Hawaian

__The Hawaiian Culture __

Material Aspects of Culture: Art  Music  Food  Clothing  Religion  Literature  Holidays  Non-Material Aspects of Culture:  Ideas of Modesty  Ideas of BeautyChild-Raising  Relationship to Animals  Ideas about Sin  Ideas of Justice  Ideas about Diseases and Illness  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Roles Based on Age, Sex, Class, Job, etc.  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How to Handle Emotions  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Attitudes Towards Family  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Conversational Norms  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Body Language  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Rites of Passage



<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The tiki statue is a wooden carving in a form similar to a human, and represents human ancestors. The tiki also represents the many gods in the Hawaiian culture. Some people view the tiki as the goddess of childbirth, while others say it is identified as the first man on earth. In the Easter Islands, tikis are used to mark a very sacred place, called Rapa Nui. In the Cook Islands, the tiki is used as a guardian for the underworld. Tikis are intended to represent very important gods, guardians, and spirit powers. Tikis, in the Hawaiian culture, represent the gods Ku, Lono, Kane, and Kanaloa, along with minor tiki gods, like Nanae, Kauhuhu, and Kaupe.