High School Sociology Course Project Ms. Jo-Lyn Mehau Overview Colonization Cultural Infusion Today’s Mix Resources Figure 1
Celebrations in Hawaii o Colonization: Plantation Influence o Cultural Infusion: Creation of the “Melting Pot” o Today’s Mix: Locally Practiced Celebrations Overview Colonization Cultural Infusion Today’s Mix Resources Figure 2
Overview Colonization Cultural Infusion Today’s Mix Resources Plantation Influence Sugar Plantations 1 st Sugar Mill 1 st Sugar Plantation Immigrant Workers 1 st Immigrant Worker 337,000 Plantation Workers Immigrated to Hawaii Chinese Japanese Korean Filipino Others Figure 3 Wikipedia
Overview Colonization Cultural Infusion Today’s Mix Resources Creation of the “Melting Pot” Each worker brought his/her own culture and traditions to the plantation. The people worked and lived together, therefore cultures were shared and mixed together. Plantation Village Village Structure Work Live Play Figure 4 Hawaii Plantation Village
Overview Colonization Cultural Infusion Today’s Mix Resources Locally Practiced Celebrations: Many of the celebrations brought by foreigners to Hawaii have continued on to be celebrated by the local people of Hawaii. Some Examples: Chinese: Chinese New Year Japanese: Girls Day/Boys Day Hawaiian: Merrie Monarch Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7
Overview Colonization Cultural Infusion Today’s Mix Resources Hawaii Plantation Village. (2010). Heritage. Retrieved from =Cultural_Resources. =Cultural_Resources Wikipedia.org. (2010). Sugar Plantations in Hawaii. Retrieved from Images: Figure 1. Fireworks as viewed from Magic Island, Honolulu, Hawai’i. (2006). Note: From “Fireworks”, by Sandrift, 2007, Retrieved from Made available under Creative Commons License. Figure 2. Hawaiian Luau food line. (2009). Note: From “Food Line”, by Foggiegee, 2009, Retrieved from Made available under Creative Commons License. Figure 3. Plantation Village, Waipahu, Oahu, Hawai’i. (2006). Notes: From “Plantation by Gochie*, 2006, Retrieved from Made available under Creative Commons License. Figure 4. Hawaii Demographic 2005, US Census Bureau. (2005). Notes: From “Sugar Plantations in Hawaii” by wikipedia.org, 2010, Retrieved from Figure 5. Dragon, Chinese New Year, Chinatown, Oahu, Hawaii. (2009). Notes: From “DSC- 0073”, by Jphillipson, 2009, Retrieved from Made available under Creative Commons License. Figure 6. Boy’s day, Carp flag. (2009). Notes: From “Hawai’i-Carp-2033”, by Bob Richmond, 2009, Retrieved from Made available under Creative Commons License. Figure 7. Merrie Monarch Festival. (2008). Notes: From “4.08 Merrie Monarch Kahiko”, by hockeynhula, 2008, Retrieved from Made available under Creative Commons License.