Three books celebrating Hawaiian culture and traditions make wonderful gifts for friends and family. Sending gifts to the mainland? Mail a warm reminder of the be [...]
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Bill Teter, ed. From the powerful opening words of the Kumulipo to the propulsive rhymes of contemporary slam poetry, Hāpai nā Leo celebrates a diverse range of voices that explore, carry, and regenerate Hawaiian culture. Editor Bill Teter created Hāpai nā Leo as a literary companion to Malcolm [...]
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FORTHCOMING DECEMBER 2009 Originally serialized in the Hawaiian language newspaper Kuokoa Home Rula from January 1909 to April 1910, this new edition of Ka Mo‘olelo Hiwahiwa o Kawelo presents Ho‘oulumahiehie's text in modernized Hawaiian with notes and an introduction by Native Hawaiian scholar [...]
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This book comes from Patrick Ka`ano`i, a Native Hawaiian trained by his kupuna, and has much wisdom documented nowhere else. Unique to this work is an [...]
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Surfing is worldwide, but its roots are in Hawaii. From its island home, the sport has spread internationally in the last one hundred years. As surfing has grown, so has the interest in its history. Bishop Museum Archives in Honolulu holds the largest collection of historic photos in Hawaii. From th [...]
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Written by Daniel Kaha'ulelio, a native fisherman of the Lahaina region, this is perhaps the most detailed narrative pertaining to fishing customs, sources of fish, and methods of procurement. It appeared in 1902 as a series of articles in the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. Kaha'ulel [...]
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Kepelino, like native Hawaiian historians Malo, Kamakau, and Papa 'I'i, worked in the mid-19th century to record Hawaiian historical, cultural, and religious knowledge for future generations. He wrote during a time of great intellectual ferment among Native Hawaiians, creating the bulk of his work b [...]
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For centuries, Hawaiian warriors practiced the martial art of lua under a veil of secrecy. They were as expert, renowned, and revered as the military special forces of today. With the changing times, the number of those extensively trained in lua declined and it became a lost art. By the late 1980s, [...]
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This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their a [...]
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Ha'ena by Carlos Andrade by Carlos Andrade The complex history of the rich and fertile ahupua‘a of Hā‘ena in north Kaua‘i is revealed [...]
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