Hawaiian Culture Research Paper

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The Hawaiian culture is a culture that is about respect and protection of others. Hawaiian culture is very interesting and has been changing for many centuries. There culture includes there clothing, language and foods. There clothing and language go very well with each other because the both show peace and protection. Hawaiian culture came from the Polynesians who came from New England, they had effect such as the clothing, the food and the language. The Asians also played a little effect in the food of Hawaii, with the seafood like the fish. The Hawaiian clothing has evolved over time, the clothing used to consisted of grass skirts and loincloth. Men and woman chose to wear little clothing and would rather use tattoos and capes made from …show more content…
There meals always consist of some type of meat with vegetables. Most Hawaiian meals contain chicken or roast pork. When the Polynesians came to America they brought with them moa, a large extinct bird, chicken and roast pork. After a while the Asians influenced the food of Hawaii. They influenced teriyaki chicken and many fish foods. Now many haywain meals contain roast pork, shrimp, crab claws or anything barbecue. For side dishes it would be poi with a little bit of salt and sugar. With there side dishes they would add some vegetables like onions, bean noodles that would be boiled with a piece of chicken, or a beef rope which is pieces of season beef jerky. They will serve fruits like ripe pineapple spears and watermelon. They will have a variety of tossed salads with greens and cherry tomatoes, spinach and other vegetables that are in season. Many of there deserts contain sometime of coconut sauce or coconut cream. The coconuts are very scared to Hawaii because it helps them heal wounds and can be used for food and at times clothing. They love adding lime and lemon juice to sweeten there food, along with raw fish and seaweed. Many of the seafood came form the asian and other cultures that migrated into

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