Mākua Cultural Access Day (Mālama Mākua)

Mākua Cultural Access Day (Mālama Mākua)

If you need more info about Cultural Access, please give Vince a call at 808-478-6492.Start times for the cultural access will be determined a couple of weeks before each access. Cultural accesses are led by Mālama Mākua and participants will need to be at Mākua at the start time to be able to go on the access.If you would like to attend an access, please email makuavalleyaccess@gmail.com.Mahalo nunui!IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU ARE COMING ON A CULTURAL ACCESS INTO MĀKUA Each person coming on an access needs to have their first and last names, as they appear on a photo identification, on the registration roster in order to come on the access. If it was up to Mālama Mākua, there might not be a list, but if your name or the name of someone in your hui is not on the list, the U.S. army representatives will not let you in the valley, unfortunately. Dates of upcoming accesses are below.WHAT TO BRINGBring photo identification, such as driver's license, with which to check in (no photo identification, no go, unfortunately). The names that are submitted for registration MUST match names on photo identification. Bring plenty of water and sunscreen (since it can get hot in Mākua and there is very little shade), a snack (to eat and/or share) and covered shoes. Since this is a cultural access, going barefoot is allowed in certain locations, though the rocks can be sharp. If you would like to know what areas those are, just ask a Mālama Mākua representative and they'll be happy to show you. If you do not have covered shoes with you to put on later, though, you will not be able to visit the ancient sites. Minors are welcome and do not need I.D., but will need to be signed in by an adult and have a liability waiver signed by a parent or guardian. If the minor is going to be accompanied by an adult who is not their parent/guardian, please print out the appropriate waiver to have it signed before coming to Mākua. The links for liability waivers are below.You are welcome to bring hoʻokupu, but it is not required. For a list of oli regularly performed in Mākua, please see the Nā Oli Mākua page.LIABILITY WAIVERSEveryone entering sacred Mākua Valley on a cultural access is required by the army to sign a liability waiver. You can view the waivers at the links below. You can print them if you like, though waivers will also be provided at Mākua Valley.Click here for the adult liability waiver. Click here for the minor liability waiver to be signed by parent/guardian.Click HERE for the TALENT AND PARTICIPANT RELEASE FORM.DIRECTIONSTake Farrington Highway past Waiʻanae, past Mākaha and toward Kaʻena. There will be a gate about a quarter mile past Kaneana Cave (Mākua Cave) on the mauka side of Farrington Highway. Just inside the gate is a parking lot. Enter through the gate (honk your horn if gate is closed and it will be opened for you) and meet in the parking lot, where you will sign in.

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