| Autor: |
Dunford, Betty, Andrews, Lilinoe, Ayau, Miki'ala, Honda, Liana I., Williams, Julie Stewart |
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Hawaiians of Old; 2002, p62-87, 26p, 18 Color Photographs |
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This article provides information on pre-colonized Hawaiian agriculture. Hawaiian farmers learned to grow many different plants and many kinds of each plant. They grew about three hundred kinds of taro. Hawaiians believed that the moon was important in farming. Each season had moon months. Each month was divided into special days. Some were named for the shape of the moon. Farmers watched the moon carefully. They planted only at certain times. They weeded and harvested only at certain times. Some days were kapu. They were days for prayers to the gods. Before planting, farmers took slips and tops from taro plants. Slips are small shoots growing off the big plant. The tops are called huli. Farmers were careful to choose strong, healthy huli from the kinds of taro they wanted to plant. |
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