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No Na Mamo : Traditional and Contemporary Hawaiian Beliefs and Practices / Malcolm Naea Chun.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824836245
  • 9780824837099
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DU624.65 .C47 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Editor's Preface -- Preface -- 1. Pono: The Way of Living -- 2. Aloha: Traditions of Love and Affection -- 3. Welina: Traditional and Contemporary Ways of Welcome and Hospitality -- 4 A'o: Educational Traditions -- 5. Ola: Traditional Concepts of Health and Healing -- 6. Ho'oponopono: Traditional Ways of Healing to Make Things Right Again -- 7. Ho'omana: Understanding the Sacred and Spiritual -- 8. Alaka'i: Traditional Leadership -- 9. Kākā'ōlelo: Traditions of Oratory and Speech Making -- 10. Ho'onohonoho: Traditional Ways of Cultural Management -- 11. Kapu: Gender Roles in Traditional Society -- 12. Hewa: The Wrong Way of Living -- 13. Afterword -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: No Nā Mamo is an updated and enlarged compilation of books in the acclaimed Ka Wana series, published in 2005-2010. The books, revised and presented here as individual chapters, offer invaluable insights into the philosophy and way of life of Native Hawaiian culture:Pono (right way of living)Aloha (love and affection)Welina (welcome and hospitality)A'o (education)Ola (health and healing)Ho'oponopono (healing to make things right)Ho'omana (the sacred and spiritual)Alaka'i (leadership)Kākā'ōlelo (oratory)Ho'onohonoho (cultural management)Kapu (gender roles)Hewa (wrong way of living)Readers both familiar and unfamiliar with Native Hawaiian traditions and practices will find much to reflect on as well as practical guidance and knowledge. Throughout Chun draws on first-hand accounts from early Hawaiian historians, early explorers and missionaries, and nineteenth-century Hawaiian language publications-as well as his own experience, gained from a lifetime of engagement with the language and culture. No Nā Mamo contains new and updated information throughout, a completely new chapter on Aloha, color illustrations, prefaces by the author and editor, a new Afterword, and an Appendix describing the challenges faced in creating this book.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Editor's Preface -- Preface -- 1. Pono: The Way of Living -- 2. Aloha: Traditions of Love and Affection -- 3. Welina: Traditional and Contemporary Ways of Welcome and Hospitality -- 4 A'o: Educational Traditions -- 5. Ola: Traditional Concepts of Health and Healing -- 6. Ho'oponopono: Traditional Ways of Healing to Make Things Right Again -- 7. Ho'omana: Understanding the Sacred and Spiritual -- 8. Alaka'i: Traditional Leadership -- 9. Kākā'ōlelo: Traditions of Oratory and Speech Making -- 10. Ho'onohonoho: Traditional Ways of Cultural Management -- 11. Kapu: Gender Roles in Traditional Society -- 12. Hewa: The Wrong Way of Living -- 13. Afterword -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index

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No Nā Mamo is an updated and enlarged compilation of books in the acclaimed Ka Wana series, published in 2005-2010. The books, revised and presented here as individual chapters, offer invaluable insights into the philosophy and way of life of Native Hawaiian culture:Pono (right way of living)Aloha (love and affection)Welina (welcome and hospitality)A'o (education)Ola (health and healing)Ho'oponopono (healing to make things right)Ho'omana (the sacred and spiritual)Alaka'i (leadership)Kākā'ōlelo (oratory)Ho'onohonoho (cultural management)Kapu (gender roles)Hewa (wrong way of living)Readers both familiar and unfamiliar with Native Hawaiian traditions and practices will find much to reflect on as well as practical guidance and knowledge. Throughout Chun draws on first-hand accounts from early Hawaiian historians, early explorers and missionaries, and nineteenth-century Hawaiian language publications-as well as his own experience, gained from a lifetime of engagement with the language and culture. No Nā Mamo contains new and updated information throughout, a completely new chapter on Aloha, color illustrations, prefaces by the author and editor, a new Afterword, and an Appendix describing the challenges faced in creating this book.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)