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Hawaiian customs

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  • Transporting the body at night
  • kukui torch that burns at midday symbolizic of the dynasty, based on the sacred kapu her ancestor High Chief Iwikauikaua
  • Body lying in state outside of the casket for the wailing and chanting
  • Wailing (kūwō)
Page 104 in Thrum's mentions 7 different types of grieving/chanting/wailing: Uwe helu; Oli or Olioli; Kanaenae; Hoouwewe; Paha; Mele inoa; Namu.
Thrum, Thomas G., ed. (1918). "Death, Lying-in-State and Obsequies of Queen Liliuokalani". Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1918. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. 102–109. {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • kāhili
  • Pulo‘ulo‘u (i.e. "tabu sticks")
  • kanikau
Looking this up in the Hawaiian dictionary. In the context of this funeral, is this a funeral dirge or wailing? — Maile (talk) 02:37, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
They are dirges.
  • ʻAhu ʻula on casket

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