Olelo Noeau

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Olelo Noeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings

This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. Download Olelo Noeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their aesthetic, historic, and educational values. They reveal even deeper layers of meaning, giving understanding not only of Hawaii and its people but all of humanity. Since the sayings carry the immediacy of the spoken word, considered to be the highest form of cultural expression in old Hawaii, they bring us closer to the everyday thoughts and lives of the Hawaiians who created them. Taken together, the sayings offer a basis for an understanding of the Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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