What is the custom in Hawaii?

In the past 100 years, Hawaii has become a world-famous tourist destination because of its beautiful scenery. Thousands of tourists spend their holidays in Waikiki beach area every day, the whole golden coastline. In fact, more than 90% of the people tourists meet there come from all over the world, just like him. In tourist areas, all service industries revolve around tourism services, from sightseeing during the day to hula dancing at night. In order to create a friendly atmosphere and enhance the cohesion among tourists, professional service personnel often teach tourists some Hawaiian greetings, such as hello, thank you, goodbye and so on. Aloha is a greeting in Hawaiian dialect, which includes hello, thank you and goodbye in China language. Tourists are willing to learn and practice, and they are also willing to take them back to China and teach them to relatives and friends. Over time, Waikiki residential area has formed such a special living habit, that is, people say "Alouha" when they meet, whether they know it or not. According to the market survey results, nine times out of ten tourists who have been to Hawaii think that the Hawaiian habit is to shout Aloha to everyone. Even I, a Hawaiian who was born and raised for fifteen years, went to other countries, where I met people who had been to Hawaii. The first greeting they gave me was Aloha!

In fact, modern Hawaiian customs have been integrated into the customs of all ethnic groups around the world. For example, when you visit a Hawaiian home, you must take off your shoes before you can go in. This habit was actually moved from the Japanese. Besides, wearing a suit is only for weddings, courts and funerals in Hawaii. This habit is a compromise between Hawaiian local customs and western customs. Because it's very hot in Hawaii, it's impossible to wear a suit at all, but occasionally to show respect and solemnity. Student graduation ceremony, wedding, birthday, etc. The most common gift is a wreath made of flowers; When guests come from far away, or want to send their loved ones away, sending flowers rings can express love and care. Sending flower rings is a real antique in Hawaii.

To truly understand the customs and habits of Hawaii, we must understand the customs and habits of Hawaii before the white civilization entered, that is, the customs and habits of the Karp system in Hawaii. Karp system died out around 1820.

In old Hawaii, society was hierarchical. Karp system divides people into grades and stipulates that men are superior to women. Chiefs and priests are the highest social classes, slaves are the lowest, and civilians are the middle. Karp system stipulates that people of different levels should fish and hunt, farm and harvest, swim and play on the beach, what kind of food to eat and how to dress. Criminals are capital crimes. Hawaiians believe in God and fate. They believe that the power of God depends on the generation and age of God's family, so the status of people also depends on the family's position in society and the generation and age of people in the family. The higher the qualifications, the older the people and the older the qualifications. Hawaiians believe that living things are magical, and magic is the air and aura obtained from ancestors and gods. Hawaiians believe that souls are immortal, and the souls of ancestors often come back to bless their descendants. It's just that ordinary people have very little hemp, so they can't get it from the gods in heaven like chiefs. In order to protect their numbness, people are very afraid to give their personal clothes to others.

In the aboriginal community, I sometimes hear such curses when Hawaiian aborigines quarrel: your ancestors have a gourd tied around their necks. For China people, gourd is a bit like a magic bottle in the Middle East. It is associated with longevity and divine power, so if you come from China, you won't think it is the most vicious swear word considered by Hawaiians. /kloc-More than 0/00 years ago, slaves were still used in Hawaii. Slaves in Hawaii may be the most miserable slaves in the world. These people are born to be the private property of chiefs, just like chickens, dogs and pigs. People call slaves dirty things, and they often have the following totem marks on their foreheads: half moon, triangle or dot. When the festival of offering sacrifices to the gods comes, the chief's men will come to the place where the slaves live, arrest the slaves used as human sacrifices, put them in cages and tie a gourd around his neck.

When tourists come to Hawaii, they often visit polynesian cultural center. After they went, they were surprised by the past system that men were superior to women in Hawaii. Shanghai women, in particular, who enjoy considerable rights on the issue of equality between men and women, are very glad that they were not reincarnated as women in Hawaii a hundred years ago. Hawaiians once thought that men and women were opposites, that men were bright and women were dark; Men are strong and women are weak; Men are pure and women are evil; Men are good and women are evil. In this conceptual society, women are subject to many restrictions, such as not being allowed to eat at the same table as men, not eating coconuts and bananas, not eating roast pork and nail fish, and women on official holidays have bad breath, which brings bad luck to men. What's more, men and women can't share the same bed, and the favored woman can lay a floor bed beside the man's bed.

This historical concept has formed many unique social habits in Hawaii, such as shipbuilding, fishing nets and farming. These are not women's affairs, and women are not allowed to appear in such occasions. They think that the boat touched by a woman will overturn, the fishing net touched by a woman will not catch fish, and the woman will not even grow seedlings in the ground. Women's business is to have children, make clothes and wallpaper from bark, and weave baskets, shoes, hats and cushions from leaves.

Until now, many traditional Hawaiians still think that pillows can't be stepped on or sat on. When a man goes fishing, his family can't ask him where he is going, nor can they entertain guests when he is not at home. People who go fishing in the sea can't bring bananas, otherwise it will be unlucky.