Community leader, Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻoleohaililani, writes a letter to the hula community sharing her aloha and concern for our beloved ʻōhiʻa, and suggests ways for the hula community to be actively involved in preventing the spread of C. fimbriata, and helping to heal our ʻōhiʻa ʻohana. For the 2016 Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, Kekuhi is working with other Hawaiʻi Island community members to host the Puaʻenaʻena Ceremony. This fire ceremony will provide a way for people to offer their kinolau, hakina, lei, and kūpeʻe with thoughts of full recovery for our ʻŌhiʻa to the fire of Ke Ahi O Hiʻiaka. READ the letter here.