Olelo Noeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings

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Olelo Noeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings

This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their aesthetic, historic, and educational values. They reveal even deeper layers of meaning, giving understanding not only of Hawaii and its people but all of humanity. Since the sayings carry the immediacy of the spoken word, considered to be the highest form of cultural expression in old Hawaii, they bring us closer to the everyday thoughts and lives of the Hawaiians who created them. Taken together, the sayings offer a basis for an understanding of the essence and origins of traditional Hawaiian values.

This book is the product of a collecting effort that was begun by Mrs. Pukui at about the age of fifteen, around 1910, and continued throughout her long and honored career as a translator and collector of historic Hawaiian materials and as a teacher and lecturer on the language, music, and dance of traditional Hawaii.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781581781168
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Bishop Museum Press
Manufacturer	Bishop Museum Press
NumberOfPages	351
PublicationDate	1983-03-01
Publisher	Bishop Museum Press
ReleaseDate	1983-03-01
Studio	Bishop Museum Press

Olelo Noeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings

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