2015年3月6日 · All stories of the origin of the shaka begin with Hamana Kalili, a local of Laie. According to the Honolulu Star Bulletin, he lost his three middle fingers on his right hand to an accident at the old Kahuku Sugar Mill in the 1940s.

It is also used as a nod of respect to Hamana Kalili, a native Hawaiian Latter-day Saint who, according to locals, is the founder of the popular sign. [ 19 ] In 2024, Filipino P-pop girl group BINI which initially coined by one of its members Sheena through her catchy phrase, "Eyyy ka muna, eyyy," with a matching hand gesture has taken the ...

Circa 1910, Hamana Kalili, a La ‘ ie, Oahu resident, lost three fingers while working at the Kahuku Sugar Mill. Despite his handicap, Hamana went on to become a seminal Kupuna (community elder and source of wisdom) living up to his name, Ha-Mana , Ha meaning “Breath of Life” and Mana meaning “Personal Power.”

2020年10月2日 · Who is Hamana Kalili, how is he forever linked to the famous Shaka sign from Hawaii and how he is honored at the Polynesian Cultural Center? Find out here!

Biographical information of Hamana Kalili, a fisherman from Laie, Oahau, Hawaii and reknowned originator of the famous shaka sign.

2021年12月14日 · However, according to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the prevailing origin story goes back about a century to Hawaiian plantation worker Hamana Kalili. His job was to feed sugar cane stalks...

The shaka’s most credible origin story hearkens back to a powerful fisherman and well-known Laie Latter-day Saint named Hamana Kalili (1882–1958). One day as he was pressing sugar cane through rollers at the Kahuku Sugar Mill, he lost the middle three fingers on his right hand.

2022年8月18日 · During World War I, a Hawaiian man named Hamana Kalili was working at the Kahuku Sugar Mill using a machine that crushed the sugar cane to release its sweet juices. One day, Kalili’s hand got stuck in the rollers and his middle three fingers had to be removed, leaving him with only a thumb and pinky finger.

2020年10月25日 · One of the more popular tales is that the versatile hand sign came from Hamana Kalili, who had lost his index, middle and ring fingers in an accident at the old Kahuku Sugar Mill. The ever-iconic shaka.

In the parlance of surfers, it says, “Hang loose.” But to understand the true meaning of the shaka, you have to know the story of a La’ie local named Hamana Kalili. Hamana worked in the Kahuku Sugar Mill. It was there that he lost the three middle fingers of his right hand in an accident.