Search results for "Culture of Hawaii" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and Hawaiian English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most ... Since approximately 75 percent of the resident population of the state ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- Hawaii is the 50th state of the United States, achieving statehood ... The aboriginal culture of Hawaii is Polynesian. Hawaii represents ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- city area in the United States state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers ... century C.E., annexation as a protectorate of the United States in 1900, ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave as it approaches ... to the Pacific, that led the group to Hawaii in 1778. Cook and his men ...15 KB (2,531 words) - 23:54, 26 February 2023
- especially well-known for his study of Maori culture. He was a pioneer ... Firth connected to the heart of the people whose culture he studied ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 01:37, 8 December 2022
- comments on the mele. There are many styles of hula. They are commonly divided ... as a secular dance form in the early part of the twentieth century, but ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- 1900) in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – October 14, 2001 ... In the X’ian Incident of December 1936, Zhang kidnapped Chiang Kai ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. It has ... The festival of Obon lasts for three days; however, its starting date ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- quot;many islands") is a large grouping of over one thousand islands scattered ... Island. A Polynesian island group outside of this great triangle is Tuvalu ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- Vernal Style, Fremont archaeological culture, eastern Utah.]] a wide geographical and temporal spread of cultures perhaps to mark territory ...11 KB (1,550 words) - 02:26, 16 December 2022
- 1945) was a prominent Japanese philosopher of the Meiji era. Nishida Kitaro ... Nishida Kitaro was born on June 17, 1870, in the Mori section of Unoke ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 05:02, 15 November 2022
- originated among entertainers and members of the Chinese court during the ... When a girl was between the ages of three and eight years old, the ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' ... In the latter part of the twentieth century opposition to Columbus ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 22:45, 7 January 2024
- the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Since the ... The region encompasses some of the Louisiana Purchase, most of the ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- 15, 628 C.E. corresponds to the Seventh Day of the Third Month of 628 C.E ... with good governance and the promotion of a value based social system ...9 KB (1,420 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- Buddhist teacher, philosopher, and founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan ... His major work, Shobogenzo (literally, "Treasury of the True ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- 1944) was an American urban sociologist, one of the founders of the Chicago ... Minnesota, where he grew up. He was the son of Hiram Asa Park and Theodosia ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 05:02, 15 December 2022
- Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji-zong) is one of the two major Japanese Zen ... emphasis on sudden enlightenment and the use of methods such as the koan (meditation ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- which was to become a controversial symbol of Westernization in the Meiji ... the need for Westernization in the areas of technology, science, infrastructure ...14 KB (2,063 words) - 02:43, 16 December 2022
- May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays ... the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. Thus, May ...20 KB (3,175 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
