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Interviews with twelve Hawaiians, eleven of them kupuna elders who were raised on Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, and Oahu around the turn of the century, indicate the following attitudes and beliefs about the land. Above all the land was regarded as the provider of everything: "food, shelter over your head, and a place to plant your feet and stand firm.
To really understand all the layers of meaning of the word, you also need to understand the unique relationship that native Hawaiians have with the land. On the other hand, aina means land and their identification with the land. Reading time: 4 minutes.
People are tired of the political corruption, lies and broken promises. Political dissatisfaction and not participating in the voting process is especially true among Native Hawaiians and Hawaiian Nationals Hawaiians. Hawaiians have had their kingdom stolen and were disenfranchised and marginalized as a people in their own land.
In short, we are discussing the intellectual and artistic achievements of this society. As Dr. Pearsall explains, the native Hawaiians live with a sense of aloha. Aloha means to share breath, and more precisely to share the breath of life. Hawaiian culture, however, like most Polynesian cultures, is based on the land. Paul Pearsall.
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