Talk:Death and state funeral of Liliʻuokalani

Hawaiian customs

 * Transporting the body at night
 * kukui torch that burns at midday symbolizic of the dynasty, based on the sacred kapu her ancestor High Chief Iwikauikaua
 * Body lying in state outside of the casket for the wailing and chanting
 * Wailing (kūwō)
 * Page 104 in Thrum's mentions 7 different types of grieving/chanting/wailing: Uwe helu; Oli or Olioli; Kanaenae; Hoouwewe; Paha; Mele inoa; Namu.


 * kāhili
 * Pulo‘ulo‘u (i.e. "tabu sticks")
 * kanikau
 * Looking this up in the Hawaiian dictionary. In the context of this funeral, is this a funeral dirge or wailing? — Maile  (talk) 02:37, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
 * They are dirges.


 * ʻAhu ʻula on casket

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