Hawaiian Traditions: The New Hawaiian Culture

Many Native Hawaiian people have lost touch with their culture. Many people around the world don’t know about the unique Hawaiian culture. People in America don’t know a lot about these unique Hawaiian arts either. Many of the old Hawaiian traditions were lost because foreigners took over the Hawaiian islands and banned many Hawaiian traditions that have been going on for decades. This loss of culture was devastating for the people and was hard to gain back after almost being completely eliminated. To teach new generations about the old Hawaiian culture, this research paper will detail what it was like years ago. It will also explain why the Hawaiian culture and traditions should be reinstated. This paper will explain how the traditions

Successful Ali’i of Hawaii have practiced many Hawaiian traditions and ways which taught them the basic things in life that you need. For example on an article Kamehameha The great “Learning many different games was an important part of Kamehameha’s training. The more he practiced the stronger and more skillful he became.” This shows how Hawaiians would back each other up and never give up on each other no matter what. Also how the trainings they did helped them throughout their journey. Also in the same article about Kamehameha the great it talks about some of the things the Hawaiians used to do before, during, or after something. It states “Kamehameha learned the rules of warfare practiced in Hawai’i. One rule, for example, was that special religious ceremonies had to take place before a war could start.” This is one of the religions Hawaiians used to do in which they used it for good religious

In an article on Hawaiian Language Policy and the courts, it talks about how Hawaiians nearly lost their whole culture because missionaries wanted to get rid of the Hawaiian language. But the Hawaiian language was the root of the Hawaiian culture. In fact, according to “A Timeline of Revitalization, “Education through the Hawaiian language in both public and private schools is outlawed on the model of U.S. policy towards the use of American Indian languages in education. Teachers are told use of Hawaiian with children will result in termination of employment.” This shows how illegal it was for the Hawaiians to speak their native language, which was a huge loss. In fact, children were brutally punished if they were caught speaking their native