Hundreds gather against Thirty Meter Telescope
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Native Hawaiian practitioner Pua Case recited an oli, or chant, during the wai (water) ceremony held at Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday. The ceremony was attended by hundreds of people gathered in solidarity against the Thirty Meter Telescope which is scheduled to start construction this week.
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Hawane Rios drummed during a chant at Pu'uhonua O Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday.
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A group of women led an oli (chant) at the wai, or water, ceremony held at Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday. Hundreds of people gathered in solidarity against the Thirty Meter Telescope which is scheduled to start construction this week.
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Native Hawaiian practioner Pua Case led an oli, or chant, at Pu'uhonua O Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday.
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After a full day of prayer, chanting, offerings and discussion, hundreds of people at Pu'uhonua O Pu'u Huluhulu turned to Mauna Kea and held up their hands in honor of their sacred mountain.
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The Hawaiian flag has been posted upside down, as a sign of distress, above an altered stop sign protesting the Thirty Meter Telescope at the intersection of Daniel K. Inouye Highway and Mauna Kea Access Road.
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A woman walked past the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope located at the Mauna Kea summit on Sunday.
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People performed hula and recited chants at Pu'uhonua O Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday.
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Earl “Uncle Earl” DeLeon and Hawaiian practitioner Luana Busby-Neff led an oli (chant) at a cleansing wai, or water, ceremony held at Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday.
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Sea salt was sprinkled on the kuahu (altar) during a cleansing wai (water) ceremony held at Pu'u Huluhulu on Hawaii island on Sunday.
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Mauna Kea kia’i Kahoʻokahi Kanuha made his closing remarks at
Pu'uhonua O Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday.
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Hawaiian practitioner Luana Busby-Neff led an oli (chant) at a cleansing wai, or water, ceremony held at Pu'u Huluhulu on Sunday.
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The Hawaiian flag has been posted upside down, as a sign of distress, above an altered stop sign protesting the Thirty Meter Telescope at the intersection of Daniel K. Inouye Highway and Mauna Kea Access Road.
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Chloe Cutler, 7, and her brother, Ruben, 9, waited for their parents, Jonathan and Rachel Cutler, at the summit of Mauna Kea on Sunday. The family was visiting from Auckland, New Zealand.
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The summit of Mauna Kea is studded with telescopes.
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Claud Sutcliffe drummed along Daniel K. Inouye Highway on Sunday.
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