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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 24 — PREFACE.

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And when it was daylight they prayed outside of the temple. There were three prayers this morning, the waipa, the kuwa,24 and the kuwi. After this they entered the temple—all of the chiefs and all of the idols, and all of the priests—and sat down in front of the inner temple. The high priest then stood up, offered a prayer, the name of which was kolii,25 and which was a very sacred prayer of the priest.

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