Travel always fills me with lot of energy and kind of
gives a fresh perspective of people, places and things. It most of the times is
the best rejuvenating experience and brings back a person refreshed and
recharged with lots of memories for life. Traveling allows us to discover facts about a place which are sometimes unknown or lesser known.
Here is a post on Hawaii by Rebecca from Where to this time and it’s totally
worth a read
In Hawaiian culture, the City of
Refuge or Pu'uhonau was a place where no blood could be shed. If someone had
broken a law and they reached this refuge, they were protected and avoided
certain death. Then they were absolved by a priest and freed to leave. Defeated
warriors and non-combatants could also find refuge here during times of battle.
Some of the laws, or kapu, in old Hawaii, that resulted in a death
sentence included:
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a common person couldn't get close to the chief
•
couldn't walk in the chief's footsteps
•
couldn't touch the chief's possessions
•
couldn't let his shadow fall on the chief's palace grounds
•
women couldn't eat foods reserved for offerings to the gods
•
they couldn't prepare meals for men (I don’t know why any woman would
want to break that law, rotfl!)
•
couldn't eat with the men
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