Hula

Issues of gender is very important to adolescent literature. Gender is the first thing people generally look for when reading a book. Readers look for a character that they can associate with, or imitate. When reading adolescent literature, knowing the gender of the characters in the story, gives readers assumptions about the characters themselves without even knowing their background. Even if the author decided not to formally establish or intentionally state the gender of their characters, the…

Traditionally people who are considered Mahu were seen as important figures in the community. They are seen as strong, wise, and caretakers. However, once Christian Missionaries started trying to convert the people of Hawaii into Christianity, they preached against it. They saw it as a horrible sin. Now, it seems that not everyone is completely accepting of it. The teacher used to get bullied for being a feminine male when she was in school. However, now she’s respected within the community and…

to start making them. This doll was called Barbie and has been around ever since. In addition, other toys include Play-Doh, Silly Putty, Magic 8-balls, Frisbees, Slinkies, Pogo Sticks, Hula Hoops, toy trains, and dollhouses; all of which I played with as a kid are still popular in today's culture. Frisbees and hula hoops were hits in the 1950s when people started to do weird things. One person started swinging a hoop around their hips and a company called Wham-O made a huge profit after it sold…

The Power Of Words Kyle – Blue Some people say words are stronger then violence, if you’re not afraid to use them wisely. Figurative language helps bring out every character’s individual traits and personality. In Don’t Call Me Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer, it is clear that Ishmael’s low self-esteem and James Scobie’s debating skills are constantly emphasized by Bauer’s use of similes and metaphors. The author uses figurative language to develop Ishmael’s alarmingly low self-esteem, together…

City Flint my interactive installation piece was conceived of a study of mathematical geometric design, ultimately the structure was built out of 100 hula-hoops. Extra hula-hoops were set on the ground around the sculpture and adults and children were invited to hula-hoop around the sculpture and try to climb through the larger geometric assemblage of hula-hoops. IMAGE The result was that children and adults were taking on the challenge and laughing and enjoying themselves as they played…

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…

Ceremonies like the hula called for the playing of specific instruments that were very important to the performance. The First instrument is called the kâ`eke `eke, is a large ancient tremble drum, made out of bamboo pipes or tubes or tubes of varying length and it’s from…

This movie is set basically in Hawaii with strong Polynesian culture influence. We can tell from the beautiful scenery, clothing of characters, songs as well as the hula dance they were dancing in the movie. These all provide a very exotic feel of Hawaii and some also argues that the hula dance is like a prostitution of Hawaiian culture. A big part of Polynesian culture is singing and dancing, this movie has done a good job portraying this. However, the character Maui is criticized…

work him every day for a short amount of time to get him ready for his first show in 3 weeks. We do walking over bridges, jumps, step overs, weaving, change of pace, stepping in pools and walking through hula hoops. After the basics are mastered we move onto feet in tires, backing through hula hoops, and showmanship. We also work on handling activities like lifting feet and touching ears, or showing teeth so that we can take him to public relations events like parades. It is very…

used the soft footballs because there are light weight, smaller and do not hurt when they make contact. We brought out 6 hula hoops and 18 balls. We started the lesson off by leading the class in some stretches to make sure there arms were ready to throw…