Why is Haleakala sacred?

Haleakala is a sacred place that has been used since ancient times. It is the dwelling place of na akua (the gods), where kahuna (priests) conduct ceremonies. In the past, Native Hawaiians built special sites in the wilderness of Haleakala to study and revere the stars.



People Also Ask

A Sacred Space The Haleakala National Park is a sacred space for native Hawaiians, who visit the mountain to perform ancient rituals, including burial of the dead. Many areas within the park are reserved and protected for native Hawaiian ritual use.

MORE DETAILS

Hundreds of people have returned lava rocks to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park because they fear the “curse of Pele.” The legend is that the goddess of fire and volcanoes will bring rock thieves bad luck and misfortune.

MORE DETAILS

Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid, the only Wonder that still exists, stood as the world's tallest human-made structure for nearly 4,000 years. Erected around 2560 B.C.E. on the west bank of the Nile River, the Great Pyramid served as the tomb of the fourth-century pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).

MORE DETAILS

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, California. Burney Falls is a year-round 129 foot waterfall that is fed from an underground spring. The spectacular waterfall was allegedly nicknamed, The Eighth Wonder of the World by the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909).

MORE DETAILS

The Amber Room, often referred to as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”, was one of Russia's most priceless works of art until it was looted by Nazi Germany and lost after the conclusion of WW II.

MORE DETAILS

The greatest tourism and geoscience attraction in the southern hemisphere, in the nineteenth century were the siliceous Pink and White Terraces, the lost Eighth Wonder of the World in New Zealand. In 1886, the Mount Tarawera eruption buried the terraces.

MORE DETAILS