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In Hawaiian mythology, Kāne is considered the highest of the three major Hawaiian deities, along with Kū and Lono. He represented the god of procreation and was worshipped as ancestor of chiefs and commoners. Kāne is the creator and gives life associated with dawn, sun and sky.
Kanikapila is a style of Hawaiian music produced in an impromptu jam session, most commonly taking place at a beach, or family gathering. The term comes from kani which means sound . [ 1 ] and pila which means any string instrument in the Hawaiian language .
In the traditions of ancient Hawaiʻi, Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne. [1] It is also an alternative name for the island of Kahoʻolawe.
Kumu Hula (or "hula master") Leato S. Savini of the Hawaiian cultural academy Hālau Nā Mamo O Tulipa, located in Waiʻanae, Japan, and Virginia, believes that hula goes as far back as what the Hawaiians call the Kumulipo, or account of how the world was made first and foremost through the god of life and water, Kane. Kumu Leato is cited as ...
Herbert Kawainui Kane: Alma mater: School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BA), (MA) Occupation(s) Artist, historian, author, architect: Known for: Hawaiian historical and cultural paintings and writings, Polynesian Voyaging Society (co-founder), Hōkūleʻa (designer) Television: The Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey (advisor) Board member of
Geographic oblique, view southwesterly toward Kāneʻohe from MCB Hawaii as captured from NASA World Wind. Kaneohe or Kāneʻohe (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kaːneˈʔohe]) is a census-designated place (CDP) included in the City and County of Honolulu and in Hawaiʻi state District of Koʻolaupoko on the island of Oʻahu.
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In pre-colonial Hawaiʻi moe aikāne (pronounced [ˈmoe əjˈkaː.ne]) was an intimate relationship between partners of the same gender, known as aikāne.These relationships were particularly cherished by aliʻi nui (chiefs) and the male and female kaukaualiʻi performing a hana lawelawe or expected service with no stigma attached. [1]