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Book Kaaawa

    Book Details:
  • Author : O. A. Bushnell
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 1980-07-01
  • ISBN : 9780824807290
  • Pages : 524 pages

Download or read book Kaaawa written by O. A. Bushnell and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1980-07-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As beautiful as Hawaii itself, This novel approaches epic magnitude. The narrator is Hiram Nihoa, through whom the author pours his love for Hawaii. Nihoa tells the story of his travels around the island of Oahu a century ago, evoking the scene and the people as he saw and loved them. Nihoa's narrative is taken up by a strange New Englander in the second half of the book. Saul Bristol, a sad and bitter man, reveals Hawaii through the eyes of a newcomer. The two narratives embody the conflict between the old and the new which has had so much to do with the way Hawaii has developed.... In some ways ... a lament, but overall a mele aloha, a song of love." --Publisher's Weekly

Book The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai

Download or read book The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai written by Laie i ka wai and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai

Download or read book The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai written by S. N. Haleole and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book N   Mele o Hawai   i Nei

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  • Author : Samuel H. Elbert
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2021-05-25
  • ISBN : 0824842995
  • Pages : 121 pages

Download or read book N Mele o Hawai i Nei written by Samuel H. Elbert and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here for the first time is a large collection of Hawaiian songs in an authoritative text with translation (music not included). The texts have never before been written consistently with the glottal stops (indicating syllabic breaks between vowels) and macrons (indicating long vowels and stresses) that make the words pronounceable by those unfamiliar with the Hawaiian language. Many of the songs have not been translated before or have only been freely adapted rather than translated. These 101 songs are all postmissionary and owe their musical origin to missionary hymns, although only a few are religious. None are technically chants, though some are chants that have been edited and set to music. They date from the mid-1850s (most are from the time of the monarchy) to 1968 (the date of Mary Kawena Pukui's translation of Christmas songs). Nearly all of these songs are sung today and are well known to Hawaiian singers. Included are love songs, and Christmas songs. There is an exhaustive introduction, which includes classification and arrangement of the songs; a note on the composers; and analysis of the structure, symbolism, and meanings of the songs; and a note on the translations and on the poetic vocabulary of the Hawaiian words.

Book The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai

Download or read book The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai written by Anonymous and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laieikawai is a Hawaiian romance which recounts the wooing of a native chiefess of high rank and her final deification among the gods. The story was handed down orally from ancient times in the form of a kaao, a narrative rehearsed in prose interspersed with song, in which form old tales are still recited by Hawaiian story-tellers. It was put into writing by a native Hawaiian, Haleole by name, who hoped thus to awaken in his countrymen an interest in genuine native story-telling based upon the folklore of their race and preserving its ancient customs—already fast disappearing since Cook's rediscovery of the group in 1778 opened the way to foreign influence—and by this means to inspire in them old ideals of racial glory. Haleole was born about the time of the death of Kaméhaméha I, a year or two before the arrival of the first American missionaries and the establishment of the Protestant mission in Hawaii. In 1834 he entered the mission school at Lahainaluna, Maui, where his interest in the ancient history of his people was stimulated and trained under the teaching of Lorrin Andrews, compiler of the Hawaiian dictionary, published in 1865, and Sheldon Dibble, under whose direction David Malo prepared his collection of "Hawaiian Antiquities," and whose History of the Sandwich Islands (1843) is an authentic source for the early history of the mission. Such early Hawaiian writers as Malo, Kamakau, and John Ii were among Haleole's fellow students. After leaving school he became first a teacher, then an editor. In the early sixties he brought out the Laieikawai, first as a serial in the Hawaiian newspaper, the Kuokoa, then, in 1863, in book form. Later, in 1885, two part-Hawaiian editors, Bolster and Meheula, revised and reprinted the story, this time in pamphlet form, together with several other romances culled from Hawaiian journals, as the initial volumes of a series of Hawaiian reprints, a venture which ended in financial failure. The romance of Laieikawai therefore remains the sole piece of Hawaiian, imaginative writing to reach book form. Not only this, but it represents the single composition of a Polynesian mind working upon the material of an old legend and eager to create a genuine national literature. As such it claims a kind of classic interest.

Book Ka  a  awa

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  • Author : Oswald A. Bushnell
  • Publisher : University Press of Hawaii
  • Release : 1972
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 530 pages

Download or read book Ka a awa written by Oswald A. Bushnell and published by University Press of Hawaii. This book was released on 1972 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Reports

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 810 pages

Download or read book Annual Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Download or read book Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 48, 1930/31 was the last to include accompanying papers.

Book North Shore Place Names

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  • Author : John R. K. Clark
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2014-10-31
  • ISBN : 0824847695
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book North Shore Place Names written by John R. K. Clark and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In North Shore Place Names: Kahuku to Ka‘ena, ocean expert John Clark continues his fascinating look at Hawai‘i’s past as told through the stories hidden in its place names. This time the author takes the reader on a historical tour of the North Shore of O‘ahu, from Kahuku (the north point of the island) to Ka‘ena (the west point of the island), and uncovers the everyday lives of the residents, especially prior to the plantation era. Similar to his 2011 book, Hawaiian Surfing, to research this book Clark tapped into the Ho‘olaupa‘i online database (www.nupepa.org): a vast archive of 125,000 pages of Hawaiian-language newspapers published from 1834 to 1948. The author collected an enormous number of references to specific North Shore locations and presents them in an easy-to-use dictionary-style format, which includes original passages in Hawaiian with English translations by Keao NeSmith. Discover these highlights and others in this unique look at O‘ahu’s North Shore: Letters from the longtime principal of the girls’ school that eventually gave Hale‘iwa its name. Examples of the clash of cultures between traditional Hawaiian practices and Christianity, as evident in accounts of hula performances. Old-time traffic accidents—one that involved Queen Lili‘uokalani when she was trapped by her overturned horse-drawn carriage—and unusual train fatalities. Notices of auctions of Government lands, property trespasses, stolen sheep, and stray horses. An invaluable resource for anyone interested in Hawai‘i history and the Hawaiian language, North Shore Place Names brings to life the names, places, and events of the historic North Shore community.

Book The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

Download or read book The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai written by S. N. Haleole and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai, the first fictional work of literature produced by a Native Hawaiian. The story is based on a traditional legend about the princess Lāʻieikawai. The theme of songs and tales was rehearsed in prose and interspersed with oral songs by ancient Hawaiian storytellers. That's why it's an exciting mix of folklore and historical fiction.

Book Hawaiian Laws  1841 1842

Download or read book Hawaiian Laws 1841 1842 written by Hawaii and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Laws Passed by the Nobles and Representatives

Download or read book Laws Passed by the Nobles and Representatives written by Hawaii and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk lore

Download or read book Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk lore written by Abraham Fornander and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk lore

Download or read book Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk lore written by Thomas George Thrum and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature collection of Hawaiian antiquities, legends, traditions, mele, and genealogies that were gathered by Abraham Fornander, S. M. Kamakau, J. Kepelino, S. N. Haleole and others. The original collection of manuscripts was purchased from the Fornander estate following his death in 1887 by Charles R. Bishop for preservation, and became part of the Bishop Musem collection. The papers were published from 1916-1919 as volume IV, V, and VI of the series Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. The manuscripts were translated, revised and edited by Dr. W. D. Alexander and Thomas G. Thrum.

Book Pele and Hiiaka

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  • Author : Nathaniel Bright Emerson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book Pele and Hiiaka written by Nathaniel Bright Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth from Hawaii by Nathaniel Bright Emerson, first published in 1915, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Book Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha III  King of the Hawaiian Islands  Passed by the Nobles and Representatives at Their Session  1853

Download or read book Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha III King of the Hawaiian Islands Passed by the Nobles and Representatives at Their Session 1853 written by Hawaii and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Thirty Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology

Download or read book Thirty Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: