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ʻOhana is a Hawaiian term meaning "family" (in an extended sense of the term, including blood-related, adoptive or intentional). The term is cognate with Māori kōhanga , meaning "nest". The root word ʻohā refers to the root or corm of the kalo , or taro plant (the staple "staff of life" in Hawaii), which Kanaka Maoli consider to be their ...
“Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” — Stitch from "Lilo & Stitch" “I sustain myself with the love of family.”―
In the Hawaiian lexicon, ohana is a sensibility, a way of thinking that means family, belonging, community and so much more — solace in a time of calamity. It is a unifying principle in an ...
Ohana is the sense of family in Hawaiian culture (spelled with an ʻokina as ʻohana). Ohana may also refer to: "Ohana" (Hawaii Five-0), an episode of the television series Hawaii Five-0; Ohana by Hawaiian, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Airlines; Ohana Hotels and Resorts, a Honolulu-based hotel chain owned by Outrigger Hotels & Resorts
She would placate her children by holding a family night, singing lullabies, and making up funny constellations. Lilo's father played the ukulele and was the one who coined the phrase ʻOhana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten. The phrase becomes a sort of family motto for his daughters and their intergalactic ...
Land became a sacred part of life and family. [11] Hawaiian religion is polytheistic , but mostly focuses on the gods Wākea and Papahānaumoku , the mother and father of the Hawaiian islands. Their stillborn child formed the deep roots of Hawaii, and whose second child, Hāloa , is the god from whom all Hawaiians originate.
The word ʻaumakua means ancestor gods and is derived from the Hawaiian words au which means period of time or era, and makua meaning parent, parent generation, or ancestor. Hawaiians believed that deceased family members would transform into ʻaumakua and watch over their descendants with a loving concern for them while also being the judge ...
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