Yesterday, Tuesday, October 7, 2014, Native Hawaiians and supporters gathered in peaceful demonstrations against the Astronomy industry and the State of Hawaii's groundbreaking ceremony for a Thirty-Meter Telescope to be built on the summit of Mauna Kea. (Read more: http://lelemia.wordpress.com/2014/10/09/hanau-%CA%BBia-ka-mauna-a-wakea/)
Below are pictures of the sacred sunrise ceremony held on Oahu at Makapuu. Simultaneous, island-wide and world-wide protest were done, as people turned East to the rising sun, giving prayers, songs, and dances to be received by others who will be standing at the summit in engaging in sacred practice to protect the Mauna a Wakea from further destruction and desecration.
Re-post of my original (extended) blog post mentioned in link above:
Hānau ʻia ka Mauna a Wākea
Yesterday, Tuesday, October 7, 2014, Native Hawaiians and supporters gathered in peaceful demonstration against the Astronomy industry and the State of Hawaii’s groundbreaking ceremony for a Thirty-Meter Telescope to be built on the summit of Mauna Kea
Sacred sunrise ceremonies were held though out the Hawaiian Islands, and the world, as reverent pule (prayers), mele (songs and chants), and hula were offered in support of “AOLE TMT”: no further telescope development on the summit of Mauna a Wakea.
Read more/Sources
1. <http://sacredmaunakea.wordpress.com/about/>
2. < http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/08/354477691/protests-disrupt-telescope-groundbreaking-in-hawaii>
3. < http://westhawaiitoday.com/community-bulletin/protesters-disrupt-tmt-ground-breaking>
4. < https://intercontinentalcry.org/peaceful-protest-ground-breaking-ceremony-thirty-meter-telescope-tmt-summit-mauna-kea/>
5. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/8/groundbreaking-hawaiian-blessing-for-telescope/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
6. http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/15055/20141008/hawaii-protesters-telescope-thirty-meter-telescope-tmt-mauna-kea-mauna-kea-summit-native-hawaiians-hawaiian-protesters-groundbreaking-delay-blessing-ceremony-tmt-observatory.htm
7. http://www.kitv.com/news/protesters-disrupt-mauna-kea-telescope-groundbreaking/28998256
8.http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2585795/native_hawaiians_protest_sacred_mountain_telescope.html
9. http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2014/10/07/peaceful-protest-in-palo-alto-against-massive-mauna-kea-telescope/
10. http://www.tmt.org/about-tmt
11. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/telescope_table.shtml