Public Programming Schedule
January-February 2007
The following public programs are scheduled at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu , Hawaii Maritime Center in Honolulu , and Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens in Captain Cook, Hawai‘i beginning January through February 2007. More detailed information will be available at www.bishopmuseum.org or in Ka’Elele, the journal of Bishop Museum . Visit the press room online for more information. This information is subject to change.
Ongoing Daily Programs at Bishop Museum (Free with Admission)
10:00 a.m. Nā Mea Makamae Tour
Hawaiian Hall stairs, Kāhili Room, & Vestibule Gallery 25minutes
Listen to the story of the creation of the museum and learn more about the treasures of the Hawaiian people.
10:30 a.m. Nā Hulu Ali‘i Tour
2 nd Floor Castle Memorial Building Gallery 25 minutes
Join us for a in depth tour of our most precious feather work exhibit. These beautiful works of art exemplify the extraordinary skill of the feather worker and shows the elegant nature of the Hawaiian royalty. (Last day for Nā Hulu Ali‘i tour is Sunday, January 7, 2007 . No tours January 8 through February 2 inclusive due to closure of Castle 2 Hall for exhibit changeover. Starting February 3, 2007 , there will be a tour of the new exhibit Pauahi: A Legacy for Hawai‘i in the same time slot.)
11:00 a.m. Music & Dance of Hawai‘i (Live Music & Hula)
Front Gallery Lawn 25 minutes
See, hear, and learn more about one of Hawai‘i’s most treasured art forms, the hula, through colorful presentations.
Science of Paradise – Science on a Sphere
Planetarium Lobby 20 minutes (through Sunday January 8, 2007 )
Why does Hawai‘i have a lovely, tropical climate? Explore the new Science on a Sphere exhibit and learn why.
Starting January 9, 2007
Too Hot to Handle! – Science on a Sphere
Planetarium Lobby 20 Minutes
What will the earth look like in 2100? Come explore the effects of global warming on the Science on Sphere exhibit.
11:30 a.m. Plants of Paradise Garden Tour
Please meet at the entrance of the Hawaiian Hall 25 minutes
Learn more about the beautiful plants of Hawai‘i with a guided tour of the
Bishop Museum Gardens .
The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show ( no late seating)
Planetarium 25 minutes
Discover the skies and stories of our Hawaiian skies and learn about current events in space.
12:00 noon Meet me at the Hot Spot – Lava Melting Demo
Science Adventure Center – Hot Spot Theatre 20 minutes
An exciting lava melting demonstration, learn more about volcanoes and see rock and cinder melted to create lava.
Footprints
Science on a Sphere “movie” – 15 minutes
From hurricanes on Earth to the arid surface of Mars, explore our dynamic solar system in Footprints, an exciting new movie created specifically by NASA for Science on a Sphere.
12:30 p.m. Nā Mea Makamae Tour
Hawaiian Hall stairs, Kāhili Room, & Vestibule Gallery 25 minutes
1:00 p.m. Ola Nā Mo‘olelo – “Living Stories” Storytelling program
2 nd floor Castle Memorial Building – Demo area 25 minutes
Hawai‘i ’s stories come alive through a multi sensory presentation. Hear the story of Nahi‘ena‘ena, the sacred daughter of King Kamehameha. (Note: Ola storytelling, featuring a variety of topics, will be offered in Polynesian Hall from Monday, January 8 through Friday, February 2 inclusive. The program returns to Castle Hall on February 3, 2007. At that time, a new Ola program on Bernice Pauahi Bishop will supplement the new exhibit Pauahi: A Legacy for Hawai‘i.)
1:30 p.m. Explorers of Mauna Kea Planetarium Show (no late seating)
Planetarium 25 minutes
Find out why astronomers consider Mauna Kea , on the Big Island of Hawai‘i one of the best research sites and learn how they explore the universe.
Nā Hulu Ali‘i Tour
2 nd Floor Castle Memorial Building Gallery 25 minutes
(Last day for Nā Hulu Ali‘i tour: Sunday January 7, 2007, the last day of the exhibition.
No tours January 8 through February 2 inclusive due to closure of Castle 2 Hall for exhibit changeover. Starting Saturday, February 3, 2007, there will be a tour of the new exhibition, Pauahi: A Legacy for Hawai‘i.)
2:00 p.m. Music & Dance of Hawai‘i (Live Music & Hula)
Front Gallery Lawn 25 minutes
2:30 p.m. Meet me at the Hot Spot – Lava Melting Demo
Science Adventure Center – Hot Spot Theatre 20 minutes
Solar Viewing – Observatory (near the café)
Enjoy solar viewing using a special telescope to see sunspots.
3:00 p.m. Nā Mea Makamae Tour
Hawaiian Hall stairs, Kāhili Room, & Vestibule Gallery 25minutes
Too Hot to Handle! – Science on a Sphere
What will the earth look like in 2100? Come explore the effects of global warming on the Science on a Sphere exhibit.
Planetarium Lobby 20 minutes
3:30 p.m. Explorers of Polynesia Planetarium Show (no late seating)
Planetarium 45 minutes
Learn how the Polynesians navigated through the Pacific thousands of years ago using their knowledge of the night sky and nature.
JANUARY 2007
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN WEED INDENTIFICATION AND CLEANUP
January 10; 8:30 a.m. – to noon; Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the identification of the common Kona weeds and also tricks of the trade for battling these pests as you help to maintain the Amy Greenwell Garden grounds. Refreshments, tools, and education are provided but please bring your helping hands. For more information call (808) 323-3318, or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN FREE GARDEN TOUR
January 13; 10 a.m. – to 11:30; Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the value of various native hardwoods from garden educator Noa Lincoln on the free tour of this month. For more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN LAUHALA WEAVING WORKSHOP
January 13; 10 a.m. – to 3 p.m.; $15; Members Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the art of Lauhala weaving from local weaving masters Jim Skibby, Lehua Domingo, and Shirley Kauhaihau. Beginners will learn the essential aspects of weaving, but even the more advanced weavers will have something to learn from our panel of experts. For registration or more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN KALO PROPAGATION WORKSHOP
January 19; 9 a.m. – to noon; $15; Members Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn how to raise, harves, and propagate Kalo in your own backyard from Manuel Rego, who has mainitained over 60 varieties of Kalo for more than 20 years. Participants will also make their own “hulis” of various varieties to take home and plant. To register, or for more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN PÜ NIU DRUM MAKING WORKSHOP
January 20 and 27; 8 a.m. – to noon; $55; Members $25
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Aunty Ulalia Ka‘ai Berman teaches this two part class on how to make your own p ū niu drum, popularly used in many forms of hula . This two part class includes all the materials and participants will create their own drum to take home. Students will also be exposed to Hawaiian culture, stories, and lore through Aunty Ulalia’s enchanting teaching style. Advance registration is required. To register or for more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
TRADITIONS OF THE PACIFIC – Lecture
Origins of Pacific Seafaring with Dr. Tianlong Jiao
Lecture: Atherton Hālau; 6 to 9 p.m., January 25, 2007;
Admission: $5; Free to Bishop Museum Members
Noted Bishop Museum archaeologist Dr. Tianlong Jiao has been researching Chinese maritime cultural sites in Southeast China and is the project director for the landmark exhibition Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific opening at Bishop Museum February 24, 2007. Some of the maritime cultures featured in this exhibition are believed to be the ultimate source of the seafaring Austronesian culture that eventually spread out throughout the Pacific, reaching as far as the Hawaiian Islands. Dr. Jiao, a Harvard graduate and Bishop Museum’s Chairman of Anthropology, has arranged for the loan of exciting examples of material culture from a prehistoric past dating from 3000 to 7000 years ago, many of which are considered First Rank National Treasures in China. His lecture will explore these maritime cultures and establish their links to the Pacific voyagers.
TRADITIONS OF THE PACIFIC – Field Trip
Field Trip – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., January 27, 2007, Hawai‘i Maritime Center
Admission: $8 (includes two films, popcorn, and beverage) (Free to Members)
Participants will view the voyaging films: Tahere Tikitiki: The Making of a Maori Canoe and Rere Ki Uta Rere Ki Tai: The Voyage. Special exhibits marking the canoe traditions of indigenous peoples from Alaska and Hawai‘i will also be available for viewing.
FEBRUARY 2007
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN CLEAN UP
February 10; 8:30 a.m. – to noon; Volunteers Needed; Free
Amy Greenwell Enthobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Come help the garden prepare for the annual horticultural festival. We will be weed-busting and plant trimming to get the garden in top shape before the big show. For more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN FREE GARDEN TOUR
February 10; 10 a.m. – to 11:30; Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn about the traditional food crops of the Polynesian people from garden educator Noa Lincoln on the free tour of this month. This array of foods represents some of the oldest cultivated species on the planet, carried far away from their origins by migrating peoples. For more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN LAUHALA WEAVING WORKSHOP
February 10; 10 a.m. – to 3 p.m.; $15; Members Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the art of Lauhala weaving from local weaving masters Jim Skibby, Lehua Domingo, and Shirley Kauhaihau. Beginners will learn the essential aspects of weaving, but even the more advanced weavers will have something to learn from our panel of experts. For registration or more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
7 th ANNUAL MARY KAWENA PUKUI PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL
February 18, 2007; $3 per person; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Great Lawn
Native storytellers from Hawai‘i, Alaska, and Massachusetts will gather on the Great Lawn at Bishop Museum to “talk story” and join in a celebration of native cultures through the ancient art of storytelling and dance. The 7 th annual Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival will be held at Bishop Museum on February 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person. Members and children 3 and under are free.
The festival is funded through a federally sponsored program, Education through Cultural and Historic Organizations (ECHO). The ECHO Act is a major, federally-funded educational and cultural enrichment initiative, established by Congress as part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. ECHO brings to culturally diverse audiences innovative programs collaboratively produced by six regional cultural entities: Alaska Native Heritage Center and North Slope Borough ECHO Project in Alaska; Bishop Museum in Hawai‘i; New Bedford ECHO Project and Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts, and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Mississippi.
Among the participating institutions in this year’s Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival are the Bishop Museum, the Peabody Essex Museum and New Bedford Whaling Museum of Massachusetts, and the Inupiat Heritage Center and Alaska Heritage Center of Alaska.
The festival’s theme is Harvest and the Moon. According to Bishop Museum Project Director Kealoha Kelekolio, this year’s event will be more sophisticated and elaborate than in past years. “Over the years, the festival has evolved into a new format where our stories and the stories of the other indigenous peoples represented are woven together,” say Kelekolio.
Also invited to participate in this year’s event are well known storytellers from the local and regional community. There will be several stages featuring a variety of storytellers and programs for both adults and children, hula hālaus, and music performances. Food and native craft booths will also be among the attractions of the event. Bishop Museum Press will also have a large selection of books about Native Hawaiian topics available for sale during the event.
“Children are always a focus of this important cultural program,” says Kelekolio. “Each year the storytelling group also takes the program into the schools prior to the festival day at Bishop Museum.”
In the past, the storytellers have traveled to Nanakuli, Nanaikapono, Kamehameha Schools, and plan to visit immersion and charter schools, as well as part of the outreach efforts. The storytelling group will also travel to the new National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. to share the stories of Hawai‘i, Alaska, and New England.
The festival is held each year in honor of Mary Kawena Pukui, a revered Hawaiian scholar and linguist who knew the importance of storytelling to the host Hawaiian culture. Pukui published the first Native Hawaiian language dictionary and worked tirelessly to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian traditions of hula and storytelling.
“The stories, the mo‘olelo, were the most important means by which the history of many of these cultures survived. We want to make sure the stories continue to be heard and survive into the next generation,” says Kelekolio.
The Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival provides an opportunity to perpetuate the storytelling traditions and to introduce new generations of Hawai‘i’s children to this important cultural legacy.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN SMALL CRAFT WEAVING WORKSHOP
February 23; 10 a.m. – to 3 p.m.; $25; Members Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the art of weaving from local weaving masters Jim Skibby, Lehua Domingo, and Shirley Kauhaihau. Participants will learn how to weave the popular Lauhala, but also the much finer and softer Makaloa. Participants will learn how to make a variety of small accessories including bracelets, mats, and fans. For advance registration or more information call (808) 323-3318. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN GROW HAWAIIAN FESTIVAL
February 24, 2007; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, HI
Weavers, dancers, kapa makers, and other practitioners of traditional Hawaiian culture meet with biologists, conservationists, and horticulturists to explore their common passion for the native and Polynesian introduced plants of Hawai‘i. Festival-goers have a unique opportunity to meet and talk with many of the foremost practitioners of Hawaiian arts like lei maker Marie MacDonald or kapa maker Kapua Van Dorpe as well as leading scientists like botanist Clyde Imada or entomologist David Preston.
The festival includes cultural demonstrators, ask-the-expert booths, and displays by schools, parks, and conservation organizations. There will be a continuing program of speakers and panels on the main stage throughout the day, activity areas for young and old, and plate lunches by Super-J’s.
On the main stage, the program will be a mix of cultural insights, entertainment, and fascinating accounts by leading conservationists and botanists. There is never a dull moment with Tom Cummings and Kealoha Kelekolio as masters of ceremony--they are well known storytellers who work with the Bishop Museum Education Department and they fit in a number of their dramatic presentations on traditional themes during the day. Bill Garnett will discuss his successful outplanting techniques in one session, and Angela Keppler will describe tracking down the elusive Hawaiian banana varieties in another.
A roundtable of well known cultural practitioners including Marie MacDonald will bring their personal stories of plants and planting before the audience, and Don Hemmes will talk about the fungus he has known in his years as an expert at Hawaiian. Kanu o ka ‘Äina will open and close the program with chants, and Ulali‘a Berman and her dancers will provide an interlude of hula.
Cultural demonstrators will be available all day for visitors to meet and talk story about their specialities. The Kona Weavers Club, an informal group that meets once a month at Amy Greenwell Garden to weave, will be at the festival making hats, mats, and other items from lauhala. Kapua Van Dorpe will beat kapa on the traditional kua, or wooden anvil. Manny Mattos will bring the spears, clubs, daggers, and other weapons he makes from traditional plant and animal resources, and lei makers Kilohana Domingo and Maile Napoleon will demonstrate different lei making techniques. Michael Harburg will be on hand with the Kona Gourd Society demonstrating the art of gourd decoration. Lisa Schattenburg from Maui Nui Botanical Garden brings a beautiful display of native plant dyes and explains how she makes them.
For those seeking hands-on experiences, there are many activities to choose from. George Place will help festival-goers create their own art with ‘ohe kāpala, traditional bamboo stamps. Nancy Redfeather will make ti leaf leis with children and adults alike. Weary attendees can refresh themselves with a lomilomi massage from Wes Sen and his students. Kau‘hane Morton will help participants make, tune, and blow their own ‘ohe hano ihu—bamboo nose flute.
One of the most popular activities at previous festivals is a guided tour of Amy Greenwell Garden led by David Orr, curator of collections at Waimea Arboretum and Botanical Garden on O‘ahu. His deep knowledge of native plants and enduring passion for conservation make this tour a must-do event for garden lovers and conservationists in West Hawai‘i.
This year’s festival will introduce an informal lei contest. Everyone is invited to present lei in categories of nā lei pua ‘ole (lei with no flowers), lei hapa haole (lei featuring exotic plants), lei haku, and an open category. Lei can be prepared beforehand or made during the festival.
The festival provides an extraordinary opportunity for people to ask experts for advice on all manner of things biological or horticultural. Bring your mystery plants or bugs to the festival to get them identified! Clyde Imada of Bishop Museum and Marie Breugmann of USFWS between them can name almost any plant from the garden or native forest. Pat Conant (Hawai‘i Dept. of Agriculture) and David Preston (Bishop Museum) will do likewise with any insect, whether an imported pest or native treasure, brought before them.
Jerry Konanui, noted taro expert will be on hand to identify taro varieties and answer questions about cultivating the traditional staple crop, and Ed Johnston, editor of the new definitive book on ‘awa, will help farmers and gardeners understand the art of growing this important and beautiful plant. Dr. Scot Nelson, CTAHR plant pathologist, is an expert on whatever ails a plant, so festival-growers can bring their problem plants for an outdoor office visit. The Kona Master Gardeners will be available for garden consultation nearby. Unusual bananas and other rare fruit can be identified by Ken Love and Angela Keppler. Dr. Keppler was an ornithologist before she became a botanist and can also help with bird identifications. All fungus are unusual to most people, but Don Hemmes (UH Hilo) will help sort out the toadstools from the pepeiao.
At the many booths in the festival, conservation experts will be ready to talk to visitors about projects on Kaua‘i, Moloka‘i, Maui, and Hawai‘i. Experts like Dave Bender of National Tropical Botanical Garden who has worked extensively on Kaua‘i as well as Hawai‘i, and Bill Garnett, who has been restoring landscapes for many years on O‘ahu and Moloka‘i will discuss planting techniques and maintenance challenges. Patti Moriyasu, of the Volcano Rare Plant Facility, can discuss propagation techniques for some of the rarest plants in the world. Jill Wagner will be available to talk about the restoration work she has done with TREE Hawai‘i in West Hawai‘i, and representatives of schools and conservation groups will be on hand to describe their projects.
For more information call (808) 323-3318. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a Bishop Museum’s native plant facility located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The Amy Greenwell Garden is located in Captain Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona, between the 110 and 11 mile markers of the Mamalahoa Highway. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4. These and other programs are supported by the Bishop Museum, the Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program (NHCAP), and the Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO). For more information, contact Noa Lincoln, Garden Educator, at (808) 323-3318; by fax at (808) 323-2394; or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Or Visit the web site at: http://www.bishopmuseum.org/exhibits/greenwell/greenwell.html.
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