Kapa pounding – Day 2 of the “PuHo” Festival

Me pounding Kapa

Me pounding Kapa

Pounding Kapa, the thin and very exquisite Hawaiian cloth made from the Paper Mulberry. However, this is a tradition that only got created “Post-Contact”, that is after the native Hawaiians had encountered Europeans and made some adaptions, including the production of fine compared to the previously rather rough and coarse cloth.

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