Ancient Tradition Of The Kapu System: Ancient Hawaiians

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The Kapu system was an ancient tradition that the ancient Hawaiians. This religious system was a bunch of rules for both men and women and if you didn’t follow them you will get punished or be put to death. The Kapu system mostly affected to women and regular commoners because if your showdown touched anything that belonged to the Ali’i you will be put to death. For women, they could not eat certain types of food and they cannot be in the same house as their husband when he is eating. The people who don’t get affected by the Kapu system was a chief or a high-ranking official because most of the Kapu laws are for commoners so the chiefs can show and have power against them. If you were to break a Kapu law and you were caught in the process a