assumed, even insisted upon, that hawaii had been settled originally by some random savages who d maybe drifted over accidently from south america. it certainly couldn t have been ancient polynesians. they couldn t possibly have been the kind of sophisticated navigators who could guide a sailboat willfully across the pacific, across thousands of miles of open water. nobody could see the canoe here, too beaten, knocked out of you, no dreams, no hope, can t see. the polynesian voyaging society, with the help of crew members like nainoa thompson, set out to prove that that was exactly what did happen. there were those in the community that loved this canoe, prayed for it, and also feared this canoe because they sensed change. you have a 62-foot, 12-ton voyaging canoe. i mean, it was powerful, it changed everything.
Ravi Kapur, an owner of Good Good Culture Club and Liholiho Yacht Club in San Francisco, created a turmeric-ginger spirit inspired by his Hawaiian roots.
In Hawaiian mythology, the Menehune are said to be an ancient race of people small in stature, who lived in Hawaii before settlers arrived from Polynesia.
daniel: local culture is, very much so, trying to point a finger at anybody coming in going, hey you re a haole, you don t belong. and therein kinda lies a little conflict you have being a modern-day hawaiian. and i still think that s something that we forget about these days is how educated and how accepting our kupuna, our ancesters, were. it was always built on inclusivity, aloha. anthony: mhmm. daniel: aloha is giving without expecting anything in return. you got this hawaiian culture that was a product of the polynesians that populated the islands. then you got this local culture that s a product of the plantation lifestyle. so the japanese, the chinese, the koreans, the filipinos, the portuguese. anthony: if indeed all history can be explained by what s on your plate, this is a prime example. behold the plate lunch. the most identifiable, and essential, feature of the plate