Premium Members Get 10% Off and Earn Rewards Find Out More
Hawaiian Fishing Traditions: Revised Edition 2006
Hawaiian Fishing Traditions celebrates the great fishers of ancient Hawai‘i, known for attracting and propagating fish, inventing fishing techniques, and bringing in extraordinary catches. The most famous of these fishers was Kû‘ula-kai, who became deified as an ‘aumakua (god) of fishing because of his power to control fish. He built a fishpond in Hâna to keep the ali‘i and the people continuously supplied with seafood. His son ‘Ai‘ai continued his father’s good work by locating offshore fishing grounds called ko‘a, teaching people how to catch fish, and telling them to practice conservation and to distribute the catch generously. He estabished fishing shrines, also called ko‘a, and told fishers to offer the first fish to his father and mother as thanks-giving, to insure a good supply, and to lift the kapu on the catch and free it for consumption.
1127184225
Hawaiian Fishing Traditions: Revised Edition 2006
Hawaiian Fishing Traditions celebrates the great fishers of ancient Hawai‘i, known for attracting and propagating fish, inventing fishing techniques, and bringing in extraordinary catches. The most famous of these fishers was Kû‘ula-kai, who became deified as an ‘aumakua (god) of fishing because of his power to control fish. He built a fishpond in Hâna to keep the ali‘i and the people continuously supplied with seafood. His son ‘Ai‘ai continued his father’s good work by locating offshore fishing grounds called ko‘a, teaching people how to catch fish, and telling them to practice conservation and to distribute the catch generously. He estabished fishing shrines, also called ko‘a, and told fishers to offer the first fish to his father and mother as thanks-giving, to insure a good supply, and to lift the kapu on the catch and free it for consumption.
12.95 Out Of Stock
Hawaiian Fishing Traditions: Revised Edition 2006

Hawaiian Fishing Traditions: Revised Edition 2006

by Moke Manu
Hawaiian Fishing Traditions: Revised Edition 2006

Hawaiian Fishing Traditions: Revised Edition 2006

by Moke Manu

Overview

Hawaiian Fishing Traditions celebrates the great fishers of ancient Hawai‘i, known for attracting and propagating fish, inventing fishing techniques, and bringing in extraordinary catches. The most famous of these fishers was Kû‘ula-kai, who became deified as an ‘aumakua (god) of fishing because of his power to control fish. He built a fishpond in Hâna to keep the ali‘i and the people continuously supplied with seafood. His son ‘Ai‘ai continued his father’s good work by locating offshore fishing grounds called ko‘a, teaching people how to catch fish, and telling them to practice conservation and to distribute the catch generously. He estabished fishing shrines, also called ko‘a, and told fishers to offer the first fish to his father and mother as thanks-giving, to insure a good supply, and to lift the kapu on the catch and free it for consumption.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780970959751
Publisher: Dennis Kawaharada (Kalamaku Press)
Publication date: 05/31/2006
Series: Hawaiian Studies
Edition description: REV
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents


Introduction     ix
Ku'ula-kai     1
'Ai'ai     15
Na Iwi o Pae     35
Nihooleki     39
Kalamainu'u     49
Punia     61
Nanaue     79
Appendices
Hawaiian Fisheries and Methods of Fishing     91
An Account of Fishing     107
Hawaiian Shark 'Aumakua     121
Maps     135
Glossary     141
References     149
From the B&N Reads Blog
Page 1 of

Customer Reviews