Editing Kumulipo (section)

== Cultural impact ==
The [[supermassive black hole]] [[M87*]], captured by the [[Event Horizon Telescope]], was informally given the Hawaiian name "Pōwehi", a poetic description of generative darkness or the spirit world taken from the ''Kumulipo''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/12/powehi-black-hole-gets-a-name-meaning-the-adorned-fathomless-dark-creation|title=Powehi: black hole gets a name meaning 'the adorned fathomless dark creation'|agency=Associated Press|date=2019-04-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-04-13|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2009, the poet [[Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio]] performed her poem, Kumulipo, at a poetry event at the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=DeNeen L. |title=Obamas Host Speakers, Musicians for White House Poetry JamObamas Host Speakers, Musicians for White House Poetry Jam |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/12/AR2009051203955.html |access-date=12 January 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=13 May 2009}}</ref>