Early Hawaiian natives wore minimal clothing like bark strips due to the warm climate, while warriors wore feathered capes and helmets. Today, Hawaiians dress casually and some women wear muumuus. Leis are an important part of Hawaiian culture and hospitality. Poi, made from taro root, is a traditional staple food. Hawaii exclusively grows coffee and produces over a third of the world's pineapples. Tattoos have cultural significance for some Hawaiians as a rite of passage.

1. Hawaiian Culture

2. Attire
Because of Hawaii's tropical
climate, early natives usually
wore no more than a strip or
two of bark-cloth (kapa).
Warriors ornamented
themselves with yellow and
gold capes and helmets of
woven feathers. 1

3. Today, Hawaiians continue to dress casually. Some
Hawaiian women wear the muumuu, a voluminous
dress originally designed by modest missionaries for
Hawaiian women.1

4. • Firmly grounded in Hawaiian culture is the lei.
Originally an artful offering to the gods, leis
have become an emblem of Hawaiian
hospitality and warmth.1

5. Food
Hawaiian
poi, which is
served as the
traditional island
staple.1
This staple starch of
thetraditional Hawaiian
diet is made from
taro, an ancient root
crop grown throughout
the Tropics.

6. Hawaii is the only state
that grows coffee.
More than one-third of
the world's commercial
supply of pineapples
comes from Hawaii.

7. Rites of Passages
Tattoos are part of the culture, having been
introduced centuries ago by early voyagers from
other Polynesian islands.
For several years, tattoos have been part of the
graduation ritual for seniors in the Hawaiian
immersion program at King Kekaulike High School
in Pukalani.
quot;It's a rite of passage,quot; says PauahiHookano, a
teacher in the school's immersion program, in
which all classes are taught in Hawaiian.2

9. Geography

10. Music

13. Works Cited
1. Winters, Elaine and Swartz, Mark. “Hawaiians.”
2008. Multicultural America. 29 April 2009
<http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-
La/Hawaiians.html>
2. Jones, Jay. “In Hawaii, tattoos are a mark of pride.”
LA Times 20 July 2008. 2009. Los Angeles Times. 29
April 2009
<http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/20/travel/tr-
tattoos20>
Video fromGoHawaii.com. 29 April 2009
<http://www.gohawaii.com/stories/stories.html?vid
eo=18&cid=2009r3stories_kauaihome>

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