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Local Customs: Sacred Heiau
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  • Updated by Andraf on Jul 3, 2004
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    • The heiau is a Hawaiian temple, a structure built from lava rocks used for religious purposes. They had a rectangular outer wall inside which the structure was built. Today only the outer walls still exists. The ceremonies within the heiau were conducted by priests named kahuna. In some heiau human sacrifices were made, in others people offered gods things like fish and fruits hoping that the gods will help them.

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    Local Customs: Don't take the dogs
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  • Written by Andraf on Dec 5, 2003
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    • We were wandering in the tropical forest in Kauai trying to find the trail and we saw quite a few signs with the following message "Please don't take the dogs. They are not strays. Their owners will come to pick them up". Just when we were wondering what they meant with those signs, the brown dog in the picture showed up. We played with it for a while, it was a cute dog and I understood why they had to put up the signs. Lots of people would be tempted to take these dogs home. The dog left at some point and we continued on the trail. When we came back from our hike late in the afternoon, we did see a pickup truck full of dogs, so their owners did come back for them at the end of the day. I don't know if this custom is specific to Kauai, it was the first time I'd seen something like this.

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    vanve100 Sun Jun 8, 2008 01:39 UTC
     FYI on the "Don't take dogs" piece, those are hunting dogs. They often run after goats/pigs and get lost for hours/days but eventually find their way home. If you find a random shirt hanging on a tree, leave it for the dogs to pick up their owner's scent.    		spitball Tue Nov 20, 2007 01:11 UTC
     Hi Andrea, I'll be on Kauai beginning November 30th, until Dec. 16th '07, your tips are just what I was looking for thank you. Looks like I WILL be bringing my boot covers.
    Fra.da. Sat Nov 3, 2007 20:12 UTC
     Hi Andreea, what a wonderful page!! Kauai is on the top of my wish list! My ratings are with you. Greetings from Italy, Francesca    		SugarlandCouple Thu Apr 19, 2007 18:26 UTC
     Thanks for the great information. We will take some of your advice.
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