The first Westerner to be buried at the Royal Mausoleum was John Young, the father of Jane Lahilahi Young, He ended up in this Royal Mausoleum because he was so close to King Kamehameha I. But this is also the resting place of Jane.
PACIFIC WORLDS - NU'UANA O'AHU - -MEMORIES
You may be shocked at the burial customs of the Pre-Christian Hawaiians.
PROJECT GUTTENBERG SELF PUBLISHED WORK by JULIA ALAPAI
Julia Alapa'i Kauwa'a lived from 1814-1849 and was a contemporary of Jane Lahilahi Young Ka'eo.
In her work, she gives an account of the lifestyle she lived as a member of Royal Hawaiian family, both parents being Chief/Chiefess rank. She also rests in death in the Royal Tomb.
EXCERPT: (Julia) She became a close friend and attendant (similar to a European lady-in-waiting) of Princess Nahi ena ena, the youngest daughter of Kamehameha and his most scared wife Keopuolani and the sister of King Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III. During her youth, she along with other attendants of the Princess, the Chiefesses JANE LAHILAHI, Laura Konia, Ulumahelhei Polupolu and Kapoli were punished by Queen Ka'ahumanu for breaking Christian laws and corrupting the young King Kamehameha III who had ascended the throne after his brother's untimely death in London.
She married John Kaleipalhala Young II, more commonly known as Keoni Ana, the son of Kamehameha I's most trusted advisor John Young and a childhood companion of Kamehameha III. The couple remained childless, so in 1836, they adopted in the Hawaiian tradition of hanai, their nephew PETER KA'EO, the son of Joshua Ka'eo and Jane Lahilahi, her husband's sister.
KALENACOM: Sweet Moonlight by Prine Albert Kukailmoku Kunuikea
SWEET MOONLIGHT - Prince Albert Kukailimoku Kunuiakea | |
| ‘Auhea wale ‘oe e Sweet Moonlight E ke onaona e hea mai nei Eia hoi au ka maile lau li‘i I moe i ke anu o uka Hui: E kiss goodnight, o Sweet Moonlight Ke ua kilihune mai nei Ho‘olai nâ manu luhe me ka palai Ho‘ope ‘a‘ala o ka nahele Ua nani no ‘oe e beauty Laniuma E kahi manu hulu laha a‘ole Ua hanu ia aku kou meheu E ka ua kilihune o uka E ake wale au ea ‘ike la I ka ua lanipili o uka Ho‘oipo mau no ke ‘ala huihui I ka pua o ke ‘a‘ali‘i | Listen to me o Sweet Moonlight A gentle fragrance now calls to me Here I am, dainty leafed maile That grew in the cold of the upland Chorus: E kiss goodnight, o Sweet Moonlight Gentle rains are falling around Birds poise aloft amid the drooping fern That fill the forest with their scent You are a beauty, Geranium A bird with feather, rare Whose footstep is being traced By the light showers of the upland I am eager to see The pouring upland rain Where I will woo the gentle perfume Of the a‘ali‘i blossom |
(Why does it seem that POLYAMOUOROUS relationships are considered to be either PRIMATIVE/ INDIGENOUS or EXTREMELY MODERN?)
POLYNESIA refers to Islands in the Pacific, some which are thousands of miles from others. The Hawaiian Island chain, which formed due to volcanic eruption, is one of the largest group of Islands in the Pacific and considered to be extreme northern Polynesia. Speculation on how it is that groups of people managed to arrive there in canoes hundreds of years ago, goes on.
Culturally, the ancient Hawaiians practiced POLYAMORY - at least the term means LOVING MORE THAN ONE PARTNER.
In about 1820, however, Christian missionaries began to think Hawaii just might be the next place to convert the "natives." Following whaler boats and merchant ships, the missionaries of many faiths - Catholic, Mormon (Latter Day Saints), and various Protestant groups showed up, keen to establish missions and save souls from their Pagan ways.
What did they find?
According to multiple sites I referenced, Pre-Christian Hawaiians of both genders enjoyed the right to begin or end a sexual relationships, so we'd consider the women to be liberated in that way. If you were Royal, a Chief or Chieftess, you had a marriage ceremony. For common people being married was perhaps only understood as being someone's primary or longest held relationship. The birth of a child required a bit more celebration. Polygyny was normal for Chiefs, but not so much for the commoners. That might have had something to do with who was expected to raise or afford to raise a child, but everyone was living in extended family groups and raised children together, again blurring the definition of who is family for Westerners. Neither matriarchal or patriarchal when it came to who went to live where, it was a pragmatic decision. Men, however, seemed to be the ones who owned land so I can imagine a man had say on who would be living on it.
I found the following site to be especially interesting: RANKERCOM' LOVE AND SEX IN ANCIENT HAWAII (PRE CHRISTIAN) by Rachel Souerbry
EXCERPTS:
Siblings married frequently, all for the purpose of producing offspring with the most MANA or DIVINE LIFE FORCE.
Hi,uwai is a celebration held during the Hawaiian month of Weiehu, which cooresponds to the time period much of the world knows as November. Hi'uwai consists of a frenzied, splashing bath in the sea from midnight until daybreak, followed by a grand feast the next day.
Although the event is not overtly sexual, one observer in 1830 wrote that with all of the excitement the lavish and beautiful objects people had adorned themselves with, and the darkness all around, people became "attracted" to each other.
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