Hawaiians
Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Polynesian origin. Communicate in English, and only about 250 uses the native Hawaiian language.
Hawaii was inhabited in two waves of migration. The first wave of Polynesians arrived on the island more or less at the beginning of our era. It is believed that they could be residents of the Marquesas. The second wave of migration occurred around the thirteenth century. People arrived on the island roślejszy, from Tahiti, which soon absorbed the original inhabitants of the archipelago. After this first wave of settlement remained only stories told by the successors of menehunach, low but industrious people.
At a time when he arrived on the island of Captain Cook (1778), lived on the islands is about 300 thousand Hawaiians – people with dark skin and straight or wavy hair. They practiced poligynię and Polyandry and live in class society. Titles and property were inherited in the female line. Hawaiians did not know the melting of metals, ceramics are not produced, manufactured tools and weapons made of stone, wood, bone and shell. They lived at the Neolithic, but very distinguished tradition of verbal and developed great physical vigor. Alcoholic beverage was fermented juice of the roots of kava kava. Each was a good opportunity to celebrate, and the Hawaiian people, characterized by high vitality and serenity. The ornamentation used the flowers and colorful feathers of birds.
The greatest source of information about the culture of indigenous people of Hawaii is “Fornander Collection” voluminous collection of Hawaiian myths and folk tales collected by Abraham Fornander.