Note 15 — Chapter XXXI · HIIAKA VISITS PELE-ULA AT KOU—THE HULA KILU

When the presiding officer of the game—the la anoano15—had called the assembly to order with the well known cry “pu-heo-heo” and it came to the placing of the pahu kilu—short pyramidal blocks of wood—before each one of the players, who sat in two rows facing each other and separated by a considerable interval, Hiiaka objected to the way in which they were placed. A sharp discussion then arose between Pele-ula and Hiiaka, but the younger woman carried the day and won her point.