Honu, Green Sea turtle Punaluu, Hawaii

by Lehua Pekelo-Stearns

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Honu, Green Sea turtle Punaluu, Hawaii

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Lehua Pekelo-Stearns

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Keeping a respectful distance, I took a photo of this Honu Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle resting on the hot black sands of Punaluu on the Big Island of Hawai'i. “The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle is the only indigenous reptile found in Hawaii, but for Hawaiians, the Honu is a symbol of good luck in the form of a guardian spirit, or Aumaukua. The Honu is depicted in ancient petroglyphs as well as in modern graphic form. For Hawaiians then and now, the Honu represents the navigator, and the eternal link between man, the land and the sea.”

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January 22nd, 2019

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