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58 iwi kupuna return home to Hawaii after more than 100 years

COURTESY UBERSEE-MUSEUM BREMEN / VOLKER BEINHORN
                                Mana Caceres, left, and Kalehua Caceres performed a cleansing ritual at the end of a Feb. 8 ceremony at the Ubersee-Museum Bremen in Germany.
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COURTESY UBERSEE-MUSEUM BREMEN / VOLKER BEINHORN

Mana Caceres, left, and Kalehua Caceres performed a cleansing ritual at the end of a Feb. 8 ceremony at the Ubersee-Museum Bremen in Germany.

COURTESY UBERSEE-MUSEUM BREMEN / VOLKER BEINHORN
                                The Office of Hawaiian Affairs delegation made its first of five stops to bring home 58 iwi kupuna at Ubersee-Museum Bremen in Germany. A ceremony was held Feb. 8.
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COURTESY UBERSEE-MUSEUM BREMEN / VOLKER BEINHORN

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs delegation made its first of five stops to bring home 58 iwi kupuna at Ubersee-Museum Bremen in Germany. A ceremony was held Feb. 8.

COURTESY PETER HELLER
                                A prayer by Office of Hawaiian Affairs delegates Edward Halealoha Ayau, left, Mana Caceres and Kalehua Caceres was held Feb. 9 during a ceremony at the University of Gottingen in Germany.
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COURTESY PETER HELLER

A prayer by Office of Hawaiian Affairs delegates Edward Halealoha Ayau, left, Mana Caceres and Kalehua Caceres was held Feb. 9 during a ceremony at the University of Gottingen in Germany.

COURTESY BERLIN STATE MUSEUMS OF THE PRUSSIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION / OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
                                Edward Halealoha Ayau attended a Feb. 11 ceremony at the Berlin State Museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Germany.
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COURTESY BERLIN STATE MUSEUMS OF THE PRUSSIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION / OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Edward Halealoha Ayau attended a Feb. 11 ceremony at the Berlin State Museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Germany.

COURTESY UBERSEE-MUSEUM BREMEN / VOLKER BEINHORN
                                Mana Caceres, left, and Kalehua Caceres performed a cleansing ritual at the end of a Feb. 8 ceremony at the Ubersee-Museum Bremen in Germany.
COURTESY UBERSEE-MUSEUM BREMEN / VOLKER BEINHORN
                                The Office of Hawaiian Affairs delegation made its first of five stops to bring home 58 iwi kupuna at Ubersee-Museum Bremen in Germany. A ceremony was held Feb. 8.
COURTESY PETER HELLER
                                A prayer by Office of Hawaiian Affairs delegates Edward Halealoha Ayau, left, Mana Caceres and Kalehua Caceres was held Feb. 9 during a ceremony at the University of Gottingen in Germany.
COURTESY BERLIN STATE MUSEUMS OF THE PRUSSIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION / OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
                                Edward Halealoha Ayau attended a Feb. 11 ceremony at the Berlin State Museums of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Germany.