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9/25/11 1 Introduc)on to Oceanic Spiritual Thought E mālama i ka iki kanaka, i ka nuʻa kanaka. ʻO kākou nō kēia hoʻakua. Take care of the insignificant and the great man. That is the duty of us gods. UNIT 3 – HO‘OMANA: NATIVE SPIRITUALITY Click on the speakers throughout the presentations to hear the narration Basic Characteris)cs Common in Oceania 1. Ancestor Worship Natural world as ancestors ʻAumākua UNIT 3 – HO‘OMANA: NATIVE SPIRITUALITY Basic Characteris)cs Common in Oceania 2. Dualism Kumulipo Hawaiian crea6on chant over 2,000 lines long 16 to Ao Kumulipo by Carl Pao (1999 ) Each of the 16 wā are depicted in the 16 panels from leH to right – Currently on display at Bishop Museum UNIT 3 – HO‘OMANA: NATIVE SPIRITUALITY

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Introduc)on  to  Oceanic    Spiritual  Thought  

E  mālama  i  ka  iki  kanaka,  i  ka  nuʻa  kanaka.    ʻO  kākou  nō  kēia  hoʻakua.  

 Take  care  of  the  insignificant  and  the  great  man.    That  is  the  

duty  of  us  gods.  

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Basic  Characteris)cs  Common  in  Oceania  

1.   Ancestor  Worship  –  Natural  world  as  ancestors  

–  ʻAumākua  

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Basic  Characteris)cs  Common  in  Oceania  

2.   Dualism  –  Kumulipo  

•  Hawaiian  crea6on  chant  over  2,000  lines  long  

•  16  wā  •  Pō  to  Ao  

Kumulipo  by  Carl  Pao  (1999  )  Each  of  the  16  wā  are  depicted  in  the  16  panels  from  leH  to  right  –    Currently  on  display  at  Bishop  Museum  

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Basic  Characteris)cs  Common  in  Oceania  

2.   Dualism  –  Kumulipo  con)nued  

1.  O  ke  au  i  kahuli  wela  ka  honua      At  the  6me  that  turned  the  heat  of  the  earth,  

2.  O  ke  au  i  kahuli  lole  ka  lani                At  the  6me  when  the  heavens  turned  and  changed,  

3.  O  ke  au  i  kuka‘iaka  ka  la                At  the  6me  when  the  light  of  the  sun  was  subdued  

4.  E  ho‘omalamalama  i  ka  malama                                  To  cause  light  to  break  forth,  

5.  O  ke  au  o  Makali‘i  ka  po                                  At  the  6me  of  the  night  of  Makalii  (winter)  

6.  O  ka  walewale  ho‘okumu  honua  ia              Then  began  the  slime  which  established  the  earth,  

7.  O  ke  kumu  o  ka  lipo,  i  lipo  ai              The  source  of  deepest  darkness.  

8.  O  ke  kumu  o  ka  Pō,  i  po  ai                Of  the  depth  of  darkness,  of  the  depth  of  darkness,  

9.  O  ka  lipolipo,  o  ka  lipolipo                Of  the  darkness  of  the  sun,  in  the  depth  of  night,  

10.  O  ka  lipo  o  ka  la,  o  ka  lipo  o  ka  po                  Darkness  of  the  sun,  darkness  of  the  night  

11.        Po  wale  ho‘i                  It  is  night,  

12.  Hanau  ka  po                So  night  was  born.  

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Basic  Characteris)cs  Common  in  Oceania  

3.   Omnipresence  – Kinolau  

UNIT 3 – HO‘OMANA: NATIVE SPIRITUALITY!

Basic  Characteris)cs  Common  in  Oceania  

4.   Mana  –  Spiritual  essence,  life  

force,  from  the  gods  –  Accumula6on  of  goods  –  Mantle  of  leadership  

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Basic  Characteris)cs  Common  in  Oceania  

5.   Kapu/tapu    -­‐  System  of  rules  regula6ons  and  laws  governing  

behavior  

 

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Basic  Characteris)cs  Common  in  Oceania  

6.   Ritual  -­‐  Marks,  commemorates  

important  events  in  life  -­‐  Also  used  in  daily  ac6vi6es  -­‐  A  simple  prayer  -­‐  Major  rite  such  as  ʻInasi  

first-­‐fruit  ritual  of  Tonga  or  the  ʻAha  ceremony  of  Hawaiʻi  

Modern  groundbreaking  ritual  in  Hawaiʻi,  which  combines  Hawaiian  tradi6ons  with  Chris6an  rites  

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