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Hoʻoponopono (Hawaiian pronunciation: [ho.ʔo.po.no.po.no]) is a traditional Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness. The Hawaiian word translates into English simply as correction, with the synonyms manage or supervise. [1] [2] Similar forgiveness practices are performed on islands throughout the South Pacific, including Hawaii ...
Huna (Hawaiian for "secret") is the word adopted by the New Age author Max Freedom Long (1890–1971) in 1936 to describe his theory of metaphysics.Long cited what he believed to be the spiritual practices of the ancient Hawaiian kahunas (priests) as inspiration; however, contemporary scholars consider the system to be his invention designed through a mixture of a variety of spiritual ...
Lomilomi (massage) was the only healing art legal to practice in 1819. [7] Though the practice was banned, kahuna continued to practice in secret. [10] However, beyond political turmoil, the integrity of the kahuna lā'au lapa'au was also threatened by the introduction of disease.
As a healing practice of native healers -- kahuna lāʻau lapaʻau (healers) and kahuna hāhā (diagnosticians) As a luxury and an aid to digestion, especially by the ruling chiefs ; As restorative massage within the family; By ʻōlohe lua (masters of the Hawaiian martial arts)
After the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom there were many attempts to extinguish Hawaiian language and culture during the early 20th century. Hula, Hawaiian, paddling, and music were all frowned upon. Hawaiian children were sent to missionary schools where they were taught in English and barred from speaking Hawaiian. English also became ...
The tradition of Kapaemahu, like all pre-contact Hawaiian knowledge, was orally transmitted. [11] The first written account of the story is attributed to James Harbottle Boyd, and was published by Thomas G. Thrum under the title “Tradition of the Wizard Stones Ka-Pae-Mahu” in the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1907, [1] and reprinted in 1923 under the title “The Wizard Stones of Ka-Pae ...
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The center and its two satellite clinics practice Western medicine, but the treatment regime is complemented with traditional Hawaiian healthcare practices. [5] A group of traditional healers work out of the Dr. Agnes Kalaniho‘okaha Cope Traditional Hawaiian Healing Center, which was built in 2009. [ 5 ]