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Posted by: Stephanie Hall
At the time that turned the heat of the earth, At the time when the heavens turned and changed, At the time when the light of the sun was subdued To cause light to break forth, At the time of the night of Makalii (winter) Then began the slime which established the earth, The source …
Posted in: Folksong, Hawaiian Americans, Languages and Dialects, Pacific Islander History, Pacific Islands Americans
Posted by: Stephanie Hall
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism—Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts …
Posted in: Asian American History, Beliefs, Foodways, Japanese Americans, Religion, Women's History