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Kalākaua, his aides Charles Hastings Judd and George W. Macfarlane and cook Robert von Oelhoffen during their world tour.. Kalākaua met with heads of state in Asia, the Mideast and Europe, to encourage an influx of sugar plantation labor in family groups, as well as unmarried women as potential brides for Hawaii's existing contract laborers.
Kalākaua (David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Māhinulani Nālaʻiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua; [2] November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, until his death in 1891.
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The festival is dedicated to the memory of King David Kalākaua, the last king of the Kingdom of Hawaii, who reigned from 1874 until his death in 1891. [1] Kalākaua was “a patron of the arts, especially music and dance,” and is credited with reviving many endangered native Hawaiian traditions such as mythology, medicine, and chant. [1]
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Aboard the USS Charleston (C-2): (left to right) Colonel G. W. Macfarlane, King Kalakaua, and Colonel R. H. Baker. Kalākaua, the last king of Hawaii, died on January 20, 1891, while visiting in California. President Benjamin Harrison ordered the United States Navy and United States Army to conduct a state funeral in San Francisco. The funeral ...
[1] [2] The idea of a European-styled coronation and thus also a crown came to Kalākaua after his world tour. Crowns for both the king and queen were ordered from a London-based jeweller. [3] The crown was made out of gold with nearly an oval profile. It was decorated with golden kalo leaves as well as diamonds and other jewels.
Gilbert Francis Lani Damian Kauhi (October 17, 1937 – May 3, 2004), also known by the stage names monumously as Zulu [1] and Zoulou, was an American actor and comedian. He is remembered largely for his portrayal of Kono Kalakaua on the long-running television program Hawaii Five-O .