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The City of Refuge

Site under construction, more photos will be added shortly.
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau was a natural place for the Hawaiian Royalty or ali'i as they were known.
This was a place of refuge for defeated warriors, noncombatants in time of war and those who violated the kapu, the sacred laws.
Your crime would be absolved by the priests and you could return home.
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Park entrance
Park entrance		 Park mural
Park mural		 Cummunity Hale
Cummunity Hale		 Honu
Honu		 Honu
Honu
Honu
Honu		 City of Refuge
City of Refuge		 Gods
Gods		 A benevolent view
A benevolent view		 City of Refuge
City of Refuge
An inner view
An inner view		 A gathering of the Gods
A gathering of the Gods		 Pahoehoe lava
Pahoehoe lava		 Thatched Hales
Thatched Hales		 Queen Ka'ahumanu Stone
Queen Ka'ahumanu Stone
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Ali Majdfar14-Mar-2007 09:14
Spectacular collection, GMV
.10-Mar-2007 10:11
Nice collection. Seeing the visiting honu from the wild must be quite an experience too.
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