Aloha And Hawaiian Values

I always hear how special Hawaii is to the world, that it is where the people take care of the land as well as each other, that its aloha spirit. But I never knew what was the reason why, for me, growing up my parents never showed any signs of the aloha spirits that often, usually they would be very distant with people especially with family members. Since they believed that the only reason they are nice to you is to benefit themselves. So I was very shy and quiet to distant myself from my peers at school because I knew that they might just want to benefit themselves only. But that concept change for me when I was accepted to a college camp here on O’ahu. There I meet people outside my community, which was a new experiences for me because

What I would do to give back to Hawaii is to do any type of Volunteer work that is needed to make the community a better place, whether it’s to help feeding those who are homeless, Adopting a highway cleaning up all the big trash debris that are left on the side of the road or throw out the car window, helping at a hospital that has children patients who have cancer or also elderly, helping with the animal shelter for example maybe helping on the days where they allow people to see the dogs if they want to adopt them etc. I enjoy doing things that will benefit not only me but others around me, things that will make others smile and allow them to see that a lot of people are willing to give a helping hand.

Kalihi is the geographic area, but Census data exists for Honolulu, Hawaii. Hawaii is one of the most diverse states in the U.S., but current Census information does not filter minority groups such as Chuukese or Filipino. Rather the Census data categorizes various ethnic groups into such as Pacific Islander, Asian, and Native Hawaiian. The assumption is that the Hawaiian culture involves more collectivistic families than individualistic families. Collectivist families have more group cohesion and collectivistic cultures make decisions based on the betterment of the group. The statistic that proves the previous statement is there are 1,673 households out of the total 8,383 with 7 or more people living in one household (Census Bureau, 2010). The languages spoken in Honolulu include Tagalog, English, Hawaiian, and Pidgin, which is a blend of Hawaiian and slang words.

We are all born the same way into this earth. We are all the same, with the same type of flesh and bones. How do we distinguish ourselves from each other? Well, we have many ways of telling one from another and one way we use is using culture. The difference between other culture is it ideas and moral values. Culture plays an important role in many people lives. Although being part of a multi-cultural society helps understands one’s self and it also helps understand one another cultural view of our world. Many people identity are also created by our belief. My ethnicity isn’t the only thing that defines who I am. It’s also my culture, my environment and my personality who define me.

A goddess named Nohealani is a hawaiian goddess for heaven's and fire she was born in March 28, 1669 . If you get her mad she can burn 20 acres of land. She is nice pretty much the whole time. She was born from an erupting volcano and raised by the heavens. Her volcano erupts and makes islands then a turtle goddess Rosie, comes and picks up the islands and carries it. As Nohealani takes care of her island she also is being taken care by her big sister Leilani. Leilani is the goddess of waves. One day Nohealani went down in the valleys to a secret cave. And there it was she witnessed britney stealing secret gems. She chanted for Rosie and Leilani to come, “come to me come come quick to help meeeeee”. As the goddess use their powers to make

The Creation of Hawaiian People and Their Islands Hawaiian mythlogy has numerous legends and a notable one is how Hawai’i and its people were created. The story refers to how people are connected to the land and it showcases one of the reasons why the urge to care for the land is so strong in the native Hawaiians. The way the myth is told shows that native Hawaiians literally considered the sky, earth and islands as respected elders. The Creation of Hawaiian People and Their Islands was originally an unwritten myth and itʻs a legend thatʻs heavily rooted in the fact that humans are connected to and need to take care of the land which is shown in this legend that contains love, deception, reconciliation, and death, in which can relate to many

In my opinion, article #1, Hawaii: The Land of Many is more informative and useful for a person who knows nothing about the sugar plantations in Hawaii. In the first reading it talks more about how the sugar industry started in Hawaii, and what happened throughout the boom of the sugar industry. Also throughout the first article it describes what problems arose during the time of the sugar industry and how they overcame some of the problems, like having immigrants work on the plantations. The main difference is that the first article talks about what went on with the business in the 1800s and 1900s, workers, and changes in the economy.

Would you be a weak person or would you rather be Kamehameha I, also known as Paiea?

History about the hawaiian culture and king kamehameha is that he brought peace to the hawaiian kingdom's. He won many battles between many different chiefs too. Overall kamehameha was a good chief. He was also the first person to rule all eight hawaiian islands.

The class reading “Lessons from a Native Hawaiian Classroom” and our group reading “A Middle School Intervention” lucidly intertwined. Not only did they both focus on specific geographic areas of education. The articles also emphasized the “Two way Teaching” technique that has surfaced in almost all our classes, ironically at the same time.  “Students informed and shaped the content…” Godinho explains in relation to the “Eight Aboriginal ways of Learning”. The purpose of this is to get the students engaged in topics they believe have value in their lives (p.3.) Wurdman proclaims in “They viewed literacy as a means for connecting themselves with one another and with the world”. By empowering the student to take pride in themselves they become excited to share their differences and begin to see them special qualities that they can teach to others (p.432). In my undergrad I explored the notion of “Flora” as an internal mental landscape, and I cant help but see its reflection in this topic. “Flora” is a homonym that connects the body to landscape. Both the articles emphasize the importance of heritage and place as is body being the self and landscape being the community. Navigating where one belongs in a community begins when discovering the self. Both articles emphasized the importance of sharing of one’s self to manifest a “Two way

In 1986, the state of Hawaii passed the Aloha Spirit Law, which states that all citizens of Hawaii must have the “Aloha Spirit,” meaning they must be kind, agreeable, modist, and act with integrity. Aloha, a word known to our world to mean both hello and goodbye, is in reality much more complicated. Broken down to its roots, it means face to face with breath of life, but there is no clear definition of what Aloha means in its entirety. It is simplified sometimes to mean the spirit of the islands. This spirit is seen all throughout the Hawaiian islands as an overall attitude of compliance and teamwork, which can be easily witnessed when traveling or living there. Within a few days of living in Hawaii, reporter Breena Kerr saw this in full swing when people would immediately treat her with uncanny kindness and openness, telling her about the land, giving her food, and inviting her to spend time with them.. As great as this all sounds, making it a law may pose a problem. Like any abstract concept, there are many ways to interpret what it means to have the “Aloha Spirit,” which also makes it hard to decide if someone has acted with it or not. There are times when people and

Growing up in an environment filled with a variety of cultures, there are words that mean different things and are used in different ways. In Hawaii, there is an official language, but there is also a slang language, “pidgin”, that was used during the era where sugar plantations were very popular. They created this language so that people of different ethnicities could communicate with one another as they traveled from other countries such as, Japan, China, Philippines, and Korea. Today, pidgin and the Native Hawaiian language are used amongst the locals allowing us to connect on another level by keeping our culture alive. Some words, however; have changed since ancestral times from something innocent to something derogatory and insulting. The word, “haole”, pronounced “hau-lay”, was used to describe Captain Cook and his men, today; this word is used to describe Caucasian people and is used as an insult amongst one another.

Hawaiian is unique among the fifty states, especially in regards to its native music form, which is still preformed, and captivates audiences even today. Hawaiian chanting, music, and dance are not only key parts of life on the island, but have also become cultural icons as well as profound symbols of nature and religion in Hawaii. Hawaii has a rich history, beginning with the early settlers from Polynesia who brought their traditions and religions to Hawaii. Over the years, the inhabitants took those traditions and adapted them to their new home, creating the definitive culture that, even with Western influences, still is a captivating force within the society.

Two cultures intertwined in Hawai’i, but which lifestyle will help succeed in the modern day Hawai’i? Hawaiian lifestyle has been with the Islands since the day the Tahitians first arrived to Hawai’i. In the book Hawaiian History, Richard Lighter states “traditional hawaiian culture consists of many life lessons that helped the natives thrive”(pg 24). Wealth wasn’t redundant by money; it was weighted by the abundance of food, water, and love. The three things that is needed to live a healthy life. In Hawai’i, there is also a lifestyle that is modernized. This lifestyle is adequate by how much money you have and how often you work, but the lifestyle could help you to succeed in modern day life. Two cultures could be intertwined in the modern day and thrive by using the surroundings.

This plant represented the God Kane which Hawaiians believe to be the creator life. The Hawaiians believed that Taro had helped them stay alive, because of it’s use as the common staple of their diet. Taro is considered a purple potato, in the Araceae family, that was frequently made into poi. (Hawaiian name for mashed potato.) Its niche is as a