Early Hawaiian Religion - Term Paper Example

Music that is currently popular or considered “popular music” as a genre, originates from R&B or African American blues or gospel music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.... This paper will be discussing the social role of music in contemporary American society, as it has been used to tell historical tales and legendary myths, and it has even been used as a means of personal expression....

A promotion of these religions also served important functions for these monarchs as it led to unity in realms other than religion in most cases.... Buddhism managed to create a certain kind of unity between sections of Hinduism, which was till then the main religion of the Indian subcontinent....

Kamehameha used the rule of law based on the traditional religion to control the island, and one of the major laws in place was the rule of the splintering paddle.... The paper "Kamehameha I versus Kamehameha V" demonstrates the ancient Hawaii tradition, where Kamehameha means “the lonely one” and as a young boy, Kamehameha kept to himself away from everyone....

The pattern of sovereignty rights between the Alaskan natives and hawaiian natives have always followed dissimilar patterns throughout the history of the country, mush similar to the two lands.... Sovereignty Rights in Hawaii hawaiian sovereignty efforts are dissimilar from other Native American claims as they demand total cessation from the Union and a return to the previous monarchial rule.... The hawaiian natives on the other hand are fighting to return their land to the former system of total government and deal with the United States just like other countries deal with the country....

Each of these issues are explained as follows: the Issue element of this layer refers to the present status of the conflict, the Patterns element implies the common forms of the conflict as developed through the years and the History element shows the status/ form of the conflict in its early years (Lederach 34-36)....

Surfing was both a pastime as well as a training module and exercise regimen in the ancient hawaiian culture, where priests would engage in ritual dances and chants to please the sea so as to provide good waves for surfing.... As it became popular in California and Australia, in the early twentieth century, the invention of new varieties of lighter, better-designed surfboards with improved maneuverability made the sport more accessible to greater numbers of people....

The Muslims brought Islam in the 14th century, during the Spanish rule Catholicism was the only acceptable religion, and the Americans brought Protestantism which led to grassroots evangelical movements such as Iglesia ni Kristo and Aglipayan.... The paper "A Major Cultural Center of Hawaii: the History and the People" explores the culture of the hawaiian.... And in a constant effort to recruit these saccades the hawaiian Sugar Plantation Association (HSPA) sent labor recruiters to the Philippines and they set up recruitment centers in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, and Cebu....

Similarly, in “The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of peoples,” Steve Olson, explores the special effects of intermarriages on the hawaiian community and the world.... He argues the case of the hawaiian community that was perceived as being isolated but starts associating with the mainstream societies and within no time, the once isolated island becomes a cosmopolitan....