Hawai I And Papa New Guinea Argumentative Essay

For over decades, traditions have been lost over time. Most are suppressed or forgotten because of foreign influences, such as those brought on by the missionaries. Hawai 'i and Papa New Guinea are two of the many islands located in the Pacific Ocean, who was affected by colonization. Colonization of these islands affected these native people tremendously, which in time lead up to the loss of their cultures, traditions and religions. In my essay, I will compare and contrast the colonization of Hawai 'i and Papa New Guinea, in context of their traditions and religions. The Hawaiian Islands were isolated from foreign influences, up until the arrival of Captain James Cook, in the year of 1778. On Captain Cook 's arrival to the islands he …show more content…
The Hawaiian 's were no longer using their traditional Hawaiian weaponry, which included wooden clubs with shark teeth, spears, etc. Furthermore, while King Kamehameha I was the king, he established a Kapu (sacred) system, which many Hawaiian 's were mandated to follow. Some of the Kapu 's consisted of: not looking directly at him, and the Kapu of his wife Queen Ka 'ahumanu, and was abolished shortly after his death 1819, when his wife, Queen Ka 'ahumanu took the throne beside his son, Liholiho. In the year of 1820, when the American Protestant missionaries arrived, they influenced Queen Ka 'ahumanu to convert to Christianity, in which she did, helping the missionaries to ban the practice of ancient Hawaiian hula.The Protestant missionaries “believed hula dangerously promoted old heathen beliefs and celebrated physical enjoyment” (“Missonaries and the Decline of Hula,” 2014). In addition, traditional fishing and farming were also lost because of the introduction of cattle ranching and new ways of farming, just as the trade economy was lost because of the introduction of currency. Queen Lili 'uokalani became the queen in 1891, and after a rough political battle she was overthrown by the U.S.. Hawai