Talk:Kapu (Hawaiian culture)

Untitled
There already is a page for the andhra pradesh, India, version of kapu, which is unrelated to the Hawaiian kapu. I deleted the information. Jamesfujita (talk) 11:12, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Needs Citations
Nearly all of this article is "citation needed." Bluemonkee (talk) 23:50, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * A lot of citations in the endnotes of this long article, while the article is analysis, it includes a lot of historical details well-sourced that could probably be added here & the sources may provide support for some of the missing citations. https://theobjectivestandard.com/2018/11/the-need-for-philosophy-in-the-islands-of-the-blessed/ Phil (talk) 05:58, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Kapu Kapu
i think that it's worth noting that the cats in ChuChu Rocket! are called Kapu Kapu, nothing special. Sandbag for smash bros 4 (talk) 10:08, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:52, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

The abolition of the kapu system is solely regarded in political terms here. Could it not be that there is a sociological aspect of this development? That the extensive kapu system simply proved too onerous for the population, and they reacted with "cultural fatigue" (Kroeber)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1210:3ECB:2600:F591:5A5B:8E74:DFA (talk) 14:22, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

New Zealand English usage
"By contrast, in New Zealand, the comparable word "tapu" is almost always applied in English as meaning "sacred"." - says who? I grew up in one of the less Maori areas of New Zealand and experienced both meanings, if anything I would say 'forbidden' was more common than 'sacred'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.248.103.106 (talk) 19:58, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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