The fifth in a series of posts focussed on points in a post from yesterday at Just Good Music where I spent some time exploring the idea of the Boundaries that make Maui so interesting – and then extrapolated to some of the musical boundaries that I am highlighting on Manao Radio this Saturday at NOON, Hawaii time.
Historical Boundaries
Our islands live with a couple of histories. One is the ‘recent history’ of the ‘West’, including ‘discovery by Captain Cook’ and annexation and statehood by the USA spanning a little over a couple of hundred years that blends people and populations from all 5 continents of the world.
And then the ‘ancient history’ of Hawaiians that spans over a thousand years in terms of earliest recorded arrivals of the Polynesians – and longer, when considering the entire cultural history.
And both histories live here on this island – side by side.
Here’s a side thought :
Anyone else find it interesting to note that ‘The Sandwich Isles’ – that we now know as Hawaii, were discovered by James Cook right in the middle of the war of independence being fought 5,000 miles away as the fledgling America fought for its right to be independent of Great Britain. And now the flag of Great Britain (The Union Jack) is an integral part of the state flag of Hawaii.
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