[lit-ideas] Re: Help Please
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 14 Nov 2004 18:01:52 PST
[from the World Book Encyclopedia that came bundled with this iBook]
From 1854 to 1872, during the reigns of Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V, the
islands started to become a melting pot of people from various countries. There
were not enough Hawaiian workers for the plantations, so owners of the great
sugar cane fields brought in laborers from other countries. Many Chinese came to
work in Hawaii during the 1850's. Polynesians from the South Pacific first
arrived in 1859, and Japanese in 1868. Other immigrants included the Portuguese
during the 1870's, and Filipinos, Koreans, and Puerto Ricans in the early
1900's.
King Kalakaua, called the Merry Monarch, came to the throne in 1874. During his
reign, Hawaiian music, the hula, and many other old Hawaiian customs became
popular again. These customs had been prohibited by earlier rulers at the demand
of Christian missionaries. The custom of wearing grass skirts began during this
period. The first grass skirts were brought then to Hawaii from the Samoa
Islands.
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Robert Paul
Professor of Native Skirts and Grasses
Department of Folk Botany
Mutton College
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