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Spill the Tea on the Royal Monarchy but Drunk History Edition
Drunk History / Spill the Tea on certain ali'i or monarchs that you liked, or dislike... I'm reading various biographies of the ali'i and discovering just how *problematic* some of them are, while also being incredibly pivotal some of them were?
* Like... our boy Prince Jonah Kūnio got his ass arrested at age 24 and, almost executed, but instead put in prison for a year for participating in the Wilcox Rebellion (the counter rebellion), basically, the three-day re-coup d'etat to put his Auntie Liliuokalani back in the throne... Post prison, did a self-exile with his wife and travelled the West, joined the British Army, then came back as the only congressman by age 31? Hot.
* Princess Ka'iulani was a spoiled rich girl really detached from the soon-to-be overthrown Hawaiian Monarchy frivolously spending her money studying abroad in Europe... but then in a last-ditch recovery act attempts to become heir-apparent and make aristocratic salòn discourse to keep Hawaiian sovereignty? Then I recognize that she was primarily raised by haoles and lost her Hawaiian mother early on, so can only do so much.
* Forgot that Ka'ahumanu is simultaneously **swamp** **ass** and **bad-ass**? For hardcore assimilating and indoctrinating Christianity into the people and banning hula. *BANNING HULA.* Then again, she effectively toppled the *kapu* system by eating with her sister-wife at her son, Kamehameha II's, mens' only table... not fearing death nor her son killing her? girl was wild.
**Reason why I ask**... cause rendering these biographies and distilling them into chismis, or essentially tea-spilling, or trash talking, or whatever is helping me remember their accomplishments and failures. More specifically... my kumu hula asked me to reflect on which royal or neighboring island ali'i and to think of them in contemporary ways, where they align on the political spectrum, to what culture and religion/spirituality they valued, their contributions... and the only effective way I've learned is to talk about these stories as if they were some everyday folks?
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Drunk History / Spill the Tea on certain ali'i or monarchs that you liked, or dislike... I'm reading various biographies of the ali'i and discovering just how *problematic* some of them are, while also being incredibly pivotal some of them were?
* Like... our boy Prince Jonah Kūnio got his ass arrested at age 24 and, almost executed, but instead put in prison for a year for participating in the Wilcox Rebellion (the counter rebellion), basically, the three-day re-coup d'etat to put his Auntie Liliuokalani back in the throne... Post prison, did a self-exile with his wife and travelled the West, joined the British Army, then came back as the only congressman by age 31? Hot.
* Princess Ka'iulani was a spoiled rich girl really detached from the soon-to-be overthrown Hawaiian Monarchy frivolously spending her money studying abroad in Europe... but then in a last-ditch recovery act attempts to become heir-apparent and make aristocratic salòn discourse to keep Hawaiian sovereignty? Then I recognize that she was primarily raised by haoles and lost her Hawaiian mother early on, so can only do so much.
* Forgot that Ka'ahumanu is simultaneously **swamp** **ass** and **bad-ass**? For hardcore assimilating and indoctrinating Christianity into the people and banning hula. *BANNING HULA.* Then again, she effectively toppled the *kapu* system by eating with her sister-wife at her son, Kamehameha II's, mens' only table... not fearing death nor her son killing her? girl was wild.
**Reason why I ask**... cause rendering these biographies and distilling them into chismis, or essentially tea-spilling, or trash talking, or whatever is helping me remember their accomplishments and failures. More specifically... my kumu hula asked me to reflect on which royal or neighboring island ali'i and to think of them in contemporary ways, where they align on the political spectrum, to what culture and religion/spirituality they valued, their contributions... and the only effective way I've learned is to talk about these stories as if they were some everyday folks?
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