What's in a name? Is it a Cemetery or a Graveyard?
Ninole-born Robert Nishimoto, Ph.D. is the area historian says the Honohina Cemetery is really a graveyard:
Historically, deceased family members were buried at home, then later in graves on church/temple grounds. Access was only to church members or from the same religion. The word grave- comes from the German word, to dig, and the word -yard refers to churchyard. Honohina Cemetery is an example of a true graveyard. Most everyone buried there had their Buddhist name inscribed on their headstone, meaning that they were either members of the temple or Buddhists. As public demands for burial plots grew, so did the need for more burial plots open to the public and not connected to any religion or church/temple. This is why Alae and Homelani, open to all burials, are called cemeteries and not graveyards.
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