for thousands of years to enable long voyages across thousands of kilometres of the open Pacific Ocean.

Topics: instance of: method, subclass of: navigation

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_navigation

### Native Hawaiians

Native Hawaiians are the Indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands.

Topics: instance of: ethnic group, instance of: ethnolinguistic group, subclass of: Pacific Islander Americans, subclass of: Polynesians, named after: Hawaii

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Hawaiians

### Kalākaua

Kalākaua, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, until his death in 1891.

Topics: instance of: human, occupation: monarch, occupation: composer

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal%C4%81kaua

### Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop was an aliʻi (noble) of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well-known philanthropist.

Topics: instance of: human, occupation: politician

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernice_Pauahi_Bishop

### Kapu (Hawaiian culture)

Kapu is the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations.

Topics: subclass of: command

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapu_(Hawaiian_culture)

### Aliʻi

The aliʻi were the traditional nobility of the Hawaiian islands.

Topics: instance of: nobility, country: Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%CA%BBi

### Kīlauea

Kīlauea is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands.

Topics: instance of: shield volcano, instance of: active volcano, has part(s): Puʻu ʻŌʻō, has part(s): Halemaumau Crater, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea

### Hawaiian lava sledding

Hawaiian lava sledding is a traditional sport of the Native Hawaiians.

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_lava_sledding

### Makahiki

The Makahiki season is the ancient Hawaiian New Year festival, in honor of the god Lono of the Hawaiian religion.

Topics: instance of: festival

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makahiki

### Sled

A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a vehicle that slides across a surface, usually of ice or snow.

Topics: subclass of: land vehicle, subclass of: sports equipment

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sled

### Keauhou, Hawaii

Keauhou is an unincorporated community on the island of Hawaii in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.

Topics: instance of: unincorporated community, country: United States

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keauhou%2C_Hawaii

### Volcano

A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

Topics: subclass of: mountain, subclass of: volcanic landform, has part(s): volcanic rock, named after: Vulcano

Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano

## Relationships

- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Kona District, Hawaii: regional context of the slide
- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Lono: deity associated with the Makahiki season
- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Ulu maika: traditional Hawaiian sport and game
- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Keauhou, Hawaii: geographic location of the slide
- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Sled: technological category of the equipment
- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Makahiki: seasonal context for the sport
- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Hawaiian lava sledding: the activity performed on the slide
- Kāneaka Hōlua Slide — related_to → Aliʻi: primary users of the slide
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → ʻIolani Palace: Official residence of the Hawaiian monarchs
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Hawaiian Organic Act: Legislation establishing the Territory of Hawaii
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → James Henderson Blount: Investigator of the 1893 overthrow for the U.S. government
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Provisional Government of Hawaii: Successor entity following the collapse of the kingdom
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Committee of Safety (Hawaii): Group that orchestrated the overthrow of the monarchy
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Reciprocity Treaty of 1875: Economic agreement that deepened ties with the United States
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → 1887 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom: Legal instrument that curtailed the power of the monarchy
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Liliʻuokalani: Last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Apology Resolution: Formal U.S. acknowledgment of the kingdom's illegal overthrow
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Kalākaua: Monarch during the late kingdom period
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom: Final event leading to the dissolution of the kingdom
- Hawaiian Kingdom — related_to → Kamehameha I: Founder and first monarch of the unified kingdom
- Kamehameha I — related_to → Hawaiian lava sledding: Cultural context of Hawaiian royalty
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Hawaiian religion: Theological framework for Pele's worship
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Metrosideros polymorpha: Botanical symbol of the Pele-Hiʻiaka myth
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Polynesian mythology: Cultural and religious context
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Kamapuaʻa: Mythological rival and lover
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Halemaʻumaʻu: Primary residence and sacred site
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Hiʻiaka: Sister and companion in Hawaiian mythology
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Volcano: Natural phenomenon personified by Pele
- Pele (deity) — related_to → Kīlauea: Geological manifestation of the deity
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Apology Resolution: 1993 US federal law acknowledging the illegal overthrow
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Hula: Traditional dance form central to Hawaiian culture
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Kamehameha I: Unifier and first monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Hawaiian language: Indigenous language of the Native Hawaiian people
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Polynesian navigation: Ancestral maritime tradition of Native Hawaiians
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom: Historical event causing loss of sovereignty
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Hawaiian Kingdom: Sovereign state established by Native Hawaiian monarchs
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Pele (deity): Central figure in Native Hawaiian mythology and spiritual belief
- Native Hawaiians — related_to → Makahiki: Annual religious festival observed by Native Hawaiians
- Aliʻi — related_to → Kalākaua: monarch who sought to revitalize aliʻi traditions
- Aliʻi — related_to → Bernice Pauahi Bishop: last descendant of the Kamehameha royal line
- Aliʻi — related_to → Hawaiian Kingdom: sovereign state governed by the aliʻi nobility
- Aliʻi — related_to → Kapu (Hawaiian culture): governed the social and religious conduct of the aliʻi
- Aliʻi — related_to → Kamehameha I: unified the Hawaiian Islands under a single aliʻi monarchy
- Aliʻi — related_to → Makahiki: period of ritualized tribute collection by the aliʻi
- Aliʻi — related_to → Native Hawaiians: social class structure within the Native Hawaiian population
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Kīlauea: geological site of historical practice
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Aliʻi: social class associated with the sport
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Makahiki: seasonal context for the sport
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Keauhou, Hawaii: location of significant historical tracks
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Sled: primary equipment used
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Volcano: geological setting for the sport
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Pele (deity): mythological association with lava
- Hawaiian lava sledding — related_to → Native Hawaiians: cultural originators of the sport