Kanaka WaiWai--Hawaii's favorite gospel song

@birdsonblast on Instagram: "Olona (Touchardia latifolia) - one of the strongest natural fibers ever discovered. Hawaiians cultivated this plant for cordage that could handle the open ocean - fishing nets, lines, lashings for canoes, even the base netting for feather cloaks. It doesn’t kink, doesn’t stretch, and holds up in saltwater better than anything else. Western sailors traded for it because it outperformed their own rigging, and Swiss Alpine clubs bought it from King Kalakaua for climbing