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Birthing Stones
Birthing Stones
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Next to the Holoholoku Heiau are the sacred birthing stones. The royal birthstone is where chiefesses from the ruling families came to give birth. Only by delivering her baby at this sacred location could a mother of royal lineage ensure her child's chiefly status.
All the kings of Kaua'i were born here--including Kauai's last ruling chief, King Kaumuali'i.
Next to the birthing stone on the right is a very large rock with grooves in it. This was the pohai piko where, according to Hawaiian custom, the umbilical cord and placenta were wrapped in kapa cloth and wedged into the holes in the rock. As an ancient ritual, the parents of the newborn child did this to foretell the future of the child.
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