Essay On Hawaiian Culture

There are many important cultural aspects of the Hawaiian society however, there are 3 main aspects that will be focused upon now. Their relevance is extremely important due to them showing much about their heritage, their personality’s and traditions. The 3 are cultural food which demonstrates tradition. Territorial battles which shows their sacrifices for their people and land. And dance that represents Hawaiian heritage and also tells stories and shows culture.

To begin, food is a big part of Hawaiian society. There are many traditional foods of Hawaii most of which are
MAIN DISHES
Kalua Puaʻa ,
Teriyaki Beef or Chicken ,
Shoyu Chicken ,
Huli Huli Chicken ,
Baked Mahi-Mahi ,
Lau Lau ,
Chicken Long Rice ,
SIDE DISHES
Hawaiian Poi ,
Poke ,
Lomilomi Salmon ,
Pipi Kaula ,
Potato Salad ,
Squid
Third and finally dance is a symbolic symbol in Hawaiian society and tradition. The most common and most popular dance in the Hawaiians dance book is the hula dance. The dancne usually involves a chant or song
There are many of hula, with the main two are hula 'Auana and hula Kahiko.

Terminology for two were composed and choreographed during the 19th century.

"Ai Kahiko", meaning "In the ancient style" are those hula written in the 20th and 21st centuries that follow the stylistic protocols of the ancient hula kahiko. All though these forms were made quite recently the still portray a large part of history of Hawaii. They also show the Hawaiian society being able to advance on old tradition.

The teacher of hula is the kumu hula, where kumu means source of knowledge or just teacher.

Most, if not all, hula halau(have a permission chant in order to enter wherever they may practice.

huila dancing is a complex art form, and there are many hand motions used to represent the words in a song or