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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 10:36 AM Or, as another answer to that question, I like to quote (in abbreviated form) from "YANKEES IN PARADISE" by Bradford Smith, a book about the New England missionairies under Hiram Bingham converting the Hawaiians. Observing the natives at a Hula marathon casting flower Leis into a small enclosure, he asks: "What is this?" "Akua-god.""What is he good for, and why do you have such a god?" The answer, though simple, was one that Hiram Bingham could not, with all his learning, understand. "For play," they told him.

Or, as another answer to that question, I like to quote (in abbreviated form) from "YANKEES IN PARADISE" by Bradford Smith, a book about the New England missionairies under Hiram Bingham converting the Hawaiians.

Observing the natives at a Hula marathon casting flower Leis into a small enclosure, he asks:

"What is this?"
"Akua-god.""What is he good for, and why do you have such a god?"
The answer, though simple, was one that Hiram Bingham could not, with all his learning, understand.
"For play," they told him.

Post #83001 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 10:36 AM