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Āina’ike on the Air ‘Āina’ike on the Air is a live, weekly radio program and show hosted by Kēhaulani Kekua, native Hawaiian artist, designer and kumu hula.

03/11/2025
I LOVE THIS!!! Read, internalize and share to lift the power and pride in heritage, culture and love of our ancestors!
29/10/2025

I LOVE THIS!!! Read, internalize and share to lift the power and pride in heritage, culture and love of our ancestors!

💀🎩 La Catrina: The Mexican Icon Who Was Born From Rebellion 🎩💀

Before she became the elegant queen of Día de Mu***os… she was a skeleton with no name, no dress, and no shame calling out the truth.

In the late 1800s, Mexican society was divided. People with Indigenous roots were being told to abandon who they were — to “look European,” to erase the brown in their blood.

So an artist named José Guadalupe Posada grabbed his tools and fought back the only way he knew how: with satire.

He created a skull wearing a fancy French hat… but no clothes.

A message to anyone who tried to hide their roots:

Underneath it all, we are the same —
death strips away the lies,
and our heritage always shows.

He called her La Calavera Garbancera, mocking those who rejected Mexico’s Indigenous identity.

Years later, Diego Rivera saw something powerful in her defiance. He dressed her with elegance, gave her a name — La Catrina — and placed her proudly in his mural “Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park.”

That moment transformed a simple engraving into a national symbol.

Today, La Catrina walks the streets every November not to scare us — but to remind us:

🇲🇽 You are enough as you are.
🦴 Our roots deserve to be honored, not hidden.
🎩 In the end, pride is the only clothing that matters.

So when you see La Catrina this Día de Mu***os, remember:

She wasn’t created to celebrate death…
She was created to celebrate identity.

29/10/2025

We have received 152 birds in just 14 days 🤯 The majority of these admissions were ‘a‘o that were grounded around Kaua‘i. On busiest day of fallout season thus far (the day of the new moon), there was also a suspected avian botulism outbreak in Hanalei that brought us 6 waterfowl as well! The world wanted to throw everything it had as us these past two weeks it seems.

Remember fallout season is not nearly over yet! Continue to keep those eyes peeled for grounded birds through November into December 👀 ‘Ua‘u kani are next up to fledge in the coming weeks!
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22/10/2025
22/10/2025

Save Our Shearwaters is the only Federal and State permitted facility in Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i approved to rehabilitate native Hawaiian birds with a focus on shearwaters. SOS accepts all native Hawaiian birds and the Hawaiian hoary bat for rehabilitation. Save Our Shearwaters is located within the Kau...

22/10/2025

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