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Two very different celebrations of life unfolded last weekend in Honolulu.

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Two very different celebrations of life unfolded last weekend in Honolulu.

Courtney Raymond-Arakaki’s mother Chermaine Raymond gives a hug while boyfriend Wyman Keamo, left, looks on after her memorial service Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Honolulu. The 34-year-old was killed in an ongoing dispute between neighbors in Waianae. A flower creates the orange glow on the right side of this photograph. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A memorial service for Courtney Raymond-Arakaki, 34, was held Sunday in Honolulu. Authorities said she was killed in an ongoing dispute between neighbors in Waianae. After the service her mother, Chermaine Raymond, gives a hug while her boyfriend, Wyman Keamo, left, watches. A flower creates the orange glow at right. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Family and friends pray during Courtney Raymond-Arakaki memorial service Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Honolulu. The 34-year-old was killed in an ongoing dispute between neighbors in Waianae. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Family and friends pray during the service. Raymond-Arakaki was celebrated as a daughter, sister and girlfriend who took care of her family. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Wyman Keamo hugs family and friends during his girlfriend Courtney Raymond-Arakaki’s memorial service Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Honolulu. Raymond-Arakaki, 34, was killed in an ongoing dispute between neighbors in Waianae. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Wyman Keamo hugs an attendee at his girlfriend’s memorial service. Despite the somber mood, Keamo tried to keep the atmosphere light as he remembered the good times with Courtney Raymond-Arakaki. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The 48th Annual Honolulu Intertribal Powwow presented by the Ho’opili Tribal council took place at Bishop Museum on September 21 and 22. Head Lady Dancer Tatiana Warren (moon, front, Center) from Red Mesa, Utah dances to celebrate her recent graduation from University programs with her family being greeted for their successes behind her dancing. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
Tatiana Warren, front, from Red Mesa, Utah, dances to celebrate her recent graduation from university programs during the 48th annual Honolulu Intertribal Powwow presented by the Ho’opili Tribal Council last weekend at Bishop Museum. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
The 48th Annual Honolulu Intertribal Powwow presented by the Ho’opili Tribal council took place at Bishop Museum on September 21 and 22. David Whitebean dances the Potato Dance with his daughter Ruby Whitebean-Singh, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The dance is a competitive dance where the object of the competition is to keep the Potato between both partners foreheads while performing certain dance moves (touching the ground together, hopping twice, three times together, with dropping the potato. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024 (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024
David Whitebean performs a “potato dance” with his daughter, Ruby Whitebean-Singh, from Vancouver, British Columbia. The object of the competitive dance is to keep the potato between their foreheads while performing certain dance moves. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
University of Hawaii Wahine midfielder Brynn Mitchell (3) battles for a loose ball against Hawaii Pacific University goal keeper Lauren Retsky (1) Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium field in Waipahu. The Rainbow Wahine call this City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation stadium their home field. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
University of Hawaii Wahine Rainbow midfielder Brynn Mitchell (3) battles for a loose ball against Hawaii Pacific University goalkeeper Lauren Retsky (1) Sunday at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium field in Waipahu. The Rainbow Wahine call this City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation stadium their home field. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
It’s just the beginning of the 2024-2025 big surf season that is expected to bring waves with surf heights as large as 40 ft faces. These homes in the vicinity of 59-147 and 59-149 Ke Nui Road just south of Sunset Beach on Oahu’s famed North Shore are already beginning to show signs of collapse and will probably not survive. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
It’s just the beginning of the 2024-2025 big surf season, but some North Shore homes on Ke Nui Road just south of Sunset Beach are showing signs of collapse. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Makapuu Point Lighthouse sits 420 feet above the ocean in southeast Oahu and has the largest lens of any lighthouse in the United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)
Mahina Pukahi with the DLNR Boating and Recreation Department waters plants Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at the Waianae Small Boat Harbor in Waianae. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Mahina Pukahi with the Department of Land and Natural Resources Boating and Recreation Department waters plants Wednesday at the Waianae Small Boat Harbor. Three days into fall, temperatures remained at summer-like levels with a lack of precipitation. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)

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