The Kauai Experience

posted by admin on Sep 19

In the early 1800’s, when the first white visitors to Hawai’i arrived, the Hawaiians watched them carefully especially when they spoke or prayed. Soon the Hawaiians noticed something odd about the missionaries. The Hawaiians had confirmed their suspicions — the newcomers didn’t breathe, at least not the way the Hawaiians did. The Hawaiians were miffed. Before any Hawaiian would begin to chant, or even to make a pronouncement, they always breathed and meditated, but the new arrivals didn’t, so they were called Haole. Ha, meaning “breath,” and Ole, meaning “lacking.”