Hāloanaka Racerback Tank Top

This comfortable, women’s lightweight tank is a great addition to any lounge or active wear collection. It is made from a soft 65% polyester/35% viscose blend, and sports a flowy bottom.

Wear this relaxing by the beach, playing beach volleyball, or moving to your favorite exercise routine. 

• Women’s tank top.
• A-line body.
• Side seamed with relaxed, merrowed bottom hem.
• Shirring at racerback seam.
• Premium artwork by Native Hawaiian designers.
• Custom, trademark graphic.

NATIVE HAWAIIAN DESIGN

The Hāloa design captures the miracle of life that emerged from an otherwise sad tale. Two gods, Wākea of the sky and Hoʻohōkūkalani of the stars, had a child together and his name was Hāloa (long, eternal breath). Sadly, he was stillborn, and so his parents wrapped him in kapa (cloth) and buried him in the ʻāina (land). 

The design honors what happened next. Sprouting out of the buried baby is the first kalo plant and the eldest brother of all Native Hawaiians, Hāloanakalaukapalili (long stalk of the fluttering leaves). When Wākea and Hoʻohōkūkalani had a second child they also named him Hāloa, and he was the first kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian) to walk the earth. 

Hāloa may be the first kanaka maoli (Native Hawaiian), but most importantly he is the younger brother to the kalo plant Hāloanakalaukapalili (long stalk of the fluttering leaves). This genealogy directly ties Native Hawaiians to this sacred plant and the land that is home to their eldest brother.

Wear this design to honor the importance of families, indigenous people's connection to their native land, and keeping our genealogy alive.