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Thread #94524 Message #1831968
Posted By: Barry Finn
11-Sep-06 - 01:30 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Kanaka (Hawaiian) chanteymen
Subject: RE: Folklore: Kanaka (Hawaian) chanteymen
While living on Maui years ago a woman brought me to a man made pool high up in the hills of Luna Lahaina to go awimming (Luna=above, Lahaina=place of the mercyless sun). It was maybe like a football field but 1/2 to 1/3 the size. It was like a built up (or above ground) swimming pool, I can't remember how high but like a small levee wall surounding it. Maybe you could call it piles of dirt where up country folks went diving. It was plenty deep enough to swim in but I don't think it really was for deep diving though. When I think of deep diving in Hawaiian terms I think of the Hawaiians that free dive for black coral around 100' or so, give or take a bit.