Native Hawaiians

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is in the attempt of building a Thirty-Meter telescope on Mauna Kea. To Hawaiians Mauna Kea holds a high value of historical and sacred context and should not be disturbed. Although, the construction of the thirty-meter telescope (TMT) will result in being the most powerful telescope in the world, bringing the worlds best researchers to Hawaiʻi. The construction of TMT will also bring an estimated total of 10,000 job opportunities to Hawaiʻi (Deneen). The TMT poses

When people think of Hawaii, other than it’s beautiful beaches, Hawaiian jams, and ono grinds, one thing that stands out is hula. For the Hawaiians, hula was a form of poetry and was used in sanctity and ceremonially. According to King David Kalakaua, “Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people”. As times passed hula has changed because missionaries did not accept what the Hawaiians had established on their own such as their traditions of nudity. Whatever

surprising amount in common, actually. Not the knife, mind you, but the Portuguese machete de braga. Back before the Hawaiian Islands were annexed by the United States, it was introduced to by Portuguese immigrants from the island of Madeira. The immigrants celebrated their arrival with traditional folksongs accompanied on a little four-string machete. In two weeks time, the Hawaiian Gazette was reporting about a band of Portuguese musicians delighting people with nightly concerts. Three Portuguese

I will start off by saying that I am writing about different aspects of Hawaiian culture. The first 2 aspects of the Hawaiian culture that I will be educating you about is the overall culture of the state and also, a little history on Hawaii. The state of Hawaii is valued to be very beautiful and to have great views of the vast landscape. The flower lei represents a welcome home gift from the islanders. It is there way of saying welcome you made it! You should never take it off in public, which is

paradise, made up 132 Islands. Home of the worlds most active volcano Hawaii’s Native Culture, and  is about 1,500 years old. Hawaii, the most common mispronunciation heard on the big island is the word Hawaii. Newscasters from Honolulu say Ha-va-ee-ee is the proper way to spell and pronounce it, and some UH locals swear that is correct. Hawaii’s origins from the Polynesians who voyaged to and settled in Hawaii. The Hawaiians developed culinary, artistic and religious culture and practices. Ho'oponopono

kapa, a barkcloth made from traditional plant fibers. While kapa is produced throughout Polynesia and the first settlers brought wauke plants (paper mulberry) with them, as Hawaiian kapa evolved, its quality was better that of any other region. Kapa in Hawaii displayed a wide variety of textures, weights and designs. Hawaiians used a number of unique techniques including producing watermarks with patterned beaters, printing designs with bamboo stamps, achieving greens and blues with vegetable dyes

Growing up in Hawaii I knew that taro, also known as Colocasia esculenta, was something that the state grew and loved. The Hawaiian word for taro is “kalo.” Not only is taro, or kalo, a part of the Hawaiian culture, but it is their native diet as well. It is very popular that schools would go on field trips to taro patches, but it is common that people would never really realize how important it actually was. As Donna Haraway explained in ‘The Companion Species Manifesto’, a companion specie is something

                          II.     Do you know what aloha means? A.     Aloha is the Hawaiian word

superior and more sacred than man. Taro plays an important role in Hawaiian culture. Growing Kalo was not an activity to the Hawaiians, but it bounded them to their culture and their beliefs about creation. Kalo is very nutritious for our health and bodies. According to Joy, Yamakawa, and Hollyer, from the University of Hawaii, “Kalo corm provides a good source of calcium and iron.” The Kalo leaves can also be “eaten

Hula Hula dancing originated in the Hawaiian islands by the Polynesians who first settled there. Hula’s are not just a dance the origin was of a religious ceremony. In the ancient Hawaii, a time when written language did not exist, hula and its chants played an important role in keeping history, mythology, genealogy and culture alive. With each movement – a hand gesture, swaying of hips, step of the foot – a story would unfold. Through the hula, the native Hawaiians connected with their gods and their