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Hawaiian scholar Nana Veary in her book Change We Must: My Spiritual Journey [12] wrote that hoʻoponopono was a practice in Ancient Hawaii [13]: 61–62, 67 and this is supported by oral histories from contemporary Hawaiian elders. [14] Pukui (born 1895) first recorded her experiences and observations from her childhood in her 1958 book.
Ifoga is a Samoan ceremony of apology, in which one party ritually and publicly humiliates themselves and offers a gift of ʻIe tōga (fine mats) in exchange for forgiveness by another. It is a part of traditional dispute resolution between families in Faʻa Sāmoa where mediation has failed. The term comes from the word ifo, "to bow down". [1 ...
Lāʻau lapaʻau is a traditional medical practice of Native Hawaiians. The Hawaiian words lāʻau and lapaʻau mean plants or vegetation and treat, heal, or cure respectively in 'Olelo Hawai'i. [1] Lā'au lapa'au follows a belief system that physical illness is a result of a loss of mana (energy) or pono (righteousness) within oneself. [2]
The word has strong cultural and spiritual connotations of "a state of harmony or balance", and is the aim of the Hoʻoponopono practice. Pono is often used as in affirmative prayers , especially within Kanaka Maoli healing arts and the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement .
Though many Americans think of a vacation in a tropical paradise when imagining Hawaii, how the 50th state came to be a part of the U.S. is actually a much darker story, generations in the making.
Hoʻoponopono (ho-o-pono-pono) is an ancient practice in Hawaiian religion of reconciliation and forgiveness, combined with (repentance) prayers. Similar forgiveness practices were performed on islands throughout the South Pacific, including Samoa, Tahiti and New Zealand.
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In this practice men and women could not eat meals together. Furthermore, certain foods such as pork (the body form of the god Lono ), most types (67 of the 70 varieties) of bananas (body form of the god Kanaloa ), and coconuts (body form of the god Kū ) were considered kapu to women.