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Hawaii is defiantly one of the best-looking places I have visited. Hawaii’s physical appearance is very diverse. Most people have an image of Hawaii as very open and full of beautiful landscaping, they are not wrong. There is also the city part of Hawaii that honestly reminds me of New Orleans but without all the Mardi Gras parades. Everything is mostly built up because Hawaii is an island. There are eight different islands that make up Hawaii: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, and the Big Island of Hawaii. The main island is made up of five volcanoes. Honolulu is filled with artificial beaches, deep valleys, and wide-open landscapes. The weather is pretty close to Louisiana just with less humidity. There is a time called the wet season and when it rains, it floods due to all the valleys.
James Cook was the first European to make contact with the Hawaiian islands after Earl Sandwich. Hawaiians believe the original discovery of these islands came from the Marquesas and Tahiti, which was 1,500 years ago. The Hawaiians lived in many different small communities ruled by chiefs who fought over different territories. If anyone were to break the rules the chief had set, the usual punishment was death. This type of system was known as the kapu system.
Most of all privately owned land in Hawaii has about thirty-nine owners. Each of these owners owns 2,000 hectares or more. Six of the landowners control more than 40,000 hectares out of 1,040,000 hectares. Smaller unit ownership of private land is most extensive on Oahu, but even there the larger owners control more than two-thirds of all privately owned land. Two of the islands, Lanai and Niihau, are each nearly entirely controlled by a single owner, and on all of the other islands, landowners control about ninety percent of all private property. Pineapples and sugar play a big role in fusing Hawaii since the 1860s.
Hawaii’s way of living is very 'go easy', 'no worries'. They believe family is a major deal, just like most other cultures. The people are very spiritual and honor their ancestors. The culture is well known for hula, which is a very graceful movement and gesture; this is not to be mistaken as the fast hip-shaking of Tahiti. When dancing, a woman focuses on her hands being soft. One of the major celebrations is called a 'luau', which is pronounced 'loo-ow'. During these celebrations, they have a buffet and a show. I was able to witness about three luaus within a week and a half. Their main dish is considered pork, with their main dessert called 'poi'. I do not recommend anyone to try it. Poi is very bitter, but the Hawaiians love it.
Hawaii is a very diverse state with a culture similar to that of North America, but at the same time different. With the information presented in this essay, one can defiantly how diverse this state is.
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