Description: Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty : Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalakaua Dynasties, 1819–1953, Paperback by Kam, Ralph Thomas, ISBN 1476668469, ISBN-13 9781476668468, Brand New, Free shipping in the US ? The bones of Hawaii’s King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched by thousands. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty and details the observance of each royal death beginning with that of Kamehameha in 1819. Funeral observances of Western royalty provided an extravagant model for their Hawaiian counterparts yet many indigenous practices endured. Mourners no longer knocked out their teeth or tattooed their tongues but mass wailing, feather standards and funeral dirges continued well into the 20th century. Dozens of historic drawings and photographs provide rare glimpses of the obsequies of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties. Descriptions of the burial sites provide locations of the final resting places of Hawaii’s royalty.
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Book Title: Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty : Funerary Practices in the Kame
Number of Pages: 252 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty : Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalkaua Dynasties, 1819-1953
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Death & Dying, Customs & Traditions, United States / General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Ralph Thomas Kam
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
