Hawai'i

Hawai'i

​Mapu ka hanu o ka laua’e

Mapu noe ka poli o ka wai aloha

Aloha I ke kapa ‘ehu kai,

Hauki palai, huki, lohe, noi kahau.

Noe mai la ka lehua makanoe.

Noe ka lehua makanoe,

Noe wiwo’ole I ke anu,

Anu I ke ala kipapa ola e,

Ala e kuhikuhi lima kanaka ‘o Mauna Hina e.

E hina no paha ‘o wau wale no.

E hina no paha e kaua, e ka’aha nui e.

Alia lae!

He anu, he anu wale no

​Wafted is the breath of the lau’e fern.

The essence of the beloved waters alights like mist.

Beloved is the covering of the sea spray,

Drawing concealment listening, inquiring intently.

The lehua of the misty face brings mist.

The lehua of the misty face brings mist.

The mist unafraid of the cold,

The cold of the pathway of life.

Mauna Hina is a pathway directing mankind.

Perhaps it is just I who will succumb.

Perhaps you and I, or the large assembly, will Succumb.

Wait!

Cold, just cold!

•AD 500-700 – settled by Polynesians from the Marquesa Islands

•11-14th centuries – Tahitians took over islands

•300,000 Hawaiians lived on islands when Captain Cook arrived

•1778 – Captain Cook landed in Waimea, Kaua‘i.

•1810 – King Kamehamela unified islands for first time

A Brief History of Hawai’i

Multiple Choice

Hawaii is a part of...

• Polynesia

• Asia

• Russia

• Hawaii

• In the beginning…

  • Po – vast and empty land

  • Spirit Keawe formed the sky and sun from Po’a, a single flame

  • Transformed into Nawahine (daughter) and Kane (sun-god)

  • Royal family:

 - Ku (war)           - Lake (hula)

 - Lono (wisdom, rain)           - Hina (underwater)

 - Kane (natural phenomenon)  - Papa (nature) 

 - Kanaloa (fishermen)           -Milu (spirit world)

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Mythology

Multiple Choice

Hawaiians have what kind of religion?

• Polythesistic

• Monotheistic

• Hawai’iloa, a fisherman from land of Ka’Aina Kai Melemelea Kane (land of the yellow sea of Kane)

 - Big Island named after him

 - Maui, Kaua’I, and O’ahu named after his sons

 - All Hawaiians are his descendents

• Tafa’i (son of underwater goddess) saw volcanoes undersea and fished up the island.

Polynesian Voyage
(Two Legends)

• Culturally similar to inhabitants of Tonga and Somoan Islands

• Language, archeological, and biological evidence points to Hiva (Marquesa) Islands as origin

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Ancient Culture

• Mele – chant 

• Percussion instruments

  • Ipu – dried gourd

  • ‘Ili’ili – water worn shoes, clapper

• Modern

  • Ukulele

  • Guitar, slack-key

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Tropical Sounds

Open Ended

What do you think of Hawaiian music?