Annotated Bibliography Entry #6
Miner, Meghan. “The cultural significance of ohia lehua.” Hawaii Magazine, Hawaii Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018, www.hawaiimagazine.com/content/cultural-hawaiian-significance-ohia-lehua.
This article written by Meghan Miner and published by Hawaii Magazine discusses the importance of the ʻōhiʻa lehua tree in Native Hawaiian culture. The article explains the effects the disease Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death has had on the Hawaiian cultural practice of lei making. The article further explains how hula halau (hula schools) changed the way they create lei for the Merrie Monarch Festival, an annual hula competition. This article provides insightful information on Native Hawaiian cultural and religious practices, which is important to support the argument that the ʻōhiʻa tree is significant to the Hawaiian people.
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