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Went to assist David for a 2nd day at the Honolulu Festival.
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DaBoyZ05 > Hawaiian quilting derives from the kapa moe, an indigenous bed cover textile.
DaBoyZ05 > Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees.
DaBoyZ05 > Traditional kapa was beaten and felted, then dyed in geometric patterns.
DaBoyZ05 > Quilting may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionaries and Western fabrics in the 1820s.
DaBoyZ05 > The climate of Hawaii is unsuitable for cotton cultivation and kapa is unsuitable for quilting so all Hawaiian quilts are constructed from imported material.
DaBoyZ05 > Kinkaku-ji is the informal name of Rokuon-ji in Kyoto, Japan.
DaBoyZ05 > Honolulu Festival (03/16/08) photo
DaBoyZ05 > Honolulu Festival (03/16/08) photo
DaBoyZ05 > It was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as part of his estate then known as Kitayama.
Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees.
> Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees.
Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local trees.
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