Death rites and Hawaiian royalty: funerary practices in the Kamehameha and Kalākaua dynasties, 1819-1953

"The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were buried in a secret location. His successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile funeral procession. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary...

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1. Verfasser: Kam, Ralph Thomas (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:"The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were buried in a secret location. His successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile funeral procession. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty following continuous contact with the West beginning in the 19th century"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:242 pages illustrations
ISBN:9781476668468

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