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Concert and lectures headline Day 7 of Mauna Kea occupation

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Video by Jamm Aquino.
Mauna Kea turned partly into an outdoor classroom and concert venue Sunday as professors gave lectures and award-winning musicians played for Thirty Meter Telescope opponents whose numbers swelled to an estimated 2,000 people. The music performances, along with lectures organized by Hawaiian studies faculty from the University of Hawaii at what was dubbed "Puuhuluhulu University," made for a day on the mountain filled with entertainment and education -- as well as continued resolve to prevent construction of the planned $1.4 billion telescope.
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Lanakila Mangauil, left, head of Hawaiian studies at Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School, exchanged breath Sunday with Waimea resident Liliu Ross atop Puu Huluhulu at the base of Mauna Kea.

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TMT opposition leader Kahookahi Kanuha taught the Hawaiian language to participants Sunday.

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Kona resident Keola Dudoit, center, looks out with wife Nicola, at left, son Makoa, 12, and daughter Kaia, 11, over the view of the intersection of Saddle and Mauna Kea Accessroads, where encampments are set up.