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When Māui became old enough, he travelled to his family's home and found his four brothers, Māui-taha, Māui-roto, Māui-pae, and Māui-waho, and his sister, Hina. [9]: 233 The brothers are at first wary of the newcomer. [3]: 11 Later at night Māui came to his relatives while they were gathered in the marae, dancing and being merry.
Māui or Maui is the great culture hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Very rarely was Māui actually worshipped, being less of a deity ( demigod ) and more of a folk hero . His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar.
This version of Maui incorporates elements of the Māui from Māori mythology and other Polynesian narratives. Maui was also the subject of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's song "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man" in his most well-known album, Facing Future, which is the highest selling Hawaiian album of all time.
The brothers travelled to where the sun rises but only moving at night to ensure he didn't know they were coming. They found a pit in the ground where the sun had yet to rise and using clay, they built a wall of earth to hide themselves behind. When the sun rose, the light nearly blinded the brothers but Māui muttered a here (a Māori charm ...
One hundred days after the reverberating roar of wildfire moved through West Maui and destroyed centuries of stories in Lahaina, Maui officials confirmed four people are still considered missing ...
The doctors, dentists and anthropologists striving to identify Maui's victims. Joseph Ax. August 20, 2023 at 1:38 PM (Corrects military Hunt worked with to U.S. from Haitian in 25th paragraph)
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A third competitor, Maui Agricultural Company (MA) expanded alongside the others. A sugar mill at Hamakuapoko (near Paia) was built in 1879 to process Maui's increasing amounts of cane. In 1878 the need for improved transportation from sugarcane plantations to the port at Kahului caused Thomas Hobron to build Maui's first narrow gauge railroad ...