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Kapu System

By Kelly, Lauren, and Natassia

The Ultimate Collapse

- Ka'ahumanu associated with Keopuolani after Kamehameha I's death in 1819

- They did not like the kapu system

What is the Kapu System?

- Wanted to get rid of the kapu, but Liholiho stayed loyal to his father's words

- Religious law system

- Thousands of Rules

- Laws were based on mana

- Mana is a spirtual power

- Classified by positive male aspect of nature and negative female aspect

- Examples of male aspects: sky, light, life, day, knowledge, strenght

- Examples of female aspects: darkenss, death, night, ignorance

- Liholiho thought deeply about what to do with the kapu system

- In November 1819, Liholiho ate at the women's table

No Na Mamo by Malcom Naea Chun

http://www.alternative-hawaii.com/hacul/history.htm

No Na Mamo by Malcom Naea Chun

- Men and women could not eat together

-women not allowed in the "mua", men's place of worship/eating house

- Food had to be cooked

in different imu

- Women couldn't eat

certain foods

- Performed the symbolic act of 'ai noa

- Outlined actions for different ranks (separated society)

- Ali'i

- Kahuna

- Commoners

(makaainana)

- Outcasts (kauwa)

- Signified the end of the kapu system

- Sent orders to all the islands to destroy the heiau and burn images of the old gods

Kamehameha II: Liholiho and the Impact of Change by Julie Stewart Williams and Suelyn Ching Tune

- Even Keupuolani tried to convince Liholiho by telling him the system was not needed

Kapu System in Other Places

http://kaizenwong.angelfire.com/Kapu_System.pdf

http://www.terntec.com/hawaiian_history.htm

Gods Contributed to Kapu System

Reason for the Kapu System

- Existed everywhere in Polynesia

- In Tahiti it was called Taboo

- Same as Kapu System

How did it regulate society?

- Wife couldn't enter house if husband was eating

- Shadow of commoner could

not fall onto alii/priest or the

alii's house

- Couldn't cut down sandalwood (Kamehameha I)

- Kneel when ali'i was eating

- Offerings given to gods

when a tree was cut down

for canoe

- Ku, Lono, Kane, and Kanalos were male gods

- Gods contributed to food kapu and offering

- Certain foods were offered for a feast

- Pork, coconuts, and fish represented different gods

- Introduced in 1000-1300 CE

- After second wave of migration

- Ali'i and Kahuna to maintain power

- To protect mana

- Hawaiians followed the system because they thought the gods would get angry with them

- Also because the punishments were harsh

- The kapu system controlled every aspect in their lives

Anceint Tahitian Society by: Douglas L. Oliver

Akua Hawaii by: Kimo Armitage

http://www.hawaiichristiansonline.com/spiritual_page_3.html

http://kaizenwong.angelfire.com/Kapu_System.pdf

- Ancient social structure

- Rules or laws that everyone had to follow

- Help guide the people

- The system caused a lot of separation between genders

- In English: taboo (sacred/prohibited)

http://kaizenwong.angelfire.com/Kapu_System.pdf

http://www.terntec.com/hawaiian_history.htm

- Penalties

- law officer hunted down kapu breakers

- put to death by:

- clubbing

- strangeling

- burning

- drowning

- stoning

- Pu'uhonua

- kahuna would give shelter and forgiveness

- enter community safetly

- gods would be forgiven

- Liholiho disagreed becuase he feared his people would not accept the change

- To try to change his mind, Keopuolani ate bananas, and Liholiho watched as his own mother defied the kapu

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