Mo'olelo
The Sky Father and Earth Mother of Hawaiian tradition are called by these names in 'Ōlelo Hawai'i
Who are Wākea and Papahānaumoku?
This old pre-contact word is used to refer to foreigners.
What is ‘haole’?
This creation chant establishes the genealogy of the Hawaiian people.
What is the Kumulipo?
This place is the ancestral homeland in Polynesian tradition. It is also thought to be the abode of the dead.
What is Hawaiki/Havaiki?
The Kingdom of Hawaiʻi was overthrown in 1893 this group of American businessmen led by Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B. Dole.
What is the Committee of Safety?
Much of Hawaiian life centers around these four akua.
Who are Kū, Kāne, Kanaloa, and Lono?
The Hawaiian language belongs to this language family.
What is the Austronesian language family?
From what direction do souls depart into the afterlife?
What is west?
The Polynesian triangle is referred to by this name.
What is Hawaiʻinuiākea?
These two industries are the driving powers behind Hawaiʻi’s economy.
What are tourism and the military
This manō is the kiaʻi pāhau (guardian) of Puʻuloa.
Who is Kaʻahupāhau?
Puʻuloa is the original name for the place we know at Pearl Harbor. It translates to this in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.
What is hill of long life?
The Kumulipo was composed and dedicated to this aliʻi.
Who is Kalaninuiʻīamamao/Lonoikamakahiki?
This is the name for Papahānaumoku in te reo Māori.
What is Papatūānuku?
This national holiday honors the restoration of the Hawaiian kingdom after it was seized by the British government in 1843 during the Paulet Affair.
What is Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (July 31st)?
This term is used to define the “inner meaning” of a name, story, historical account, or literary work in Hawaiian tradition.
What is kaona?
This Mōʻī said, “Imua e nā pokiʻi a inu i ka ʻawaʻawa a loaʻa ka lei o ka lanakila” at the Battle of Kepaniwai.
Who is Kamehameha I / Kamehameha the Great?
This realm is thought to be the home of restless spirits?
What is ʻao kuewa?
The shark callers of Kontu in Papua New Guinea honor this deity as their creator.
Who is Moroa?
These were organized in 1897 by Hawaiian political groups, notably Hui Aloha ʻĀina, to oppose the annexation of the Hawaiian Kingdom by the United States.
What are the Kūʻē Petitions?
This god was Pele’s persistent and hot-headed lover, with whom she had a child named Kaʻowakaikalani.
Who is Kamapuaʻa?
Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui, this ʻōlelo noʻeau means ʻLife is in speech; death is in speech.”
What is “I ka ʻōlelo no ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo no ka make”?
This prayer is used to sanctify an aliʻi.
What is he pule hoʻolaʻa aliʻi?
This Tongan and Fijian author wrote “Our Sea of Islands,” which characterizes Moananuiākea as a sophisticated, deeply intertwined Oceanic nation rather than a haphazard collection of disparate islands.
Who is Epeli Hauʻofa?
Ea is expressed today in a number of ways. One way in which it is expressed is:
What is hula, mele, oli, etc.