Cheap Travel to Hawaii
Hawaii is a unique island
paradise that is a prime vacation
destination for people around the globe.
I hope you have some knowledge about Hawaii. First-time
visitors to Hawaii often find themselves planning their
next trip back to this island paradise. And there's no debating
that almost everyone would enjoy
what the islands of Hawaii have to offer. Beautiful stretches
of beaches, lush tropical forests, magnificent flowers,
a rich cultural heritage, and glowing rivers of red-hot
lava that pour into the sea.
Here is some information that I found about Hawaii
Hawaii Culture:
To many people, Hawaii culture brings to mind hula dancers
in grass skirts and lei tradition. And Hawaiian history
started with Captain Cook or even Pearl Harbor. You can
travel to Hawaii with this in mind, but if not you still
have the time of your life!
Hawaiian culture is the result of overlay after overlay
of varied cultural groups. Hawaiian culture has Polynesian
roots - Polynesians came to the Hawaiian Islands from Marquesas
and established the first settlements (about 600-700 AD).
These settlers brought with them their gods, their plants,
their culture and their language. The second wave of migration
came from the Society Islands. Then, in different times,
Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and Korean arrived on Hawaii,
and they also had some influence on Hawaiian culture.
Hawaiian language:
English and Hawaiian are the two official state languages
in Hawaii. Hawaii language is only spoken by estimated
9 000 people, but 85 % of all local place names are Hawaiian.
Hawaii language belongs to a family of languages from
central and eastern Polynesia, which includes Hawaiian,
Tahitian, Tumotuan, Rarotongan and Maori.
Hawaii's early immigrants communicated with each other
in pidgin, a stripped and simplified form of English
which survives today as a lively, ever-changing local slang.
Originating in Polynesia, Hawaii language is musical
and sensuos. It is so rich in vowels that a face needs
to smile to speak. The alphabet of Hawaii language has
5 vowels and 7 consonants. That mean it is the easiest
phonetically system of the world's languages.
Many words came from the beauty of nature and joy of life.
For example, aloha - the classic greeting of Hawaii - translates
as "I recognize in you the breath of life".
Lei tradition
Lei making is the most beautiful forms of Hawaii culture.
This lovely tradition of placing a flower garland around
a neck of someone represents in the best way the Aloha
spirit of Hawaii. There are many different types of lei
- they range from a simple plumeria flower lei to the
intricate feather lei. Ancient Hawaiians made lei for
the neck, wrists and ankles. Now the neck and head lei
are most widely used.
Hawaii legends
Hawaii is a land of myths and legends. Ancient Hawaiians
lived in harmony with nature; they respected animals and
natural phenomenons and imputed divinity to them. For
example, they believed that the spirit of deceased ancestors
moved to an animal to protect and guide the family. They
call these spirits 'aumakua.
In the beginning of Hawaiian mythology, Po (land) was
vast and empty. Only one life form dwelled. It was the
spirit of Kea we. Then Kea we created sky and the sun,
and the first gods: Kane and Na Whine. They gave birth
to other gods: Ku, Lono, and Kanaloa.
Ku was the god of war, and also the god of woodlands and
crops. Kanaloa was responsible for the southern Pacific
Ocean, and, according to Hawaii legends, he helped seamen
and fishers. Lono, as lord of the sun and of wisdom, caused
the earth to grow green. As a god of medicine, he had a
particular interest in keeping herbs and medicinal plants
flourishing.
Among the major divinities were the goddess Papa, queen
of nature, and the man she married, called Wakes? As Hawaii
legends say, Papa and Wake’s first child was born
deformed like a taro root. From the child's grave, the
first taro plant grew to furnish sustenance to the rest
of the human race, which had its origins in this first
couple.
Living close to active volcano couldn't influence on
Hawaii legends. One of the most striking characters of
Hawaiian myths is pale, goddess of the volcano. According
to the Hawaii legend, Pale came to Hawaii a long time
ago, in the period, when the air was surrounded with spiritual
beings and a thin veil divided the living from the dead,
the natural from the supernatural.
Pale is volcanism in all its forms. Her poetic name
is Ka whine `ai honua, the woman who devours the land.
When her body moves, the land trembles and the sky are
afire with a crimson glow. That is how ancient Hawaiians
imagined the menacing power of volcano.
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