VTS 01 1 (by Theo Steinman)
Hina by Susan Seddon Boulet
Characterized as the Mother of the Hawaiian people, Hina is an archetypal figure of the Polynesians, who traveled far and wide over land and sea, eventually going to live in the Moon.
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Hawaiian Party Problems: Finding your slippers when the party’s over
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On 26 January 1779, the Hawaiian high chief Kalani`öpu`u took this cloak, which he was wearing, and draped it over the shoulders of the English explorer Captain James Cook. He placed a feathered helmet on Cook’s head, and laid several other cloaks at his feet. His people brought four large pigs and other offerings of food. Less than three weeks later, Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay, Hawai`i.
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(Alo = presence, front, face; hâ = breath)
“The presence of (Divine) Breath”“And wherever the Kanaka Maoli went he said ‘Aloha’ in meeting or in parting. ‘Aloha’ was a recognition of life in another. If there was life there was mana, goodness and wisdom, and if there was goodness and wisdom there was a god-quality. One had to recognize the ‘god of life’ in another before saying ‘Aloha,’ but this was easy. Life was everywhere - in the trees, the flowers, the ocean, the fish, the birds, the pili grass, the rainbow, the rock - in all the world was life—was god—was Aloha. Aloha in its gaiety, joy, happiness, abundance. Because of Aloha, one gave without thought of return; because of Aloha, one had mana. Aloha had its own mana. It never left the giver but flowed freely and continuously between giver and receiver. ‘Aloha’ could not be thoughtlessly or indiscriminately spoken, for it carried its own power. No Hawaiian could greet another with ‘Aloha’ unless he felt it in his own heart. If he felt anger or hate in his heart he had to cleanse himself before he said ‘Aloha’.”
- Queen Lili`uokalani (1891-93)
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