Aloha Wedding Ceremonies
Kuleana Blessing
Rite-of-Passage
House ... Business ... Land ... Vessel

John & Erin's
Kuleana Blessing - March 2009
Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii

History of Blessings
Have been a part of life in all cultures throughout the
history of the human race. Hawaii shares in this tradition...
recognizing the need to clear away any opala - psychic trash;
that may have been accumulated, for our dwelling, business,
land, boat, plane, and vehicle. To bring pono (balance) and
spiritual clarity to self and environment.
Blessings can, and often do, include family, friends,
colleges, and the elements to give pono to
our dreams and visions.

Blessing of a Kuleana
Starts outside with the placement of salts, at the
four corners of structure(s), up the driveway to the front
entry. Blowing of the Pu -conch shell; calling attention to the
na akua (gods). Ti leaf blessing of salt water from a coconut
bowl; coconut represents the tree of life, providing support,
shelter and nourishment. Concluding with white
sage smudge,  starting inside main-structure;
banishing any unwanted energies on all
doors windows, walls, ceilings
and floors.

HIUWAI
Spiritual Purifying
In the Hawaiian tradition, whenever a significant
spiritual passage in life is made...you are called to hiuwai;
honored by a ritual cleansing of your spirit in a sacred body of
water. Salt water is used; as it has always been used for
purification and bringing lives  and souls into
pono - balance.

TI LEI BLESSING
Placing a ti lei, on or over, front entry the
ti lei…represents divine-luck; and welcomes harmony to
dwell within and without the heart and soul of your kuleana;
to bring pono - balance, and to ward off unwanted
 energies and evil; that may upset the
balance of self and dwelling.
Aloha Wedding Ceremonies
Rev. Barbara Concoby
P. O. Box 1989, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96745 -- Tel/Fax: 808-325-0895
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John & Erin...
Have been blessed to have
an ancient Heiau adorn
their kuleana.
Heiau -  Ancient Hawaiian
temples; were places of
worship that were central to
Hawaiian religious beliefs.
From the heiau, the
kahuna (priest)
communicated with
the gods and advised the
Ali'i (chief).