Hawaiian cultural customs, ceremonies, and traditional practices, one custom or term per card.
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- Hula kahiko
- Ancient-style hula, performed with traditional chant and instruments
- Oli
- A chant performed without dance, often ceremonial
- Lei
- A garland, traditionally made of flowers, leaves, or shells, given as a gesture of affection or celebration
- Lūʻau
- A traditional Hawaiian feast and celebration
- Imu
- An underground earth oven used for traditional cooking
- Kapa
- Traditional bark cloth, made by pounding the inner bark of the wauke tree
- Hālau
- A school or group for teaching hula or other traditional arts
- Kumu hula
- A hula teacher and master of the art form
- Haku mele
- A composer of chants and songs
- Aliʻi ʻai moku
- A chief who rules over a district, a traditional title of authority
- Ahupuaʻa
- A traditional land division running from the mountains to the sea
- Konohiki
- A traditional land and resource manager appointed within an ahupuaʻa
- Ka wā Makahiki
- The Makahiki season, an ancient harvest festival and time of peace dedicated to the god Lono
- Kapu moe
- A traditional prostration rule of respect required in the presence of the highest-ranking chiefs
- Hoʻokupu
- A ceremonial offering or tribute given as a sign of respect
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