Growing Up In Ancient Hawaiian Culture

When I started writing this, I had no clue what it would be about. I was told “It has to be perfect.” “It has to explain you without you explaining yourself.” “You have to give it meaning without being asked for anything.” “If it isn’t good enough, admission officers won't give your application a second glance.” So, I put off writing it, pondering it over and over in my mind. I’m so glad I put it off, because until recently, I didn’t know what it was keeping me in Hawai’i. My mom lives in Oregon now, and I had the option to move with her because she still has custody. Something kept me here, though, and I wasn’t sure what. Through reminiscing and building more memories, I realized what it was. It was how much I love being Hawaiian. The food,

In today’s society curse words and insults are used in many people’s regular vocabulary. Most of these insults, if not all, are being said without prior knowledge of the meaning behind the word. An example of an insult like this is porch monkey, a derogatory term for African Americans. The people that use derogatory terms like this are often ill-informed and unaccepting of other cultures.

The essay “The Meanings of a Word” by Gloria Naylor discusses the many definitions of a word and how its meaning can change according to context and delivery. She made this point by telling a story of her childhood and the first time she heard the n-word used by a white person in a derogatory, demeaning way. She described her this situation that took place when she was in third-grade and a boy in front of her in math class called her the n-word. She had no idea what it meant to be called that in a negative way because the people she grew up around only used it as positive and empowering. At the end of her essay, she once again emphasized how easy it is to change a word into something hateful simply depending on who says it and their

I know that being raised in Hawaii is far more different than being raised in the Philippines. Before you ask, no, I don’t have a filipino accent. Stereotypically, some filipinos would have a unique accent. It was an accent where letters like f was pronounced as p. Growing up as a child, I used to watch a lot of kids shows. Shows like: Barney, Elmo, Dora, etc. Those were shows that aided me in my english as I was growing up. In addition, I grew an interest in liking planes, space, and galaxies. I used to always sit on the balcony and watch planes fly by. Therefore, I had a sense of freedom and independance. Moreover, an interest in space, galaxies, and stars assisted my curiosity in drawing. Ever since then, I drew abundantly.

This all started, at least by records, from the Greeks and Romans. Everyone else outside their society were called barbarians because it was perceived as they spoke in babble. During the assorted wars between the British and French, the French were called "frogs". I have no idea where that connection is, but it's there. This is another example of a direct link from using respected words and turning them into slurs. Even Asians were called names like "slopes", "slants" for the Vietnamese and "gooks" for the Koreans. During the World Wars the Germans were called either "the Hun", "Krauts" or "Jerries", while the Japanese were called "Japs" specifically during World War II

It seemed like a normal day at the time, the sun was shining, the waves crashed on the shore, steady and reassuring. I did a lot of thinking that day. I thought of my future, of what I wanted to accomplish in life.Only now I realize that it wasn’t a normal day at all. It was the day I decided to graduate early.

Around the world, there are many Indigenous groups having practiced their own traditional cultures. Through the history and following globalisation, traditional cultures have gradually disappeared. For example, in Japan, there are Ainu people had established their own culture, but they were assimilated to Japanese culture because of the annexation to Japan in the mid-1800s. Therefore, until recently, they have used the Japanese language and been educated and lived as Japanese. However, there are many traditional cultures which have still practiced over the time. Those existing cultures may be more significant than those cultures that have disappeared. Particularly, Indigenous performing arts tend to be survived over the time and actively protected to preserve. This essay will argue that Indigenous dance and chant have had significant roles to Indigenous people in many aspects. Firstly, this essay will examine hula’s several roles among the Hawaiian culture and society in the past and current. Secondly, it will focus on the relationship between haka and the Maori’s mentality and spirituality over the time. Finally, it will investigate Ainu chant, yukar, and its particular changes of importance to the Ainu.

When the Atlantic Slave trade began the term nigger was used to describe black people. Throughout history, most minority groups were branded by degrading terms. Nigger was and still is a term of disrespect. Slavery contorted the term from the Spanish definition to its dark degrading hateful insult for African Americans. This slur

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.

On August 20th, 1619, nearly four centuries ago, the first Africans were brought to their foreign home, America, and the implementation of systematic oppression served to eradicate their identity had begun. The inhabitants of Africa, unconsciously traded in their cultural customs such as religion beliefs, knowledge, and language for the formalities of the Western world, leading to the oppression of African people. Language and diction being one of the core building blocks of society, has become a hidden weapon in the war of Racism, as a method to oppress those seen as an “other.” Through religion, mass media, and politics, diction has become a silent weapon used to attack the Black community. In order to adequately understand the negative implications of diction, the analysis of the origins of language is necessary.

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

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.

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.

As culture changes, so does language. English words can have a variety of meanings based on cultural shifts that cause words to lose their original meanings or become associated with vastly different ideas. Such changes retain the power to baffle one unfamiliar with an extensive etymological history of the word. For example, gay has confusing origins, particularly the farther one looks back. The word gay has possessed vastly different definitions throughout its history, both positive and negative, a duality that continues to this day.

To explain to the Utaboopians about taboo language, the definition is necessary. Taboo language refers to phrases and words that are termed inappropriate in certain settings. Edmund Leach describes three types of phrases and taboo words in English. The first is dirty words, which are associated with excretion and sex, for example, shit, and bugger. The second one refers to Christian religion, terms such as Jesus or Christ. Lastly the names of animals that are used in calling a person such as a cow or a bitch. Taboo language is ancient and was invented the same time as language(Muho and Bakir 400). It was first introduced into the European language by Captain Cook in his third tour around the world. When he visited Polynesia, he saw several ways in which the word taboo was used so as to evade certain customs across various things. Taboo words are often explained and approved by the organizations of power, like religion and media. Taboo words are forbidden