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A hospital staff member casts a traditional throw net along the rocky shoreline of Kalaupapa Peninsula, practicing a fishing technique that has sustained Hawaiians for centuries. Behind him rise the towering sea cliffs—nearly 2,000 feet tall—that physically isolated this community for over a century. While Hansen's disease patients were once forcibly relocated to this remote settlement, the ocean provided both nourishment and freedom. Today, traditional fishing continues to connect Kalaupapa's residents with the rich Hawaiian cultural practices that have endured despite decades of hardship, demonstrating how the peninsula's natural abundance helped transform a place of exile into a home.
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Kalaupapa: Paradise and Isolation
A hospital staff member casts a traditional throw net along the rocky shoreline of Kalaupapa Peninsula, practicing a fishing technique that has sustained Hawaiians for centuries. Behind him rise the towering sea cliffs—nearly 2,000 feet tall—that physically isolated this community for over a century. While Hansen's disease patients were once forcibly relocated to this remote settlement, the ocean provided both nourishment and freedom. Today, traditional fishing continues to connect Kalaupapa's residents with the rich Hawaiian cultural practices that have endured despite decades of hardship, demonstrating how the peninsula's natural abundance helped transform a place of exile into a home.