Pulelehua

Lei Pimoe i ka `ehukai Pimoe wears a wreath of sea spray
E Kanaio puna i ke kai Springs of Kanaio by the sea
Onaona no kou `ala Sweet, your fragrance
Aloha wau ia `oe I love you . . .

Honored in this beautiful mele, Kanaio is, indeed, a special place. I Aloha Ia No `O Kanaio was written by kumu hula Nina Maxwell after she and her husband, Kahu Charlie Maxwell, visited lower Kanaio for the first time. Sonny Kuaana, was born and raised at Kanaio Beach. He showed them many special things there. He told them about Pimoe, a beautiful mermaid who enticed men with her beauty, and that Pele, in one of her jealous rages, immortalized Pimoe by turning her to stone in the eruption of 1790. Aunty Nina was so impressed with Kanaio, she wrote the song and dedicated it to Sonny.