Behind the spell of the tropical landscape of canyons, forests, waterfalls, volcanos and beaches wrapped in an obliterating American culture, Hawaii hides a profound and sophisticated local tradition.

Populated in the first millennium by seafarers from other islands of Polynesia, the Hawaiians were deeply rooted in the traditions of that part of the world. Their language is relatively similar with the one spoken in the other islands. Their religion practiced in large temple complexes named “heiau” had more than 4000 gods and developed a set of very strict rules.

At the time Captain Cook unveiled the existence of the archipelago to the west the local king Kamehameha started a process of unifying the islands. Till his death in 1819 all eight islands were unified under one rule in the kingdom of Hawaii.
The kingdom’s sad demise happened at the hands of the Americans at the end of 19th century at the request of the businesses that had large interests in sugar and cattle in the islands.
In 1893 the Americans sent troops to Hawaii and arrested its last ruling queen Liliʻuokalani basically usurping the kingdom fledging monarchy.

(Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lihue, Kahului, Hilo, Kona, Oahu, Honolulu, Nihau, Lanai)