[PDF] Collection Of Family Traditions Describing Customs Practices And Beliefs Of The Families And Lands Of Kaloko And Honokohau North Kona Island Of Hawaii eBook

Author : Joan Namkoong
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,15 MB
Release : 2004-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781573062275

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Information on cultural traditions including birthdays, holiday celebrations, coming of age ceremonies, marriages, and funerals. Description and explanations include anecdotes than emphasize the bonds these traditions create. -- From the back cover.

Author : Joan Clarke
Publisher : Namkoong Pub
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 47,84 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : 9780964335905

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Presents the celebrations and customs of Hawaii's ethnic groups.

Author : Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781258101282

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Occasional Papers Of Bernice P. Bishop, Museum Of Polynesian Ethnology And Natural History, V16, No. 17, March 20, 1942.

Author : Mary Kawena Pukui
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 1976-12-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780824805241

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How many place names are there in the Hawaiian Islands? Even a rough estimate is impossible. Hawaiians named taro patches, rocks, trees, canoe landings, resting places in the forests, and the tiniest spots where miraculous events are believed to have taken place. And place names are far from static--names are constantly being given to new houses and buildings, streets and towns, and old names are replaced by new ones. It is essential, then, to record the names and the lore associated with them now, while Hawaiians are here to lend us their knowledge. And, whatever the fate of the Hawaiian language, the place names will endure. The first edition of Place Names of Hawaii contained only 1,125 entries. The coverage is expanded in the present edition to include about 4,000 entries, including names in English. Also, approximately 800 more names are included in this volume than appear in the second edition of the Atlas of Hawaii.

Author : Thomas George Thrum
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Social Science
ISBN :

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1923 edition of a collection of Hawaiian folk tales compiled by Thomas G. Thrum. The forward in this book is a new addition from earlier versions. Thrum explains that this volume is the fourth edition and has a number of studies and special translations that are not available in other editions (1907, 1912, 1917, 1921, 1978, and 1998).

Author : Malcolm Nāea Chun
Publisher : Curriculum Research & Dev Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,44 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : 9780824836245

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No Nā Mamo is an updated and enlarged compilation of books in the acclaimed Ka Wana series, published in 2005-2010. The books, revised and presented here as individual chapters, offer invaluable insights into the philosophy and way of life of Native Hawaiian culture: Pono (right way of living) Aloha (love and affection) Welina (welcome and hospitality) A'o (education) Ola (health and healing) Ho'oponopono (healing to make things right) Ho'omana (the sacred and spiritual) Alaka'i (leadership) Kākā'ōlelo (oratory) Ho'onohonoho (cultural management) Kapu (gender roles) Hewa (wrong way of living) Readers both familiar and unfamiliar with Native Hawaiian traditions and practices will find much to reflect on as well as practical guidance and knowledge. Throughout Chun draws on first-hand accounts from early Hawaiian historians, early explorers and missionaries, and nineteenth-century Hawaiian language publications--as well as his own experience, gained from a lifetime of engagement with the language and culture. No Nā Mamo contains new and updated information throughout, a completely new chapter on Aloha, color illustrations, prefaces by the author and editor, a new Afterword, and an Appendix describing the challenges faced in creating this book.

Author : Moke Kupihea
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 2005-05-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1594776423

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Explores the breakdown in the chain of cultural transmission that has led to the decimation of Hawaiian spirituality, and how it can be restored • Shows how reconnection to the ancestral ways can be achieved through letting go and forgiveness of the effects of colonization • Reveals how the lessons of the decline of Hawaiian spiritual tradition reflect on other religions • Clarifies the complex nature of Hawaiian ancestral worship Hawaiian spirituality teaches that individuals can be truly fulfilled only if they are conscious participants in the long ancestral chain of witnessing and transmission that connects the present to the time of origins. The Cry of the Huna invokes the author's personal history as he recounts the decline of his people's spiritual tradition as a result of colonization. The breakdown of the Hawaiians' ties with their sacred land led them to forget not only the teachings of their ancestors, but also the chain of na aumakua they form, which connects this people to both the earth and the realm of the gods. While the na aumakua can be viewed with reverence it is not seen or worshiped as a God. Rather it is seen as a part of the chain of life that arose from one god's vision of creation. Aumakua is a compound of makua (parents) and au, the endless ancestral chain that stretches through time. Each individual on earth represents a temporary end to that chain. As we age and our vision of life slowly looks toward death, our descendents come forth to provide the next eyes in the chain of witnessing and transmission. The Cry of the Huna shows how the rupture of this chain has led to widespread alienation. An endless cycle of resentment and revenge is fueled by the loss of the Hawaiians' spiritual birthright. The connection to the aumakua, however, can be reforged, but only by untying the circular cords of revenge to allow forgiveness to occur in the present so that healing can take place in the future.