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An unfurling silver fern frond Koru kōwhaiwhai patterns on a rafter from the Ngāti Maru wharenui Hotunui The koru flag. The koru (Māori for 'loop or coil') [1] is a spiral shape evoking a newly unfurling frond from a silver fern frond. [2] It is an integral symbol in Māori art, carving and tattooing, where it symbolises new life, growth ...
Juliette May Fraser (born Hawaii 1887–1983) painter, muralist and printmaker, Charles Furneaux (born Boston 1835–1913) painter and educator, Hon Chew Hee (born Hawaii 1906–1993) painter, D. Howard Hitchcock (born Hawaii 1861–1943) painter, Ogura Yonesuke Itoh (born Japan 1870–1940) painter, Princess Kaʻiulani (born Hawaii 1875–1899 ...
Māui's next feat was to stop the sun from moving so fast. His mother Hina complained that her kapa (bark cloth) was unable to dry because the days were so short. Māui climbed to the mountain Hale-a-ka-lā (house of the sun) and lassoed the sun’s rays as the sun came up, using a rope made from his sister's hair. [2]
The Hawaiian people celebrate traditions and holidays. The most popular form of celebration in Hawaii is the Lūʻau. A lūʻau is a traditional Hawaiian banquet, commonly featuring foods such as poi, poke, lomi-lomi salmon, kalua pig, haupia, and entertainment such as ukulele music and hula. [18] One of the most important holidays is Prince ...
The Nuʻuanu Pali was the site of the Battle of Nuʻuanu, one of the bloodiest battles in Hawaiian history, in which Kamehameha I conquered the island of Oʻahu, bringing it under his rule. In 1795 Kamehameha I sailed from his home island of Hawaiʻi with an army of 10,000 warriors, including a handful of non-Hawaiian foreigners.
I know many tongues; I know the tongues of the birds. I am the child of the mountain; Tākitimu is my mother.” Hautapu immediately recognised that she was a patupaiarehe, and though he wanted her as his wife, he as a tohunga knew that her supernatural nature might forever bind him to the mountain.
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In 1898 the United States enacted the Newlands Resolution, annexing the Hawaiian islands. [17] In 1959, following a referendum in which over 93% of Hawaiian residents voted in favor of statehood, Hawaii became the 50th state. At its height the Hawaiian population an estimated 683,000 Native Hawaiians lived in the islands. [18]